The Hollywood Reporter Names Anna Magzanyan Vice President of Marketing
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has tapped Anna Magzanyan for the newly created position of vice president of marketing, it was announced today by THR publisher and senior vice president, Lynne Segall.
Magzanyan, who most recently served as vice president of strategic partnerships at Clear Channel Media for iHeartRadio and prior to that at the Los Angeles Times Media Group where she was VP of advertiser and event marketing, will lead a major expansion of brand and marketing initiatives on all platforms for THR. She starts Jan. 22, reporting to Segall.
"Anna's appointment to this newly created position continues to build on THR's tremendous growth since our November 2010 re-launch," said Segall. "Her experience as an innovator and strategic marketer in both national and regional initiatives will help to accelerate the expansion of our consumer advertising business while retaining our #1 leadership position in the entertainment industry. We're thrilled to have Anna on board."
"THR has moved in leaps and bounds over the past two years, doing what had previously been considered the impossible in media," Magzanyan said. "Joining the company just as it's in the midst of redefining entertainment media is a huge career milestone. This will be about leveraging THR's number-one asset -- its seemingly limitless editorial operation -- to drive the brand into new markets with new technology, events, contact points, partnerships and people."
As vp strategic partnerships at Clear Channel for iHeartRadio, Magzanyan was responsible for growing distribution through integrated marketing programs and content-integration deals.
Prior to that, Magzanyan was vp advertiser marketing and events at the Los Angeles Times Media Group (LATMG), where she presided over a 200 percent increase in alternative revenue streams, including events, integrated advertising strategies and product developments. As one of the youngest vice presidents in the history of the Tribune Company, the media corporation that owns LATMG, Magzanyan, grew new categories of advertising revenue, established and helped implement new revenue and audience generating growth products including the Los Angeles Times Image section, The Envelope, Los Angeles Times Rock/Style, Los Angeles Times' The Taste, Art of Entertaining, Beauty, Health and Wellness events.
She also oversaw the redesign and repositioning of key brand events like the L.A. Times Festival of Books and the L.A. Times Travel Show, and managed the brand's digital marketing initiatives.
Magzanyan spent most of the first decade of her career on the agency side of the business where she oversaw research, media planning and development for key national and international media accounts including Ketel One Vodka, Crystal Cruises and Tourism New Zealand.
The award winning Hollywood Reporter just celebrated its two-year anniversary since relaunch under editorial director Janice Min.
THR.com's traffic is now at 9 million uniques (comScore total universe, November 2012), and an interactive iPad edition was launched last month.
About The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter is the entertainment industry's flagship news media brand. Named Entertainment Publication of the Year and Best Website by the LA Press Club in 2012, THR leads the category in providing breaking news, feature stories and industry analysis to readers of its glossy print edition as well as to 9 million unique monthly visitors online. The entertainment industry's paper of record, THR is widely read among Hollywood's top insiders and influencers, making its print edition cover "prized real estate," according to the New York Times,
The Hollywood Reporter is available online at www.thr.com.
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