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Todd Anderman was named Senior Vice President, Digital Media, for Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in January 2008 and is responsible for the company's Web sites, mobile business as well as other emerging platforms. Over the course of Todd's career, he has successfully built and expanded a number of brands in the digital space. Prior to joining Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., he served as President of Maxim Digital, SVP of American Greetings Interactive and SVP at eMusic. He began his career at Ziff Davis Publishing, where he held a number of positions over the course of almost 10 years. Todd is a graduate of Brandeis University. With over a decade’s worth of experience in webcasting, he is considered an industry veteran. Nick started his career as a webcasting executive in 1998 when he founded NextVenue Inc., TalkPoint’s predecessor company. NextVenue was created as an off-shoot of CNBC/ Dow Jones Desktop Video (a joint venture amongst Microsoft, NBC, and Dow Jones). Nick has previously served as an executive within Williams Communications Inc.’s Vyvx Broadband Media division. He served as president of Enterprise Services at Ibeam Broadcasting and was a member of the company’s board. He holds an MBA from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management.
Jeff Barish joined The Daily Beast in June 2009. He manages client relationships across multiple categories and has been instrumental in establishing and developing the sales and marketing operation of The Daily Beast. Prior to The Daily Beast, Jeff held the position of Advertising Director at Condé Nast Portfolio and was responsible for creating integrated programs across all brand platforms. He had previously worked in the newspaper industry at Tribune, completing his time with the organization as Regional Sales Director, managing the Northeast region for national accounts selling all Tribune newspapers, their online components and local television programs.
Steven Brill conceived of Press+, his most recent enterprise, as a new company offering an innovative system for newspaper, magazine and other online publishers to realize revenue from the digital distribution of the original journalism they produce. For the last eight years, Steven has taught a seminar for aspiring journalists at Yale College. In 2006, Steven and his wife Cynthia expanded that seminar by endowing the Yale Journalism In 1978, Steven founded The American Lawyer magazine, which soon expanded into a national chain of daily and weekly legal newspapers. In 1991, he launched Court TV. He sold the legal publications and Court TV in 1997 and returned to journalism full time, with the founding of Brill’s Content, a magazine about the media which ceased publication in 2001.
Since joining Break Media, an entertainment community for men, in 2007, Andrew Budkofsky has built a structured sales organization of 30 people, which has resulted in revenue more than tripling for the company. He brings more than 20 years of experience in media, including stints on both the agency and sales sides of the business. Prior to joining Break, Andrew was the Senior Vice President of Sales for PodShow, a leading podcasting portal now renamed Mevio. At PodShow, Andrew managed a team that partnered with Fortune 500 companies like Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft, among others. From 2002-2006 he was VP of sales for Court TV, now truTV, where he helped manage the turnaround of the network. Andrew led a sales team of 15 people in the first effort of the TV industry into ROI CPM guarantees for clients, which revolutionized the television sales business. He also managed the sales of the network’s three Web sites, which included courttv.com, courttvnews.com and thesmokinggun.com. Before joining Court TV, Andrew worked at Microsoft, where he directed the Interactive TV sales division from 1997-2002. He launched the sales effort for WebTV and Ultimate TV, and sold the first ever ITV advertising campaign to Johnson & Johnson.
Utilizing creative and strategic thinking, Kate launched the first iPad app for Future US - Mac|Life Tablet Edition - with great success. Within its first month, the app received over 350,000 downloads and provided excellent feedback to help shape future iterations of the Mac|Life iPad app. Byrne expects to launch several more apps for Maximum Tech and Maximum PC within the next few months. Prior to joining Future, Kate was the Sales Vice President at Loomia Inc., which develops recommendation software tools for the publishing industry. A well-known veteran in the media industry, she has held key sales and executive positions at leading technology, business media brands and agencies including BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Inc., The Industry Standard, Entrepreneur, United Hemispheres, Gannett Outdoor and Grey Advertising. Beth Ellard Beth Ellard is the Senior Vice President / General Manager of DailyCandy, a unit of Comcast Interactive Media (CIM). Known for its quirky, irreverent voice and eclectic taste, DailyCandy has developed a loyal and influential audience. DailyCandy publishes 3.3M email subscriptions via 28 editions (both national and city-specific in scope). Swirl, Online Sample Sales by DailyCandy launched in 2009. Prior to joining DailyCandy, Beth was Content Director of Hearst Digital Media, where she was part of the digital-business launch team; she directed editorial strategy and operations for 14 websites, including Cosmopolitan.com, Seventeen.com, Marie Claire.com, and Redbookmag.com. Prior to joining Hearst, Beth spent a total of five years at The Walt Disney Company, and eleven years at Time Inc., where she held a series of increasingly-responsible positions in consumer marketing, finance, sales development and digital media.
