Hearst Unveils Redesigned 'Cosmo' SiteHearst Magazines Digital Media has redesigned the Web site for
Cosmopolitan magazine, including a new look, new
publishing tools, and a new content personalization engine. The new publishing system will allow editors to produce and post stories more quickly, enable advertisers to integrate their messages into
the Web site more centrally and offer readers an intuitive, customized content feed.
The content feed moves beyond the standard “reverse chronological” approach that is
typical of most Web sites and blogs, by combining curated editorial with recommendations based on live analytics of audience behaviors. Optimized for mobile devices, the feed will also support a new
content marketing initiative, integrating messages from advertising partners with editorial content.
Hearst Magazines Digital Media President Troy Young stated: “We’ve
moved quickly to activate our ‘months to moments’ strategy, developing an infrastructure that enables us to publish and build scale at a rapid pace. The changes and upgrades we’re
implementing on Cosmopolitan.com, our biggest brand in the U.S. at nearly 30 million UVs, are the first step toward a common publishing platform that can respond to data in real time, and one that we
can apply across all of our properties, globally.”
Last month, Hearst Magazines Digital Media announced the appointment of Lee Sosin as senior vice president with responsibility
for overseeing advertising services, ranging from concept development to content creation, including Hearst’s new branded video offerings. Sosin previously served as vice president of strategic
solutions at Yahoo, where he oversaw the expansion of the sales strategy team into a new corporate structure, based on verticals.
Hearst Magazines Digital Media includes the Web
sites, apps and related digital properties for all Hearst Magazine brands, including Cosmopolitan.com, Esquire.com, ELLE.com, CarandDriver.com and HarpersBazaar.com. According to the publisher, the
combined Hearst Magazines Digital Media portfolio attracted 100 million unique visitors, based on data from Adobe Site Catalyst.
Condé Nast Changes “Beauty
Rotation” Policy High-end publisher Condé Nast is axing a longstanding policy, called the “beauty rotation,” that governed when different beauty
advertisers could appear in the front of its beauty and fashion-focused magazines, according to
Ad Age, which first reported the news. The decision, which will take effect at the end of this
year, affects ads from brands like Revlon, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, and Procter & Gamble. In the old hierarchy, multipage ads from Revlon usually appeared first in
Vogue, Glamour,
Self and
Allure, followed by ads from Estee Lauder, then L’Oreal, and finally Procter & Gamble -- regardless of how much money each spent. Now placement will depend, in part,
on the simple size of the ad buy.
Atlantic Expands Government Executive with City, County, State Coverage Atlantic Media is extending its
public sector management brand, Government Executive, to include more news and analysis tailored for city, county, and state governments. Previously, Government Executive focused primarily on the
federal government. Now it will provide coverage of issues important to executives in other levels of government, including technology, health care, citizen services, infrastructure, security,
transportation and finance. The state and local coverage is led by senior editor Michael Grass, previously a founding co-editor of DCist.com.
Novgorod Steps Down from
Travel + Leisure After 21 years leading
Travel + Leisure, Nancy Novgorod is resigning her post as editor-in-chief, publisher Time Inc. announced this week.
According to the announcement Novgorod intends to “pursue a new chapter,” which includes “writing a book and much more traveling -- for fun.” Under her leadership the magazine
introduced the Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards, the Design Awards, and Global Vision Awards. She will assist Time Inc. in finding a successor
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