Friday, August 9, 2013

MediaPost Mag Bag


Hearst Launches Branded Flipboard Mag for Estée Lauder 
Hearst Magazines Digital Media is diving into custom publishing with a new branded Flipboard magazine for Estée Lauder called Beauty Book. The new publication, produced in partnership with OMD, features custom content created by Hearst brands Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire, along with content dealing with beauty, health, fashion, and lifestyle -- all to promote Estée Lauder’s new “Advanced Night Repair” beauty product line. 
ABM Study Shows Value of B2B 
This week ABM released a new study, “The Value of B-to-B,” highlighting the effectiveness of business-to-business media including events, magazines, and Web sites. Among its findings, 96% of media users polled visit b-to-b websites and read print magazines, 73% percent visit these Web sites at least weekly, and 45% read print magazines at least weekly.
Meredith Rebrands Hispanic Business Unit, Announces Appointments 
Meredith Corp. has rebranded its Hispanic business unit, previously known as Meredith Hispanic Ventures, as Meredith Hispanic Media, to better reflect the company’s offerings across multiple media channels. In addition to magazines Siempre Mujer, Ser Padres, Ser Padres Espera and Ser Padres Bebé, Meredith Hispanic Media offers advertisers digital, social, video, and experiential marketing platforms, as well as proprietary and syndicated research capabilities, custom publishing, content licensing, database marketing, and grassroots marketing.Meredith also announced a number of promotions and appointments.
Jon Werther has been named executive vice president and president of Meredith Digital.
Andy Wilson has been named senior vice president and chief digital officer. Alison Adler Matz has been named publisher of More magazine. Finally, Steven Grune has been named publisher of Allrecipes magazine.
The Week, Mental Floss Announce Hires
The Week and Mental Floss announced four executive hires to bolster their business and editorial teams. Richard Blakely has been named director of digital products and strategy for The Week and Mental Floss; Tracy Monahan has been named marketing director for the publications.