John Gallant brings more than 25 years of editorial and technology experience to his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer of IDG Enterprise. In this role, John oversees the editorial leadership at CIO, CSO, Computerworld, InfoWorld, ITworld, Network World and The Industry Standard to set content strategy and ensure that the brands continue to serve their respective audiences with the best products and services in the industry. John also helps drive IDG Enterprise's strategic efforts around social media and social media marketing. John is highly visible in the marketplace and frequently speaks at industry conferences. John's expertise in covering the technology industry has been tapped by top-tier television media outlets, including CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, NPR, and Bloomberg.
Kevin Gentzel is Chief Revenue Office of Forbes Media, where he leads the company's advertising sales and marketing, and is responsible for all advertising revenue for North and South Americas, Europe and Africa for Forbes magazine, Forbes.com, ForbesLife and ForbesWoman.
Previously, Richard was Executive Director of Emerging Media for Condé Nast Digital (CND), the digital division of Conde Nast Publications. He joined CND in 2005 and spent four years developing the company's video, mobile and emerging media initiatives.
Steve Goldstein is editorial director of the Media/PR Group at business-to-business media company Access Intelligence. Among the media brands Steve helps lead are min, min ’s b2b, minonline, PR News and PR News Online. Previously, Steve was managing editor of Access Intelligence’s CableFAX Magazine and managing editor/news editor of CableWorld magazine. Before joining Access Intelligence, he was executive editor of World Screen News, and editor of Film/Tape World, which covers film, television and commercial production in the San Francisco Bay Area. [Back to the Top]
Peter Goldstone is president of Hanley Wood, LLC, the leading business-to-business media company serving the residential and commercial design and construction industries. As president, Peter oversees strategic planning and development, seeking and managing new growth opportunities for the company and its 30 print publications. Among Hanley Wood's media properties are industry-leading and national award winning BUILDER magazine, and ebuild: the industry's largest searchable database of building products. Peter is leading the charge to integrate all the media, event and data assets of the company. This integration is at the core of Hanley Wood's growth strategy. Under Peter's direction Hanley Wood has realized significant market dominance. During his tenure, successful new launches have included the ARCHITECT brand, which has solidified Hanley Wood's presence in the commercial-design sector, and the ECOHOME/Ecostructure network of media products, which gives Hanley Wood a leadership position in the important field of green design and construction.
As an experience architect at UM, Trixie Ferguson Gray leads the development and activation of custom solutions by bringing diversified IPG/MediaBrands resources and media partners together to build original ideas, turn them into action, and deliver powerful business results for a group of accounts, including the US Army, MasterCard and Truvia accounts. She came to UM with a wealth of consumer marketing experience from the agency and client sides of the business. She worked at iN DEMAND Networks as Sr. Director of Marketing where she launched and ran acquisition and trade marketing for Howard Stern's subscription VOD channel and launched MOJO HD, a high-definition television network for affluent men. Her multi-platform consumer marketing and media initiatives for Howard TV On Demand earned her multiple awards, including a CTAM Gold Mark Award and PROMAX Gold and Silver awards. Her unprecedented strategic partnership with Esquire Magazine to develop a co-branded vignette series for MOJO resulted in a PROMAX Gold award as well.
