Joanna Coles' steady rise to the top at Hearst Magazines has reached a new high, with the well-regarded Cosmopolitan editor in chief (and two-time Adweek Hot List Editor of the Year) being promoted today to chief content officer, a new position within the publishing company. "Joanna is a powerhouse modern editor—she has strengthened the thought leadership of Cosmopolitan and established deep relationships with major players in advertising, technology, entertainment and government," Hearst Magazines president David Carey, to whom Coles will continue to report, said in a statement. "She has a creative, curious mind and her boundless energy will be an integral part of all we do, as we forge an even closer connection between our U.S. and international media businesses." According to Hearst, Coles will work with the company's U.S. and international brands editorial, digital and advertising departments to "lead new magazine development activities, and spearhead efforts to extend Hearst brands into television, live events, and other new businesses." She'll also work with Hearst's digital marketing agency iCrossing on branded content, consumer research and marketing initiatives. From the sound of it, Coles' new position will be somewhat of a broader (and more business-focused) version of Anna Wintour's artistic director role at Condé Nast, which she added to her Vogue editor in chief title in 2013. Coles first joined Hearst in 2006 as the editor in chief of Marie Claire.... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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Award-winning newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr, who led the New York Times for three decades, dies at 86 after a long illness. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an effort to gain subscribers, Fortune has relaunched its iPad app with a mix of free and paid content. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The social video firm Sharethrough wants to help brands run video ads that don't look like video ads. The company, which claims to be able to help advertisers get their ads viewed all over the Web through placements within editorial content rather than paid ad placements (like pre-rolls), has... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Created by the founders of BookSurge, the print-on-demand vendor acquired by Amazon, BiblioBoard is a new app and e-publishing platform that offers a library of public domain content bundled into subject category anthologies. The BiblioBoard app offers these BiblioLife anthologies at different... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to delay its head office move from Brentford to its flagship London Piccadilly... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers want a slice of Google ad revenue. France's major online newspaper publishers have called for a new legislation which will ensure internet search engines including Google have to pay them for using their published content. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dr. Seuss, meet Harry Potter. Barbara Marcus, the former president of children's book publishing at Scholastic—the U.S. home of the Hogwarts wizard—has been named president and publisher of Random House Children's Books. The world's largest children's house publishes The Cat in the Hat and every... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot on the heels of purchasing Blinkbox and Peter Gabriel's WE7, Tesco has purchased Andy McNab's ebook publishers, Mobcast. It seems clear that the British supermarket heavyweight is currently engaged in a phony war with rival Sainsburys, which snapped up Rovi, Global Media Vault and Anobii for... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While Barnes & Noble has created lots of buzz and headlines with its Nook e-reading devices, its future profitability lies in the sale of content. That was the message CEO William Lynch delivered to analysts last week in a conference call discussing first-quarter results. Improved gross... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This new label from the Free Software Foundation aims to help buyers find ebooks and other media distributed without digital rights management restrictions. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group USA sales and marketing chief Evan Schnittman has said publishers need to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of property Andrew Milner-Walker has left Waterstones after 10 years "to pursue other... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones has made further changes to its head office personnel, with Neil Best taking up the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK is opening a sales and marketing office in Hong Kong, with Paul Kenny [pictured]... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines International (HMI) is set to release its Singapore edition of Esquire, which will debut as a September issue and will be the brand’s 25th global edition. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reveal, the celebrity weekly magazine published by Hearst, has launched its first website, which has attracted advertising from Gap. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones divisional manager for the East region, Ian Matthews, has left with “immediate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster’s commissioning editor for sport, Rhea Halford, has left the company... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones' operations director Steve Clark has left the company with immediate effect. His... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought world rights to the autobiography of singer Cheryl Cole and will publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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