Bonnier Names Top Travel Executive as Vice President, Group Publisher
 Ernie Renzulli, COO, VP and publisher of Shermans Travel Media for the past four years, has joined Bonnier Corp. to head the company’s travel brands. In his new position as VP, group publisher, Renzulli will oversee Islands, Caribbean Travel + Life, Spa and Destination Weddings & Honeymoons.
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Condé Nast Executive Joins Bonnier Corp. to Lead Marketing Efforts for Parenting, Babytalk and Parenting.com
 Heather Gumbley has been named the new associate publisher, marketing for the Parenting Group. She joins Bonnier from Condé Nast, where she was most recently the executive director of creative services for the Fairchild Fashion Group, overseeing an integrated marketing team responsible for Women’s Wear Daily and the Fairchild stable of fashion, retail and beauty trade publications.
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Bonnier Corp. Employees Flying off to GRID
 Fourteen Bonnier Corp. employees have been selected to attend, along with CEO Terry Snow, the annual Bonnier GRID media conference in Stockholm, Sept. 5-6. This is the fourth straight year that a group from the U.S. has attended GRID, which invites passionate speakers from all corners of the globe to engage with 250 Bonnier employees, selected from 175 companies across 17 countries.
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Sound+Vision Unveils iPad Edition and Redesigned Website
 Sound+Vision magazine is the latest Bonnier title to join the publisher’s digital offerings on the iPad. The magazine has also revamped its website, soundandvisionmag.com, with a refined design, added features and unique content. Both the tablet and the enhanced website follow on the heels of a major redesign of the print edition of the category-leading home entertainment magazine, which unveiled a new look and expanded editorial focus with its June/July/August issue.
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Parenting.com Survey Uncovers the Lengths Moms Will Go to for Alone Time
 Rachel Fishman Feddersen, editorial director of Parenting.com, appeared on the Today show to reveal the desperate measures some moms will take to get peace and quiet. Whether it’s giving kids soda with breakfast or locking themselves in the bathroom, the Todaymoms.com blog and Parenting.com survey shows that moms have some unique secrets to share.
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Bonnier R&D is hoping to land two panel spots at the world’s largest media and technology conference, SXSW, in Austin, Texas, next March. Part of the selection process is Internet voting. For information on how to vote, click here. Then vote for the two Bonnier proposals, Buddhism & the Internet of Things and How to Hack Your Brain. |
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Bonnier brands are finalists for MIN’s Integrated Marketing Awards. Winners will be announced on Sept. 27.
- Field & Stream snagged three individual brand nominations:
- Custom Publishing Project for its Bass Pro Shop Summer Guide
- Print/TV Radio Bundle for The Gun Nut
- Social Media Initiatives for The Rut Reporters
- Field & Stream and Outdoor Life are nominated together in the Multiple Title Program category.
- The Parenting Group is nominated in the Event Program category for Mom Congress.
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 The Water Sports Industry Association chose Bonnier as its media partner for its U.S. Coast Guard federal grant to increase awareness of boating safety and reduce boating accidents. Bonnier’s Dean Travis Clarke will be the editor of the project. |
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Mike Lewis promoted to editor-in-chief of TransWorld Business. Lewis, who has more than 20 years of experience in the action-sports industry, will oversee the content creation for both the print and online properties of the title, as well as manage events such as The Snow Industry Conference. He previously served as managing editor for the title … TransWorld Surf hires a new associate editor, Zander Morton. He’s been a senior contributing writer for the past five years … Jodi Bech promoted to publisher of Garden Design … Several moves for the Parenting Group: Beth Laskoski, who’s played a key role in the group’s most successful marketing programs since joining in 2007, has been promoted to group marketing director; James Kane takes on a newly created role of integrated digital director, acting as a liaison between the digital editorial team and sales team; Shannon Rudd, associate digital marketing director, leads the digital efforts for the marketing team; Heidi Corn takes over Beth’s current role and will now be the marketing manager for the East Coast region; Landrie Moore has been promoted to associate marketing manager; Amy Lloyd moves from the West Coast to the New York office as advertising director, overseeing the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic/Northeast regions; Jacie Brandes in Chicago promoted to advertising director, overseeing the Midwest, Texas and the Southeast … Jason Newman joins TransWorld SNOWboarding as online editor … Kurt Schulitz is a new online producer working for the Outdoor Group … Sarah Henrikson is the new database administrator in the Winter Park office … Todd Detwiler joins the Technology Group as art director … TransWorld SKATEboarding hires Chris Thiessen as video editor … David Erne and Lawrence Peters both join the Active Interest Network; David as financial analyst and Lawrence as inside sales manager … The Outdoor Group hires Sarah Smith Barnum as an assistant web editor … Rebecca Delgado is a new online consumer marketing specialist in the Winter Park office … Also in Winter Park, Craig Lamb joins as a digital content director … Tom Payne is a new photo editor for the Technology Group … Jaclyn Yamada is a new graphic designer for Parenting … SKI hires Samantha Berman as senior travel editor … Also in Boulder, Julie Ernst is a new account manager … Maritza Andino is the executive assistant to digital head Bruno Sousa … Two promotions for Parenting online: Sasha Emmons to deputy editor and Melanie Rosen to features editor … Marta Priestley is a Western account manager for the Active Interest Network. She’s based in California … Chuck Gestefield is the new database marketing director for the Entrepreneur Group … Michele Thorne Brown rejoins Bonnier as marketing sales representative for the travel titles … Sarah Gantt is the new national sales associate for Garden Design. |
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Although this week’s Up Close subject reports on all that is good in the Sunshine State, her career working on six magazines and as a freelancer has taken her to unique places around the world, including South America and Greece. Meet Patricia Letakis, the new editor-in-chief of Florida Travel + Life, to find out how she applies her experience in the business every day.
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 Florida Travel + Life is the winner of the 2011 Best Overall Magazine award in the state of Florida. The Florida Magazine Association announced its winners at a gala last Friday, Aug. 19. Florida Travel + Life also took two others firsts: Best Department and Best Original Color Photo.
Islands won the most first-place awards of all the magazines competing, taking home five: Best Written, Best Feature, Best Overall Design, Best Overall Use of Photography and Best Feature Design. |
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