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Juha Saarinen joins Geekzone

, posted: 2-Jan-2007 14:04

Welcome to 2007... We hope you all have a great year ahead. We are also planning some interesting changes here at Geekzone, and the following announcement is one of the many things we will see during this year:


Geekzone boosts editorial: Juha Saarinen joins
JANUARY 2, 2007— WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Geekzone, the most popular technology site in New Zealand according to Nielsen/NetRatings is pleased to welcome Juha Saarinen as editor and contributor. Juha is a well-respected technology journalist and reviewer, having written for publications such as Infoworld, PC World, Computerworld, PC/Computing and Virus Bulletin as well as dailies and other magazines around the world.

“With a decade and a half behind him as a tech writer, Juha brings with him a great mix of hands-on knowledge and journalistic experience”, says Mauricio Freitas, owner of Geekzone. “We are currently experiencing massive growth and Juha’s professionalism will help us produce the high-quality content our visitors have come to expect,” Freitas adds.

Juha will be editing Geekzone material, contributing reviews and news and advising on content production, starting immediately. He currently writes the popular The Techsploder blog on Geekzone which was quoted in the New Zealand Parliament after being the first in the country with news about Telecom New Zealand being unbundled.

Geekzone was founded in 2003 by Mauricio Freitas, and specialises in mobile technology but covers ICT news and events as well. According to Nielsen/NetRatings statistics, Geekzone is the most popular New Zealand-based technology site by a large margin. The site is currently seeing four times as many unique browsers and over three times the number of page impressions as its nearest three competitors, XtraMSN, New Zealand Herald/Technology and InfoTech.

For further information, please contact:

Mauricio Freitas
Geekzone owner and admin
www.geekzone.co.nz
www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm

Juha Saarinen
Geekzone Editor
www.geekzone.co.nz
www.geekzone.co.nz/juha








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Comment by Grant17, on 2-Jan-2007 15:03 , user id: 24195)

Congratulations Juha!

I will watch this space with interest to see what improvements you come up during this new year.

Whatever they may be, I'm sure we will be in for a good read .


Comment by inane, on 3-Jan-2007 09:11 , user id: 14842)

congratulations Juha!


Comment by chiefie, on 3-Jan-2007 09:55 , user id: 2263)

Awesome, 2007 is looking good so far for Geekzone! Looking forward to great stuff coming off Geekzone.

Kudos to Mauricio and Juha and the team!


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