Wednesday 23 November 2016: Hearst Magazines UK, the publisher of Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar, announces the appointment of Paul Cassar as its new Chief Digital Officer.
Currently VP International Operations at digital publishing company Say Media, Paul will join the business in January 2017 with responsibility for driving Hearst’s digital audience, revenues and expertise. Reporting to CEO Anna Jones, he will work closely in partnership with Hearst’s Chief Revenue Officer Duncan Chater.
Paul has almost 30 years experience in the media industry. In his role at Say Media, Paul oversees all sales, strategy and operations for Canada and the UK with responsibility for CSM platform partnership recruitment and international corporate development. Paul has been at Say Media since 2008, originally joining as Canadian Sales Director. Prior to that Paul ran the national sales operation across Canadian newspaper company Communications Voir.
Anna Jones, CEO of Hearst Magazines UK says: “Paul is an exceptional talent and the perfect candidate to lead the next stage of Hearst’s digital development. He has an entrepreneurial approach, is highly collaborative and commercially savvy. His vision and expertise will be instrumental in continuing to propel the business forwards and the combination of Duncan and Paul puts Hearst on a very sure footing for 2017.”
Paul says: “Hearst UK is a fantastic digital business and I am thrilled to be joining at a time when there are so many opportunities to further accelerate its growth. We will be investing more heavily in content and video, and have ambitious plans to increase our offering for commercial partners. Hearst has world-renowned brands, which gives us the ability to provide global solutions for big international brands. I am looking forward to building on the incredible work the UK team has already achieved.”
Darren Goldsby, Hearst’s current Chief Digital Officer, has decided to leave the business at the start of next year, to work on several digital start-up projects.
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For more information please contact:
Ben Bolton, PR Manager
Ben.bolton@hearst.co.uk
About Hearst Magazines UK
Hearst Magazines UK is the trading name of National Magazine Company Ltd, established in 1910 by William Randolph Hearst, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation.
Hearst Magazines UK publishes 19 magazine brands and five pureplay digital brands including Cosmopolitan, Digital Spy, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping and Harper’s Bazaar.
It is the largest digital magazine publisher in the UK with a digital audience of 15 million monthly unique users and it reaches one in three UK online adults, one in three UK women and one in four UK online men. It speaks to 19.4 million fans and followers on social media*.
Hearst Magazines UK has interests in two joint ventures in partnership with some of the world’s best publishers:
Hearst Rodale UK: A 50:50 joint venture with Rodale Inc, which focuses on health and wellbeing. Hearst-Rodale publishes Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Runner’s World, their companion sites and pureplay site, fetcheveryone.
COMAG: A 65:35 joint venture with Condé Nast, one of the U.K.’s largest magazine distributors.
www.hearst.co.uk
* (Google analytics July-December 2014 compared to July-December 2015. Monthly unique user stat – January 2016)
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