Spicy Bear Media announces the official launch of cvilleStyle.com and the addition of two new team members, Zikki Munyao and Haidee Cline. cvilleStyle.com will serve the needs of the Charlottesville social scene, covering events, fashion, design and living on a local level. Joining a successful pair of websites, cVillain.com and cvilleMUSE.com, cvilleStyle.com will add a diverse topic set to an already engaging group of online media properties.
Spicy Bear Media informally launched cvilleStyle.com several weeks ago. The site recently underwent a design overhaul and formalized partnerships with some of Charlottesville’s most stylish local businesses.
The Spicy Bear network reaches over 50,000 visitors each month and engages more users than any other media publication in central Virginia. Spicy Bear Media empowers community members to participate equally in the discussion. As part of this mindset, cvilleStyle.com will seek the opinions of its readers to define and discuss the Charlottesville scene.
Haidee Cline will manage cvilleStyle.com as Editor and Zikki Munyao will manage online ad sales for the Spicy Bear Network as Vice President of Sales.
About Haidee Cline:
Raised in Dallas, Texas, Haidee made her way to Virginia in 1997 to attend the University of Richmond. After several years of working in media in Washington, DC, Haidee moved to Charlottesville in May 2005 to town to attend the Darden School of Business. After graduation, she married Matt Cline, a Charlottesville dentist, and the two decided to make Charlottesville their home. A slight obsession with shopping, decorating, beauty products and parties led her to join Spicy Bear as the editor of cvilleStyle. She balances writing for the blog with other entrepreneurial ventures while managing her family’s Texas-based company.
About Zikki Munyao:
Nzioki Munyao, who goes by the more easily pronounceable Zikki, grew up in Kenya and moved to the U.S. nine years ago. Shortly after moving to the States, he joined the U.S. Army and was based in Ft. Stewart, GA and Ft. Bragg, NC. He spent a little over three years in the military, touring in Kuwait and Egypt. Zikki recently worked a night job driving 18-wheelers to pay for his education at the University of Virginia. He graduated in July 2008 with a degree in English Language and Literature. He enjoys mountain biking and billiards.
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