Changes in business and professional group at Rogers

Further tightening at the Business and Professional Publishing division of Rogers, as Senior Vice-President John Milne consolidates his hold with the departure of four trade publishers: three out the door, one transferred over to the consumer division. This, according to a story in mastheadonline (sub req'd).

Gone are:

• Richard Elliott, executive publisher Marketing Group/ Meetings and Travel Group;
  
• Coatings publisher Peter Wilkinson;
  
• Materials Management & Distribution publisher Warren Patterson
• Also departing was veteran art director Michael Cleland.

Moved over is Jim Hicks, the publisher of Cosmetics and Cosmétiques magazines, who now reports to Mitch Dent, Senior Vice-President, Sales, Consumer Magazines. Apparently there is going to be a tighter cross pollination between these trade titles with consumer titles like Glow and Flare that depend heavily on cosmetics advertising.

Milne, who had headed the professional and medical-related publishing at Rogers, took over the entire portfolio when Harvey Botting retired in the spring.