Brian joined IMS in July 2001 and now oversees new product development across the many services IMS offers. Never before has the media industry experienced change as quickly as it has over the past 5 years, and this is particularly so in the digital space, as advertisers demand ROI across many platforms. With this in mind, a key focus for IMS has been the growth of its digital lead generation programs. The effort has led to a significant increase in new business and product offerings. Data integration is key and IMS’ one-stop shop as a sales rep/management resource will continue with investment and dedication. With offices in Toronto, New York, London, and Goa, India, IMS is a media industry's market leader in print/online ad-tracking; lead generation; and Web services. Clients range from media companies, both traditional and online; advertising agencies, direct marketers, and the investment community.
Joe Kardel is Senior Brand Manager for Kimberly Clark’s Family Care brands in Canada, overseeing the strategy and positioning for the KLEENEX®, SCOTT®, COTTONELLE® and VIVA® brands. In his role, Joe drives overarching business goals by identifying new-to-the-world innovations and creating powerful commercial marketing ideas designed to accelerate growth of K-C’s brands. The key focus is always on the consumer, ensuring a deep understanding of what consumers need and then quickly translating that understanding into meaningful innovations, marketing programs and indispensable brands. Joe joined Kimberly Clark in July 2005 and has worked on brands such as DEPEND®, KOTEX® and most recently VIVA® Towels, leading the commercial program of “Get Closer to Your Food”, a first of a kind partnership with Food Network and their multiple media platforms. Joe was recognized for his work on the program by min Online as a 2010 “Sweet 16” winner for championing magazines.
Jeffrey Litvack is responsible for identifying and assessing new market and product opportunities for the AP worldwide. Under Jeffrey’s leadership, the AP produced the award-winning AP Mobile news network, the first iPhone news application (introduced on stage at Apple’s WWDC). Since its launch in May 2008, AP Mobile was named the “Best in News” mobile application by The New York Times, a Top 10 iPhone App for 2008 by Time Magazine and was nominated for a Webby Award. Over the course of the past year AP Mobile has expanded beyond its national roots and now offers international programming in multiple languages from around the globe. In addition to AP Mobile, Jeffrey oversees the development of AP’s emerging platforms including desktop readers, gaming, social media applications, eReaders and Internet connected news applications.
Joshua Macht is the Group Publisher for Harvard Business Review Group. In this role, Joshua oversees the commercial activities for Harvard Business Review's magazine, website (HBR.org), and books. He also drives new product development across all three platforms, as well as emerging technologies, under the flagship Harvard Business Review brand. In his previous role as executive director of Harvard Business Digital, he led the dramatic growth of the company's web efforts, including entirely new areas of the site focused on emerging leaders. Joshua joined Harvard Business School Publishing from TIME magazine where he worked as the Editor and General Manager of TIME.com. Joshua began his web career in the early 1990s as a founding editor of Inc.com, which was among the first national magazines to create a substantial online presence for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Karen Macumber oversees all media services at AMP Agency, including media planning and buying, public relations, social media, search and digital. Karen joined AMP in 2008 following Alloy Media + Marketing’s acquisition of Fulgent Media Group, the agency Karen founded.
Heidi Madera is the Director of Digital Sales Development at ESSENCE.com where she is the lead on developing go-to-market strategies and scalable advertising solutions, focusing on the merger of publisher and advertiser objectives while maximizing revenue. Heidi operates cross-functionally as the primary point of contact for new business initiatives, education of sales teams, agencies and clients on the Essence value proposition. Prior to joining ESSENCE in June of this year, Heidi served as the Sales Development Manager for AOL Latino and AOL BlackVoices, where her expertise was instrumental in securing first-time partnerships with major advertisers, tripling year over year business and exceeding channel revenue goals. She also has a background in television sales from her days at Univision and the E! & Style Networks.
Rob has also played a leading role in helping rewrite the rules of the traditional “upfront” process with the development and success of Unilever’s unique and trend-setting “reverse upfront” approach, during which Unilever presents its brands’ plans to media companies and asks them to develop media plans and content deals around them. Since joining Unilever in 2002, Rob has managed a number of brands including Dove and Axe and has driven awarding-winning branding campaigns around the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty and The Axe Effect.
