Canadian Publishing Industry News
11 March 2014, TORONTO
Rogers fills group publisher ranks
Sandra Parente, most recently publisher of MoneySense and formerly general manager of corporate sales, is now group publisher of Rogers' current affairs stable, including Maclean's and Sportsnet.
Ian Portsmouth, who heads Canadian Business and its Profit-branded section and projects, will fill Parente's shoes at MoneySense. As such, Portsmouth is now group publisher of business titles.
Sophie Banford is vacating her role at TVA as publisher of Clin d’Oeil and Moi & Cie to become group publisher of Rogers' Quebec-based women's publications, overseeing LouLou and Chȃtelaine. She reports to executive publisher Lorraine Hoefler.
The appointments complete Rogers' move to a group publishing model. Recently, the company expanded Flare publisher Melissa Ahlstrand's role to group publisher of fashion and beauty publications, while Maclean's publisher Penny Hicks became group publisher of women's service magazines.
Former Cosmetics publisher Jim Hicks shifted his role at the magazine to executive director, and former Today's Parent publisher Rosemary Munroe transitioned to senior director of partnerships and new business for the entire magazine portfolio. Tara Tucker, previously publisher of Chatelaine, is no longer with the company.
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We should be investing in people and in brands, not only in their delivery systems. There will always be a new platform. That is just one piece of the puzzle. We have lost or let go the top of the top talent in media in Canada. Where is the real value in a company? In people and in our brands. Is anyone listening???
The losers are the readers, the brands (thereby the company) and the surviving employees.
Nice job too, Scorecard and Counting 2.
- Ken Whyte is gone and so is role of President
- Steve Maich is in in new SVP role
- VP Bus Dev gone
- Exec Creative Director SIPs gone
- VP Finance gone
- Exec Art Director gone
- VP Custom content gone
- Sr HR Director gone
- circulation centralized by media bosses
- marketing centralized by media bosses
- ad sales centralized by media bosses
- research centralized by media bosses
What do the "new" publishers have left to do? How can a magazine with the stature of Maclean's have a Publisher that no one has ever heard of????!
Macleans new publisher
Todays Parent new editor & new publisher
Chatelaine english new editor & new publisher
Chatelaine french new publisher
Sportsnet new editor & new publisher
Flare new editor
loulou english new publisher
loulou french new publisher
Moneysense *which was reported to have no change on Feb 19 new publisher
Canadian Business new publisher
Hello new publisher
cosmetics new publisher
Turmoil? Which media company are you betting on?
Posters seem to be responding to the lame response to this change. Supporting magazines with low value, reverting to group publisher model of 2009 but packaging it up as strategy with bold moves. How can sacrificing key performers and high value brands be the answer? It's hard to remain inspired and motivated.