Steve Blechman

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Steve Blechman is a businessman and magazine publisher. He was formerly a competitive bodybuilder , and one time Executive Vice President of Twinlab.[1] Blechman is currently the CEO, President,[2] and sole owner,[2] of Advanced Research Press, Inc. (ARP). ARP owns the bodybuilding magazine Muscular Development, and the fitness magazines Fitness Rx For Women, and Fitness Rx For Men. Under Blechman's guidance Twinlab acquired ARP in the 1980s. In 2001 Twinlab sold ARP to Blechman who then resigned from Twinlab.[1]

Blechman is the son of Jean and David Blechman. David Blechman started the supplement company Twinlab out of his garage in the 1960s and the company soon became successful and expanded. The company which, was named for his two sets of twin sons, was later run by his children among them Steve.[3] Steve worked for the company for 25 years before resigning when he bought ARP.[4]

Blechman's company ARP recently launched Fitness Rx,[5][6] which publishes the magazines Fitness Rx For Women and Fitness Rx For Men. His wife Elyse Blechman has worked as executive vice president of ARP since its purchase,[5] and oversees much of the daily operations of Fitness Rx For Women.

Blechman has recently run Muscular Development in a somewhat controversial fashion,[2][7] changing the format of the magazine frequently in recent years,[2] and sparking a war of words with the operators of competitor magazine FLEX.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Twinlab Sells Publishing Biz, Loses a Blechman, naturalproductsinsider, accessed January 26, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d Steve Blechman, getbig.com, accessed January 26, 2007.
  3. ^ Twin Laboratories forms joint venture with Leonard Green & Partners; Joint venture to acquire TWINLAB and its affiliated businesses, BusinessWire, March 12, 1996, accessed January 26, 2007.
  4. ^ Joiner, Whitney. Stairmaster science: with Fitness Rx, husband-and-wife team Steve and Elyse Blechman hope to unleash a secret weapon-science-on the crowded women's fitness category - Industry watch: Lead Launch - Brief Article, Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, February 2002, accessed May 12, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Stairmaster science: with Fitness Rx, husband-and-wife team Steve and Elyse Blechman hope to unleash a secret weapon-science-on the crowded women's fitness category, Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, February 2002, accessed January 26, 2007.
  6. ^ ARP Launches Fitness Rx Magazine, writenews.com, January 9, 2002, accessed January 26, 2007.
  7. ^ a b Setting the record straight, flexonline.com, accessed January 26, 2007.
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