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Anissa Balson is Director (William Randolph Hearst Foundation) and granddaughter of David Whitmire Hearst Sr. (Hearst Corporation: Hearst Magazines, Hearst Interactive Media, Hearst Business Media, Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, Hearst Newspapers)
* 1886: William Randolph Hearst launches women's magazine Cosmopolitan in the United States.
---- Lagardère in exclusive negotiations with Hearst Corporation Presse Edition 12/01/2011 Lagardere SCA and Hearst Corporation announced on December 31 signed an agreement for exclusive negotiations for the acquisition in cash international business press and magazines group Lagardere. The term of this exclusive agreement is set for 30 January 2011. They cover 102 magazines and 50 websites including titles published in the United States by a subsidiary of Lagardere, Hachette Filippachi Media U.S., Elle, Elle Decor, Elle Girl, Woman's day, Jumpstart, Car and Driver, Road & Track Cycle World and Premiere. The transaction amount was estimated at 500 million dollars by the U.S. media specialists. According to the magazine AdvertisngAge, if the redemption of the magazine by Hearts Corporation will allow him to build on the magazine market in the United States, the presence of it in the portfolio of the editor could be a problem within the group and compete seriously with one of its key titles Harper's Bazaar. Our American colleague pointed out that the paid circulation and controlled it reaches more 1.1 million copies per issue, while that of Harper's Bazaar 4000 shows only 74 copies. In an exclusive interview with Le Figaro last January 5, Arnaud Lagardere, chief executive of the eponymous group, said that Lagardere Active retain ownership of the mark it, which would be based "on a Master License Agreement with Hearst," and that the group would "continue to operate directly in France, and under license in 25 countries with its current partners. " ---- Hearst proposes EUR 1 billion for Emap consumer magazines in Britain
MAGAZINES. The U.S. media giant Hearst Corporation made an offer of 700 million pounds (around 1 billion euros) for the purchase of consumer magazines group Emap British press (Closer, Grazia, FHM, etc.).. Hearst, who is Britain's third newspaper publisher through its subsidiary the National Magazine Company (Cosmopolitan, Godd Housekeeping, Esquire, etc..), Could become the number one British magazine. --- The French group Lagardere has agreed to sell to "Hearst Corporation The French group Lagardere has agreed to sell to "Hearst Corporation's press magazines abroad. In total, 102 titles in fifteen countries, including 17 published in Spain, 11 in Japan and 7 in the U.S. are affected by this assignment. In France, Lagardere has already withdrawn from the regional daily press and media want to refocus its activities on the Hexagon building on the station Europe 1, Le Journal du Dimanche and Paris Match and maintaining the French edition of Elle. |
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