Press Releases
The latest press releases from PremierGuitar.com:
January 12, 2012 - Premier Guitar Names Jon Levy as Publisher
Premier Media Holdings, home of Premier Guitar and Guitar Squid, has named Jon Levy as Publisher of both multimedia networks. In his new role, Levy will direct and manage the Premier Guitar and Guitar Squid multimedia platforms, both of which serve a steadily growing range of readers and advertisers. More...
October 11, 2011 - Premier Guitar Introduces Tessa Jeffers as New Managing Editor
Premier Media Holdings, LLC, publishers of the Premier Guitar multimedia network, proudly announces the arrival of new Premier Guitar managing editor Tessa Jeffers. A Nebraska native, Jeffers brings seven years of wide-ranging experience to Premier Guitar.
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April 19, 2011 - Premier Guitar launches free magazine app for Android phones
Premier Guitar, the guitar multimedia network with the largest monthly audience, has launched its newest platform with the free app for Android users. The Android app joins the print magazine, digital magazine, website, mobile-optimized website, and iPad/iPhone apps as the latest portal by which readers can access PG's content. More...
April 19, 2011 - Premier Guitar Continues to Expand, Adding Two Key Staffers
Premier Media Holdings, LLC, publishers of the Premier Guitar multimedia network and Guitar Squid, announced today that respected veteran guitar media professional Rich Osweiler has joined the editorial staff of Premier Guitar as associate editor. Premier Guitar also welcomes Iowa-native Katie Wilberg as its new production coordinator. More...
October 22, 2010 - Is print dead?? Not at Premier Guitar magazine.
Premier
Guitar, a monthly magazine for guitar enthusiasts’ available in
print and in four companion digital platforms, has just printed and distributed
what is believed to be the largest issue of a guitar magazine ever … 276 pages! More...
July 28, 2010 - The healing power of music brought to veterans by real
guitar heroes
Brothers and sisters in arms: Organization looking for help in offering healing power of music to veterans struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In 2007, guitar instructor Patrick Nettesheim and guitar-playing Vietnam
War veteran Dan Van Buskirk founded Guitars for Vets, a unique form of
music therapy offered to veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). Guitars for Vets (G4V) is a nonprofit that provides one-on-one
guitar lessons and a new acoustic guitar to veterans in recovery. More...
June 8, 2010 - Premier Guitar announces new senior editor
Premier Media Holdings, LLC, publishers of the Premier Guitar (http://www.premierguitar.com) and Guitar Edge (http://www.guitaredge.com) multimedia networks, announced today that the widely read and acclaimed veteran guitar journalist Andy Ellis has joined the editorial staff of Premier Guitar as Senior Editor. More...
May 6, 2010 - Jessica Sullivan Joins Premier Media as new Director of Business Development
Premier Media Holdings, LLC., publishers of guitardom’s largest multimedia networks, announced today that well-respected industry veteran Jessica Sullivan has joined the company as director of business development. In her new position, Sullivan will focus on expanding the Guitar Edge multimedia brand and its fast-growing global audience. More..
March 22, 2010 - Texterity and Premier Guitar rock App Store with new magazine-branded iPhone App
Free App delivers magazine content in its entirety to mobile users. More...
November 20, 2009 - Premier Guitar features all 2009 Premier Gear Award Winners in its December issue
Premier Guitar pays homage to the most illustrious gear from the guitar industry with its 2009 “Gear in Review.” More...
October 19, 2009 -
Hal Leonard to Distribute Magazines to MI Trade
The world’s largest music print publisher, Hal
Leonard Corporation will now distribute two leading guitar magazines to music
stores: Premier Guitar and Guitar Edge. More...
October 8, 2009 - Staff Changes at Premier Media Holdings
Driven by the explosive growth of the Premier guitar and Guitar Edge multimedia networks, Premier Media Holdings (PMH) has added a number of highly qualified professionals to it's "band".More...
June 26, 2009 - Ooh La La Manufacturing receives Premier Guitar's Premier Gear Award
“Don’t let the name Ooh La La or the fuzzy animal ‘pedal pouches’ fool
you,” says Premier Guitar reviewer Brian Barr. “These pedals mean
business…" More...
June 23, 2009 - Cole Clark Guitars receives Premier Guitar's Premier Gear Award
“It’s safe to say that Cole Clark Guitars is on to something here,” says Premier Guitar reviewer Adam Moore. More...
