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NEW YORK (April 8, 2008) - Directorship’s April/May 2008 cover story which named Warren Buffett a “boardroom All-Star” was featured on CNBC’s “Warren Buffett Watch” microsite on April 8.

NEW YORK (August 30, 2007) - Move over People’s “Most Beautiful” and Forbes “400 Richest People” – the world of magazine lists has grown by one. Corporate governance, a topic that was once overlooked, has acquired new importance with news surrounding oversized CEO paychecks and incarcerated CEOs flooding business headline.

DURHAM (June 20, 2008) - North Carolina ranks among the most friendly to do business in the United States, by the second Annual Boardroom Guide to State Litigation Climates.

BOSTON (April 1, 2008) – Warren Buffett ranks highest on the most admired list of directors, followed by such boardroom luminaries as Ken Chenault, Andrea Jung, Al Gore, Barry Diller, and Bill Gates, according to Directorship magazine's Annual Survey of Exceptional Directors.

NEW YORK (April 3, 2008) - In its annual coverage of executive compensation, Directorship chairman and CEO tells USA Today that “this is a jump-ball year."

BOSTON (February 22, 2008) – Social activists, plaintiff lawyers, and public officials are increasingly targeting the largest companies. Why? Managing Editor Joe McCafferty reports in the February/March 2008 issue of Directorship that the anti-business lobby now focuses on industry leaders – whether merited or not – because they attract such extraordinary media coverage and attention for the attackers.

BOSTON (November 21, 2007) - CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro, selected as the most influential player in corporate governance by Directorship magazine, will address the 8th annual Directorship Institute on December 11 and 12 in New York. Buenrostro will speak at a dinner that opens the conference and honors recipients named to the Directorship 100, the magazine’s inaugural ranking of the most influential players in corporate governance.

BOSTON (October 1, 2007) - If Peter Drucker was alive today, what would his advice to boards be? Newly compiled writings by the late great management guru show refreshing clarity relevant to today’s top business leaders. Elizabeth Haas Edersheim, who collaborated often with Drucker before his death in 2005, writes in the October/November 2007 issue of Directorship that he constantly reminded boards their vital role was to be a constructive “adversary of top management.”

NEW YORK (September 22, 2007) - New York Times columnist Paul B. Brown writes about analyzing failure beforehand and cites story from the September issue of Directorship.

DOVER (October 3, 2007) - The Delaware Courts, the only court system featured in the Directorship 100, were noted for being fair and reasonable with an influence that rivals that of Congress, in the September 2007 issue of Directorship.

BOSTON (September 1, 2007) - The most influential players in U.S. corporate governance, and why CalPERS tops them all.

BOSTON (May 16, 2007) - Directorship Magazine Names Three New Editors: CFO Magazine's Senior Editor Joe McCafferty Named Managing Editor, Business Week Senior Editor Aaron Bernstein Named Editor at Large Washington Bureau, Judy Warner, former Adweek editor and Boston Globe reporter, named Assistant Managing Editor.