PEP Talks: 2002 Drake Grad Becomes Executive Editor of Advertising Age

Thursday, December 10, 2009

2002 Drake Grad Becomes Executive Editor of Advertising Age

Congratulations, Abbey!

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Advertising Age today named Abbey Klaassen as its new executive editor, in charge of all editorial operations for the brand. She replaces Jonah Bloom, who is leaving Ad Age to become CEO and editor-in-chief of B2B blog network Breaking Media.

Abbey Klaassen

Ms. Klaassen, currently digital editor for Ad Age, joined the publication five years ago, and has developed a number of successful new products for Ad Age, including the annual Digital Issue and companion Ad Age Digital Conference, the DigitalNext blog and her twice-weekly newsletter. Her experience at Ad Age before that includes coverage of TV, radio and out-of-home advertising.
Before joining Ad Age, she was assistant editor in Minneapolis at Mpls-St. Paul Magazine, and wrote for the Twin Cities Business Monthly. Read the entire story here.

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