June 22, 2009 - Collings Guitars recieve Premier Guitar's Premier Gear Award
“The fit and finish are perfect; playability is more of the same—perfectorama; tones are all you might want from this kind of guitar (so again: perfection),” says Premier Guitar reviewer Pat Smith. More...
June 22, 2009 - Vintage Guitar Pro and Premier Guitar partnership to offer high-quality/low-cost guitar appraisals
Online guitar appraisal provider, Vintage Guitar Pro, and multimedia guitar company, Premier Guitar, have teamed up to bring high-quality appraisals by Vintage Guitar Pro to a broader audience of serious guitarists at a preferred Premier Guitar reader price. More...
June 5, 2009 - Hal Leonard and Premier Guitar Team Up to Re-Launch Guitar Edge Magazine as Multimedia Network
Hal Leonard Corporation, the world’s largest music print publisher, and Premier Guitar, the fastest-growing guitar media company, have announced the formation of Guitar Edge LLC, a new joint venture company created to expand and enhance Guitar Edge magazine as a multimedia resource for guitarists. More...
March 16, 2009 - Premier Guitar Introduces Talented Managing Editor
Premier Guitar welcomes Gayla Drake Paul to its editorial team in the position of managing editor. Paul brings a dynamic background to Premier Guitar as a successful musician, composer, writer/author, instructor and recording artist. Paul has previously served as a regular contributing editor for Premier Guitar, writing acoustic guitar and songwriting columns as well as articles about stage and recording gear. More...
March 11, 2009 - Premier Guitar and Paul Reed Smith team up for worthy cause
The Rabiner Treatment Center, a home for troubled youths and teens, has received a Paul Reed Smith (PRS) SE Semi-hollowbody as a donation to its newly-founded music department. The donation was made possible through a partnership between Premier Guitar and PRS Guitars, both participating in the PRS Play it Forward program. More...
February 20, 2009 - Premier Guitar's director of artist relations accepts new position with DBZ guitars/Diamond Amps
Brett Petrusek, director of artist relations for Premier Guitar, has resigned from Premier Guitar to accept an important and newly-created position of marketing director for DBZ Guitars/Diamond Amplification. Petrusek, 39, was the first hire for Musician's Hotline, the predecessor to Premier Guitar, and over the last 3.5 years has made a tremendous contribution to the astounding growth of Premier Guitar's multimedia franchise. More...
February 4, 2009 - Premier Guitar videos score on YouTube
Premier Guitar's NAMM coverage has attracted more than 144,000 video viewers. Illustrating its fast-growing multimedia audience, Premier Guitar has become one of the most-subscribed-to channels among all YouTube partner channels for the period of January 15 - 31. More...
December 4, 2008 – Premier Guitar Honors Manufacturers with New Premier Gear Award Award Debuts in December, Salutes Outstanding Products in a Variety of Categories
Paying homage to some of the M.I. industry's most illustrious new gear, Premier Guitar has unveiled the Premier Gear Award for outstanding guitar products. The newly created award makes its debut in the December 2008 issue of Premier Guitar. The December edition features a major year-end retrospective in which PG editors salute a total of 44 exemplary products with the Premier Gear honor. The showcased products span a wide range of categories and are chosen for key attributes such as innovation, quality, versatility, value and vibe. More...
Sept. 25, 2008 – Premier Guitar Unveils Multimedia “George Lynch Experience” with October 2008 issue: 3-day gear immersion captured in exclusive video and special magazine supplement
Offering readers an in-depth look at one of the world’s most influential guitarists, Premier Guitar has unveiled the “George Lynch Experience” multimedia artist feature. The project includes exclusive video footage available online at www.PremierGuitar.com, and a special 16-page magazine supplement sent to all Premier Guitar subscribers packaged with their October 2008 issue. More...
July 15, 2008 – PREMIER GUITAR (Consumer), PREMIER GUITAR BACK STAGE PASS (Email) and PREMIERGUITAR.COM (Interactive) Have Applied For BPA Worldwide Membership
Ushering in a new phase of their development, Premier Guitar’s print and online magazines, Premier Guitar’s Backstage Pass eNewsletter and the PremierGuitar.com Web site have applied for membership in BPA Worldwide. More...
June 17, 2008 – Premier Guitar Welcomes Gary Ciocci and Jon Levy to Management Team
Marking a new phase in its rapid progress, Premier Guitar magazine is welcoming Gary Ciocci and Jon Levy to the company’s management team. Peter Sprague, the CEO of Premier Guitar, has announced that the guitar industry veterans will join PG as Managing Directors and partners beginning with the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. More...
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