Wolfgang Blau becomes president and Albert Read moves into the managing director’s role at the Vogue and Vanity Fair publisher New appointments have been announced by magazine publisher Condé Nast in the wake of Nicholas Coleridge’s decision to step aside and take on the role of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chitra Bopardikar, v-p and general manager of B&T’s global publishers services, will take over responsibility for B&T’s international retail business as well following John Bacon's retirement at the end of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Get your calendars ready to start planning for the sixth annual Digital Content NewFronts. The Interactive Advertising Bureau today announced the programming schedule for the event, which takes place in New York from May 1-12. Participants range from publishing stalwarts like The New York... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Derek Stordahl, formerly executive v-p at Bloomsbury USA, has been appointed executive v-p and general manager of Holiday House Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Buoyed by the success of popular podcasts like Serial and This American Life, the Interactive Advertising Bureau is hosting its second annual Podcast Upfront this fall to bring together publishers, advertisers and agencies. Twelve media and podcast companies (up from eight last year) will... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Domino, which began in the mid-aughts as a home dcor magazine from Cond Nast and closed at the end of the decade and returned in 2013, is still in the process of reinventing itself as a blend of e-commerce, old-fashioned print, and digital media.On Monday, Domino announced the appointment of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alexander Street president Stephen Rhind-Tutt will stay on board, reporting to ProQuest Information Solutions’ general manager and senior v-p Rafael Sidi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau planned to release a new tool Monday that allows ad designers, developers and ad operations teams to verify that their HTML5 ad units meet the current bureau's guidelines.The tool, which works for mobile and desktop, analyzes elements such as file weights,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can't attend the Digiday Publishing Summit but still want to follow the conversation? Tune in to the live stream starting at 6 pm EST. You'll hear from Refinery29's co-founder, the Daily Mail's head of partnership solutions and The Atlantic's general manager. The post Watch live: Refinery29, The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc. has had a string of acquisitions and launches aimed at young women over the past year, from HelloGiggles to homegrown startups Mimi and Motto. Like the publishing giant itself, the Gen Y strategy reflects the awareness that young people aren’t all alike. So each site targets audiences... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 60-year-old publication will be one of the new kids on the NewFronts block in 2016. Playboy will be among the 37 presenters during the fifth Digital Content NewFronts, where publishers make their case for a slice of the $3 billion digital-video advertising pie. Joining Playboy as first-time... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc. has acquired Jane Pratt's xoJane and xoVain websites in a bid to build up its portfolio of brands that target millennials. Adweek first reported that the acquisition was imminent on Oct. 16. The deal is the latest in a string of big moves from the New York magazine publisher this... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau elevated its fight against ad blockers on Tuesday, with President-CEO Randall Rothenberg renewing what he called his "cri de coeur" against the practice and showcasing small publishers being hurt by the practice. The organization also said it was taking new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the digital media and advertising industries come to grips with the rise of ad blocking, so is one of the industry's more prominent organizing bodies.A month before Apple revealed in June that later this year it would enable ad blocking on its mobile Safari browser, the Interactive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twentieth Century Fox wants to talk to teens the way that they do with their friends, so it's using GIFs to chat with them on mobile messaging app Kik. The film studio and agency Trailer Park are launching a campaign today for the sci-fi flick Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, the sequel to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Roads has acquired an originally self-published memoir by the general manager of Opera Holland Park. Michael Volpe’s Noisy at the Wrong Times was chosen by The Bookseller’s Caroline Sanderson as an Independent Author pick in April, and was named by the Sunday Times as one of its “100... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Digiday Publishing Summit will stream live today from Vail, Colorado, starting at 6:30 p.m. EST. Sessions will cover how publishers adapt to technological change. Today's sessions focus in particular on the shift to mobile. Neil Vogel, CEO of About.com, will speak to how it is making mobile... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charlie Hart, general manager at Kensington Publishing Corp., died suddenly on March 4 at the age of 62. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
As smartphones continue to erode sales of cameras and equipment, traditional brands are building digital platforms that double as marketing assets. Today, Canon launched the multi-year "See Impossible" campaign, shifting the marketing focus away from products and onto customers' stories. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gillian Gorman Round is General Manager and Senior Vice President for Lucky, where she oversees all business functions of the brand. In this role, Gorman Round is responsible for revenue generation, brand development and strategic partnerships. She was named General Manager in January 2013,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]