Edmunds’ Inside Line Editor-in-Chief Scott Oldham Becomes Third Edmunds Editor Named to North American Car and Truck of the Year Jury

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scott Oldham, Editor-in-Chief of Inside Line, has been invited to serve on the North American Car and Truck of the Year Jury. Colleagues Karl Brauer, Editor-in-Chief of Edmunds.com, and Michelle Krebs, Senior Editor for Edmunds’ AutoObserver.com, also serve on the jury.

"Scott's expertise and the high regard with which he is regarded in the auto industry made him a terrific choice and we are looking forward to his help," said Christopher Jensen of the jury’s Organizing Committee.

The jury consists of 50 top journalists from a variety of automotive media outlets in the United States and Canada. Through a conscientious process, the group selects the new vehicles that are named most noteworthy each January at the world-renowned North American International Auto Show held in Detroit.

"This is a tremendous honor," remarked Oldham. "I look forward to working with the industry's most respected journalists and will take pleasure in honoring its most significant vehicles."

Oldham joined Edmunds in December 2004 and became Editor-in-Chief of Inside Line in November 2006. Previously he worked at Sport Compact Car, European Car, Popular Hot Rodding and Popular Mechanics. Oldham has also been published in Car and Driver and the Los Angeles Times.

2009 “NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR” JURORS

Karl Brauer (Edmunds.com)

Lindsay Brooke (Automotive Engineering International)

Dan Carney (MSNBC)

Csaba Csere (Car and Driver)

John Davis (MotorWeek-PBS Network & SpeedCHANNEL)

Matt DeLorenzo (Road & Track)

Denis Duquet (Le Monde de l’auto/ Le Guide de l’auto)

Jacques Duval (Le Guide de l'auto/)

Paul Eisenstein (TheCarConnection.com)

Royal Ford (Boston Globe / New York Times Service)

Jeff Gilbert (WWJ Newsradio 950/ CBS Radio Network)

John Gilbert (Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine/Freelance)

Ken Gross (Playboy/Hemispheres/CARGO)

James Healey (USA Today)

Dan Jedlicka (Chicago Sun Times/MSN Autos)

Cheryl Jensen (Freelance/Motor Matters)

Christopher Jensen (Freelance)

Dale Jewett (AutoWeek)

Jim Kenzie (Toronto Star “Wheels”/TSN’s Motoring 2005)

Michelle Krebs (Edmunds’ AutoObserver.com)

Marc Lachapelle (Sympatico /MSN Autos)

John Lamm (Freelance/Road & Track)

Tom Lankard (Freelance/ New Car Test Drive)

Edward Lapham (Automotive News)

Alexander Law (Freelance)

Anita Lienert (Freelance)

Jim Mateja (The Chicago Tribune)

Dan McCosh (Freelance)

Jim McCraw (Penthouse Magazine)

Mitch McCullough (New Car Test Drive)

John McElroy (Autoline Detroit)

Matt Nauman (San Jose Mercury News / Knight-Ridder syndicate)

Natalie Neff (AutoWeek)

Jack Nerad (Kelley Blue Book)

Jayne O'Donnell (Freelance)

Scott Oldham (Edmunds’ Inside Line)

Frank Peiler (Consumer Guide)

Mark Phelan (Detroit Free Press)

Jeremy Sinek (World of Wheels)

Steven Cole Smith (Orlando Sentinel)

Ben Stewart (Popular Mechanics)

Tony Swan (Car and Driver)

Alex Taylor (Fortune Magazine)

Rich Taylor (Freelance)

Lawrence Ulrich (Freelance)

David Van Sickle (All About Autos)

Paul Weissler (Motor)

Drew Winter (Ward’s)

Gary Witzenburg (Freelance)

Tony Whitney (CanWest Newspapers/Driver’s Seat TV)

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Edmunds Inc. publishes four Web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers, enthusiasts and insiders. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive consumer information, launched in 1995 as the first automotive information Web site. Its most popular feature, the Edmunds.com True Market Value^®, is relied upon by millions of people seeking current transaction prices for new and used vehicles. Edmunds.com was named "Best Car Research Site" by Forbes ASAP, has been selected by consumers as the "Most Useful Web Site" according to every J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com Study(SM), was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites by The Wall Street Journal and was rated "#1" in Keynote's study of third-party automotive Web sites. Inside Line launched in 2005 and is the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site. CarSpace launched in 2006 and is an automotive social networking Web site and home to the oldest and most established automotive community. AutoObserver.com launched in 2007 and provides insightful automotive industry commentary and analysis. Edmunds Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and maintains a satellite office in suburban Detroit.