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[A/S] Airstream Life Press Release
Hi Gang,
Rich sent me the press release due out tomorrow...... the website still isn't
up yet, but this will answer some questions...... website up tomorrow.....
Personally, I'm really looking forward to the magazine......
For Release February 25, 2004
"AIRSTREAM LIFE" LAUNCHING THIS SUMMER
New Official Quarterly Lifestyle Magazine For Airstream Owners and Admirers
February 25, 2004 (Ferrisburg, VT) - The most famous make of all recreational
vehicles - Airstream - is getting its own magazine, in summer 2004.
Known for quality, design and innovation, Airstream products are a long-time
favorite of travel enthusiasts, popular among Hollywood actors and directors,
and an enduring symbol of the open road in America. Airstream travel trailers
are highly recognizable by the unique "silver bullet" styling. Along with
Airstream motorhomes, these recreational vehicles are treasured by their owners
- who keep 75,000 Airstreams made from the 1930s through present-day on the
road.
Airstream Life, launching in Summer 2004, is a quarterly full-color magazine
that celebrates the unique and diverse lifestyles that an Airstream affords.
Instead of focusing on issues like towing, "Airstream Life" explores the
romance of the road and the adventure of travel. Each issue is 64 pages packed
with beautiful photography, interviews, profiles, community news, tips and
ideas, events and destinations, humor, history and the latest innovations.
Subscribers to Airstream Life will likely mirror the demographics of today's
Airstream owners - an elite group who represent a lucrative segment of
recreational vehicle customers. These owners, including a generous segment of Baby
Boomers, are fanatical in their allegiance to this legendary premium brand.
Airstream Life is being published by Church Street Publishing, Inc.
(Ferrisburg, Vermont) in a partnership with Airstream (Jackson Center, Ohio).
Airstream will contribute photography from its extensive image archive, as well as
pre-release information on new products and innovations, making Airstream Life
the best source of information about new products, innovations, partnerships,
company-sponsored caravans, and other news of interest to Airstreamers.
Richard Riegel, president and CEO of Airstream, affirmed the importance of
this new quarterly magazine, commenting, "I support Airstream Life because it
encompasses much more than just the Airstream product. As all Airstreamers
know, Airstream is not just about its products and services, it is a way of life.
Just as Airstream is working hard to provide its dealers and consumers with a
fuller range of products, services, and support, so too will Airstream Life
more fully capture and enhance the Airstream way of life."
Daryl Ewles, International President of the WBCCI (the Airstream RV
association), noted, "Since its inception, Airstream has redefined travel, fun,
adventure, and friendship. No entity embodies this concept more than the WBCCI. A
irstream Life offers an opportunity to enhance the Airstream experience for
current owners and opens this unique lifestyle to more RV enthusiasts."
Advertising in Airstream Life will be strictly limited to 20% of each issue
(compared to an average of 47% among other national magazines, according to the
Magazine Publishers of America.) Advertiser information will be available at
www.airstreamlife.com.
The annual subscription will be $32.00 in the U.S., with a Charter Subscriber
price of just $26.00 through the www.airstreamlife.com website until March
30, 2004. Discounts will also available to WBCCI members, and through select
Airstream-related websites.
The magazine will sponsor a quarterly Airstream photo contest open to all
readers of the magazine. The magazine will also sponsor a new annual award
called the Silver Rivet, to be awarded to exceptional Airstreamers in recognition
of their community service. This award will be presented for the first time in
July, 2005.
Writers and photographers interested in contributing to the magazine can find
Editorial Guidelines at the magazine website, www.airstreamlife.com.
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For more information:
Rich Luhr, Publisher and Editor
Airstream Life
Rich@airstreamlife.com
802-877-2900
Tim Champ, Director of Brand Development
Airstream Corporation
Tchamp@airstream.com
937-596-6111