Scott Mebus is the Executive Producer of the video department of Hearst Digital Media, overseeing video for eighteen brands within Hearst, including: Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Seventeen, Harper’s Bazaar, and Redbook. Prior to joining Hearst, Scott was the Supervising Producer at MTV Home Entertainment, where he oversaw DVD projects such as Jackass, Tom Green, The Real World You Never Saw, Celebrity Deathmatch, Daria, Sport’s Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and Punk’d. He then left to start a production company, Tarnish Productions, where he created content for such clients as MTV, VH1, CMT, Push.tv, Rodale, and many others. Joining Hearst in 2007, Scott oversees a production team tasked with creating on-line video content for all of Hearst’s brands. Popular programs include Esquire’s Megan Fox, whose Red camera videos stills were used as the actual cover of the magazine, Seventeen’s Beauty Smarties and Cosmopolitan’s Beauty Insider.
Sean Nolan is Vice President, Online Operations and External Online Marketing for Rodale Inc. In this role, he oversees the company's online advertising and traffic operations, analytics, SEO and SEM, as well as affiliates and other external opportunities. Sean has handled a number of different editorial, product development, and operations roles in his time at Rodale, including Director of MensHealth.com, which quadrupled its unique audience and tripled traffic and revenue on his watch and Director of New Product Development. He was also a part of the Women's Health launch team in 2004-2005. Sean has more than 20 years of experience in online and print consumer publishing, ranging from daily newspapers to dot-com startups. He is a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
Nick Palazzo is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of STACK, a diversified media company with Publishing and Internet business units, and a provider of original how-to information targeting athletes of all ages. The publishing unit includes the company's flagship publication, STACK (800,000 circulation), periodic special issues and a line of books. The Internet unit includes STACK.com and STACK Media, a distributed media network powered by STACK's large library of online videos.
Steve Palm is President and CEO of NewBay Media LLC, an integrated media & information company that serves the Broadcast/ Video, professional audio, musical instrument, AV/ consumer electronics, and K-12 education markets. NewBay's mission is to provide high quality advertising and information/ data solutions through industry leading publications, websites, and events. NewBay's award-winning brands include Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, Systems Contractor News, TV Technology, Pro Sound News, Radio World, TWICE, Digital Video Expo, Guitar Player, Government Video Expo, and Technology & Learning. Steve is responsible for implementing the company's strategic goals and objectives, as well as, giving direction and leadership towards the achievement of those goals. In addition, he is charged with the development of procedures that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of NewBay.
Jeff Price joined Sporting News in February 2010 as its president and publisher after more than 20 years as an innovator in the sports industry. His mission at Sporting News is to lead the iconic sports brand in its dual pursuits of serving avid fans across multiple platforms and delivering solutions to the marketers looking to engage this passionate audience. Previously, Jeff was president of SI Digital. He joined Sports Illustrated in 2002 and served as its VP and CMO, successfully repositioning SI's brand from magazine-centric into a multi-platform sports media company. Earlier, he led sponsorship marketing at MasterCard and served as CMO for Millsport and Trackus. He started his career with stints at the NBA, Gatorade and Host/USA, running their Big 12 Conference partnership. Jeff also is the founder and chairman of Digital Golf Solutions. In 1999 and 2000, he was chosen for Sports Business Journal's annual list of "40 Under 40."
Carl Scholz is responsible for Texterity’s day-to-day operating and development activities, including revenue and sales growth, expense, cost and margin management, production and technology development, and corporate strategy. Carl joined Texterity in 1995 and has held various engineering and operations management roles.
Greg Schumann was named Vice President and Group Publisher of Bonnier Corp.'s Parenting Group in October 2007. He leads all strategic business initiatives, corporate planning, sales, and marketing efforts for the Parenting, Babytalk and Conceive media brands. Under Greg's leadership, The Parenting Group has significantly evolved its media portfolio to better serve the needs of a new generation of moms - and the advertisers trying to reach them. In January 2009, he led the successful introduction of an innovative new print model for Parenting by separating the magazine into two targeted editions based on the age of readers' children - a first in the parenting category. In October 2009, The Parenting Group expanded its reach even further with the acquisition of Conceive, the leading multimedia resource for women trying to get pregnant. Greg joined The Parenting Group in 2003 as Babytalk publisher.
