Linda Kopp, Editorial Director
Linda Kopp is Editorial Director of Simba Information, the leading source of market intelligence on the media and publishing industries. Linda oversees the content development strategies for Simba’s seven newsletters, as well as the company’s related market forecast reports, Business Briefs, and conferences. From 1991 to 1995, Linda wrote the market-leading newsletter Computer Publishing & Advertising Report. During the balance of her tenure at Simba, Linda has served in various senior editorial and analyst positions, including launch editor for Simba’s Professional Publishing Report newsletter in 1997, analyst/editor for the newsletters Telecom Advertising Report and Book Publishing Report, and as author and co-author of numerous Simba market forecast reports, including Computer Publishing Market Forecast, Trade Book Publishing, Information Publishing: Business/Professional Markets & Media, and Publishing for Professional Markets: Review, Trends & Forecast. Before joining Simba, Linda was an editor with Larchmont, NY-based Communications Trends, Inc. Kopp holds a B.A. in English from The College of New Jersey.

Dan Strempel, Senior Editor/Analyst for Business Professional Group, Professional Publishing Report and Electronic Information Report
Dan Strempel is the Senior Analyst/Editor of Simba’s Business and Professional Group where he edits and reports for the Professional Publishing Report and Electronic Information Report newsletters and associated market reports. In 2006, he led the business and professional team in the publication of Publishing for Professional Markets: Forecast & Analysis 2006-2007 and Business Information Markets 2006-2007. In addition, Dan executes in-depth customized research projects and represents Simba at industry conferences and events. Since joining Simba, Dan has brought an increased emphasis on global coverage of professional markets. In 2007, the group introduced the market reports Global Legal & Business Publishing 2007-2008, Global STM Publishing 2007-2008 and Global Professional Publishing 2007-2008. Prior to Simba, Dan was managing editor at Westfair Communications in White Plains, NY—the publisher of Westchester County Business Journal and Fairfield County Business Journal—where his work earned recognition from the Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2004, The Business Council of Westchester named Dan as one of its “Rising Stars: Forty Under Forty” award winners. Dan is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Journalism.

Michele Masterson, Assistant Editor/Junior Analyst for Professional Publishing Report
Michele Masterson is an editor and analyst for Simba’s Professional Publishing Report newsletter, and a contributor to related market forecast reports. Michele covers the scientific/technical, medical, legal and business segments of the professional publishing industry, including society and commercial journals and related electronic products. Michele was most recently a news editor at the Ziff Davis trade magazine Sm@rtPartner. She was also a staff writer covering the technology sector for CNN Financial News online and an editor at Mecklermedia's Internet.com's network. While at Time Warner's Electronic Publishing unit, Michele was responsible for coordinating Warner and Little, Brown book content online. Michele began her career at Prodigy, where she began as an assistant in the newsroom and advanced to running a celebrity interview division. She holds a B.A. in Media Communications from The College of Mt. St. Vincent in Riverdale, NY.