Mr William Mellor has quit as editor-in-chief of Asia-Inc to take
up the post of senior editor at Asiaweek.
His place has been taken by Mr David Uren, who was previously the editor
of Australian business magazine, Business Review Weekly.
Mr Mellor's move comes after Asia-Inc merged its operations with
regional conference organisation Pacific Rim Forum. The aim of the
merger was said to be to meet the needs of corporate clients and
business readers for insights to the rapidly changing Asian business
landscape.
The merger was accompanied by a shift in the editorial positioning of
Asia-Inc to provide more analysis of management, financial and business
policy issues for business in the region.
It is also introducing a new section on science-based innovation,
particularly life sciences, and its implications for the future business
of Asia.
About a year ago, the monthly publication was bought out by Mr Timothy
Ong, one of Asia's top businessmen, who relaunched the magazine about
six months later.
Asia-Inc has had a chequered history. It was launched in 1992 but was
seldom in the black. At one stage, staff pooled their resources to buy
out the magazine in order to keep it running.
