Steven Parr was named President of Source Interlink Media on August 1, 2007, upon completion of the Enthusiast Media acquisition. Prior to joining Source Interlink, Steve was President of Primedia's Enthusiast Media division, and before that he served as President of that company's Consumer and Performance Automotive Groups. From 2001-2004, he was President and CEO of book publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Steve began his career in magazines in 1999 at EMAP, USA, where he was initially responsible for the high tech, outdoors and motorcycle titles. Soon after, he was named President of EMAP, USA, a position he kept until EMAP was sold to Primedia. His twenty-plus year career in the publishing industry started at Penguin Books before joining Pearson PLC in 1997.