KirchMedia GmbH & Co. KGaA announced that it will shed 34% of its workforce, or 151 jobs, by the end of 2003. KirchMedia management and workers said that of a total of 544 employees, 82 will leave the company by year-end and 69 more by 2003. Positions will be found for some in other units of the company. KirchMedia will retain 355 workers, the company added. Despite filing for insolvency, KirchMedia said it will continue operations until further notice.

Goodman Media International, Inc. announced that HENRY MILLER, Executive Vice President, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Miller joined Goodman Media in 1998, and has been the agency's Senior Executive on a wide range of accounts. Previously, he had served as a Managing Director at Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart (now Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide).

Meredith Corporation announced today that PATRICK S. TAYLOR has been named Director of New York Media and Marketing Communications. Taylor has held senior level communications positions for publishers such as Rodale Inc., where he spent 11 years and was instrumental in the positioning and branding of titles including Men’s Health and Prevention.