In his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer for Condé Nast Digital, Drew Schutte is responsible for the sales and marketing of the company’s 25 Web sites. Drew oversees the digital sales teams and works closely with the magazine publishers on integrated sales. Previously, Drew was Vice President and Publisher of The New Yorker. This followed a stint as Vice President and Publishing Director of Wired Media, where he oversaw Wired magazine, Wired Digital and Wired brand extensions such as NextFest, the Wired Store and Wired Home. Before joining Wired, Drew spent time at Business Week, Inc., PC Week and PC Magazine.
Diane Schwartz is Senior Vice President & Group Publisher of the Media Communications Group at Access Intelligence, a business-to-business media information company based in Rockville, Maryland, with offices worldwide. Diane oversees the editorial, marketing, PR, sales and digital strategy of a rapidly expanding group, whose brands include PR News, CableFAX Daily, Media Industry Newsletter, min’s b2b, PR News Press, prnewsonline.com, minonline.com, cable360.net, Studio and Dorland Health. In her nearly 15 years with Access Intelligence, Diane has launched nearly three dozen conferences, newsletters, events, e-media ventures and ancillary products. A 25-year publishing veteran, Diane is on the board of the Specialized Information Publishers Association; she is past chairperson of the American Business Media CEBA Committee (Creative Excellence in Business Advertising) and serves on numerous other PR, media and business committees. She works in Access Intelligence’s Manhattan office and lives with her husband and two kids in Westchester County, NY. You can follow her on Twitter @dianeschwartz and read her PR News blog at prnewsonline.com.
Steve Smith is the Digital Media Editor for min and min’s b2b and the editor of Minonline. He is also the Mobile Insider columnist at Mediapost. Steve is a lapsed academic who received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Brown in 1990 and taught Media Studies at the University of Virginia for a number of years. For the past fifteen years, he has been covering digital media as a critic for Media Industry Newsletter, Laptop Magazine, eContent, and Mediapost’s Media and OMMA Magazines. He is the chair and programmer for the OMMA series of conferences on mobile media, online video and behavioral targeting.
Bill brought to this role several years of Corporate Brand & Marketing Communications experience in various telecommunications companies. Bill was Director with AT&T Business Services and Vice President with Teleport Communications Group (which was acquired by AT&T). Bill also led business-to-business marketing programs for Broadview Networks, a successful local communications provider serving businesses in the northeastern U.S.
He has nearly 30 years of experience as an award-winning magazine editor, web editor and developer, multi-media publisher, marketer, and business leader. He brings a broad array of content, marketing, branding and product development experience to his day-to-day responsibility for the operations of CU’s general-interest media, including Consumer Reports magazine, ConsumerReports.org, and ShopSmart magazine. Charged with driving strategy to increase Consumer Reports’ revenue and impact through subscription growth and new product development, Jerry has achieved significant revenue growth; expanded subscription levels for all products, and developed several new subscription products including ShopSmart Mobile, a cell phone application that provides real-time product Ratings and prices.
Lauren joined the company as the Managing Director of Sales and Marketing for Meredith Interactive Media in July 2003. In this role, Lauren was responsible for generating advertising revenue and new business development for Meredith’s extensive portfolio of Internet properties, led by Web sites affiliated with Better Homes and Gardens (bhg.com), the companion website to the nation’s largest home and garden enthusiast magazine reaching an audience of over 38 million readers; Ladies’ Home Journal (lhj.com), the leader in the women’s service field with over 14 million readers; and American Baby (AmericanBaby.com), the premier magazine brand serving expectant and new moms. [Back to the Top]
On behalf of the agency's clients, Brenda leads execution of all publishing brand experience planning, overseeing millions of dollars in media investment while supervising a group of 40+ print experts. During her tenure with the group, Brenda has transformed Starcom's print business and the industry as a whole by launching Starcom's A.C.E. publishing planning platform. A.C.E. pushes publishing strategies forward by focusing on accountability, connectivity and engagement. Brenda was part of the leadership team that developed the SMGx/Time Inc. Alliance for Magazine Accountability that demonstrates the effectiveness of magazines using audience and performance measurement. |
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