August 31, 2010 Field & Stream and Saveur Finalists for ASME’s 2010 Best Cover Contest American Society of Magazine Editors and Amazon.com have announced the finalists in ASME’s fifth annual Best Cover Contest — and the news is good for Bonnier. Two of our titles ranked among the 12 categories selected: Field & Stream’s June 2009 “Cheap Thrills” cover is a finalist in the Sports & Fitness category, and Saveur’s August/September 2009 “The Burger Bible” cover is a finalist in the Most Delicious category. Now that the results are in, it’s time to vote. Beginning Sept. 1, consumers will have 30 days to vote for their favorite covers in the 12 categories, and then choose the Cover of the Year from those 12 winners. For the second year in a row, it’s all happening on Amazon.com. » Click here to read the article and vote for Field & Stream and Saveur Running Mates: World Sports & Marketing and Parenting Partner to Produce 5K Event Two very diverse Bonnier Corp. properties — World Sports & Marketing and Parenting magazine — have recently captured synergy within the company to produce Parenting’s Fit Generation 5K Run/Walk and Family Festival. The Festival will bring to life Parenting’s Fit Generation editorial platform, dedicated to arming families with the tools and knowledge they need to live a healthy, active lifestyle. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a 5K run, stroller roll, kids’ fun run, diaper dash and more throughout the day. The inaugural event will take place at Bonnier headquarters in Winter Park, Florida, on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 8 a.m. to noon. » Read the full story Marlin U Covered in Playboy Looking to pick up the latest issue of Playboy for a legitimate business reason? You’ve finally got one in the September issue — Bonnier’s own Marlin University is covered in a four-page feature article. The story, by Playboy’s sports editor, Gary Cole, covers this year’s Guatemala session and provides a short primer on the sport of big-game fishing and some of the best places to fish. » Read the article and see the feature TransWorld to Produce First TV Series — TransWorld Sessions TransWorld is partnering with Apparent Gravity Media (AGM) to produce its first television series, TransWorld Sessions. The 26-episode half-hour series is scheduled to debut this fall. TransWorld Sessions will explore action sports’ most popular genres — motocross, skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX and surfing — and showcase top action-sports athletes including James Stewart, Dane Reynolds, Hannah Teter, Brian Deegan, Scotty Lago, Sean Malto, Peter Line, Ryan Dungey, Danny Way, Daewon Song and Andy Irons. » Read the full article Babytalk’s Ana Connery Teaches Moms How to Phase Out the Pacifier Ana Connery, editor-in-chief of Babytalk, appeared on WNBC’s Today in New York to offer advice for moms struggling to wean their kids off a pacifier. She suggests moms limit pacifier use to naps and bedtime. To fill the void, they should introduce their children to a new object of affection, such as a stuffed animal. When the time is right, Connery recommends making an event out of the passing of the pacifier by holding a farewell ceremony. » Click here to watch the video Bonnier wins 11 firsts at Florida Magazine Awards. Islands wins Best Special Issue; Best Feature Design; Best Use of Photography; Best Single, Original Color Photo; Best Feature; and Best Service Feature. Florida Travel + Life wins Best Cover, Best Written Magazine and Best Feature Headline. Boating wins Best Editorial. SKI writers win top honors: John Fry and Jay Cowan, both longtime contributors to the magazine, won Harold Hirsch awards, given for the best writers in snow sports journalism each year. MOVERS Sarah Mattern Katie Williams Sarah Mattern joins Weldon Owen as the new international sales manager. She returns to Weldon Owen after having worked with the company from 1998-2008 … Two new hires for Saveur: Gabriella Gershenson is the new senior editor; Greg Ferro is the new managing editor … Kristen McClarty has been hired as the new photo editor for Babytalk … Two new additions to the Parenting Group’s consumer marketing team: Kristen Mihalco is the new associate partnerships manager, joining us from Fox TV; Kerri Aggus returns to Bonnier from Hearst. Her new position is marketing manager, new business … Stephen Schultz comes aboard full time at Bonnier. He’s a video editor for the TransWorld team … Lindsey Behrends also joins the Carlsbad office. She’s a new Web designer … Christina Meram is a new account manger in our Chicago office for the luxury and lifestyle group … Kristin Magnani is also new to that group. She is the integrated marketing manager in our New York office … Katie Williams comes aboard as the full-time receptionist in our Boulder office … Ashley Nester is the new business marketing coordinator in 2 Park … Anna Thielke is the digital experience designer for Skiing, a newly created position for the brand as it expands its digital reach … Amanda Tyler joins Bonnier as a new online consumer marketing coordinator … Keri Mahe is a new account manager for SKI, Skiing and SNOW … Ann Pickard joins our San Francisco office as the Northwest sales manager for the luxury and lifestyle group … Jodie Klein also joins as an account manager. She works in the Chicago office for Parenting … Alex Robinson is the new online content editor in New York for the Outdoor Group … Julie Pianowski is the new marketing manager for the Parenting Group’s marketing team … Dan Bracaglia joins Bonnier’s technology titles as associate online editor … Also at 2 Park, Laura Galbraith comes aboard as a Web designer … Emily Brown is the new marketing coordinator for the lifestyle and luxury group. UP CLOSE This week’s Up Close subject boasts more than 20 years of book publishing experience. Amy Kaneko, VP sales and marketing at Weldon Owen, enjoys the strategizing, planning and managing aspects of her job. In her spare time, Kaneko indulges in her passion for cooking. Her love for Japanese cuisine — her specialty is obento — inspired her book, Let’s Cook Japanese Food! Find out which Weldon Owen title Kaneko is hoping hits the New York Times bestseller list. » Read the interview SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS James Oseland, editor-in-chief of Saveur, was the keynote speaker at this year’s International Food Blogger Conference this past weekend in Seattle. The event brought together leading bloggers, authors, editors, publishers and technologists in one conference to focus on food, writing, technology and the fusion of all three. MAG+ UPDATE New Launches Soon Popular Photography, the Swedish title Mama and the Danish Science Illustrated are all with Apple awaiting final approval for their launches any day now. New Features Coming to the platform in the next month — embedded and streaming video, active pop-up Web links and a new navigation function that lets users call up the table of contents anywhere in the issue and tap it to go directly to a story. Easier to Create Our technology partner CCI has built new production tools that will let magazines handle the entire Mag+ design and production directly in InDesign, making it easier than ever before to create digital issues.