PennWell Corp. (www.pennwell.com), publisher of Lightwave and Lightwave Europe magazines, recently named Michael Wolf publisher of Lightwave Europe. Wolf most recently was international sales director for BusinessWeek magazine.

PennWell also publishes Cabling Installation & Maintenance and other high-technology trade journals.

Previously, Wolf held positions of managing director-international for Data Communications and tele.com magazines, and has held sales-director positions for Telecommunications, Microwave Journal, Journal of Electronic Defense, and Communications magazines.

Lightwave Europe covers fiber-optic technology exclusively for the European telecommunications industry.