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Publisher of JCK resigns

May 13, 2009

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New York--Mark Smelzer, publisher of JCK Publishing Group for the past five years, has resigned his position, according to a report published on the magazine's Web site late Tuesday.

Smelzer is leaving to take a position as publisher of consumer magazine The Advocate and its Web site, Advocate.com.

According to the report, in a note to staff, Smelzer said he was "overwhelmed with sadness" at leaving but remains hopeful for the magazine's future.

JCK Publishing Group, which produces Jewelers Circular Keystone (JCK) magazine and related titles, has immediately begun a search for a replacement.

In the interim, Kevin Castellani, group publisher of Reed Business Information's retail titles, will oversee operations at JCK as a whole, while Managing Editor Rich Daglish handles the editorial product and Donna Borrelli, associate publisher, manages the business side of the operation.

Smelzer's departure comes in the wake of layoffs at JCK that impacted a total of seven staff members, including Editor-in-Chief Hedda Schupak, who had been with the magazine since 1986, and Senior Editor Bill Shuster, who had been with the publication for 29 years.
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