Mark Lund
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Mark Ashton Lund (born 6 June 1965) is a writer, publisher, and television analyst who covers the sport of figure skating.
He is the author of Frozen Assets (ISBN 0-9721402-0-4), and was formerly the publisher of International Figure Skating Magazine from its inception in 1993 until 2004, when his company, Ashton International Media, Inc., lost control of the magazine in a hostile takeover.[1][2]
Lund has also made numerous media appearances as an analyst on figure skating, particularly during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal, where he was an analyst for CNN.[3][4]. He served as a judge on the television show Skating with Celebrities in early 2006.[5][6] After losing control of International Figure Skating, Lund founded another magazine, SCENE, aimed at the gay community.[7] Lund himself is openly gay.[8]
Recently, Lund appeared on Nancy Kerrigan's World of Skating in an episode that aired January 14, 2006 titled "Countdown to Nationals & Road to Glory" [9] . His commentary in this episode concerning US men's figure skater Johnny Weir was criticized by several bloggers in the gay community.[citation needed]
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- ^ http://www.madavor.com/en/news/detail.php?ID=373
- ^ Reported in Blades on Ice magazine, July/August 2004; see [1]
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Jan_9/ai_81516333
- ^ http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0202/15/bn.06.html
- ^ http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=16739
- ^ http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=46&show=article&a_id=7218
- ^ http://www.scenemag.net/
- ^ http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=16739
- ^ Countdown to Nationals & Road to Glory
