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HFM U.S. Integrated Sales & Marketing To Provide More Effective Multiplatform Packages To Advertisers Across All of the Company’s Brands By Uniting Print and Digital Advertising Sales Expertise

05/15/2009

John Weisgerber Promoted to VP, Integrated Sales & Marketing Reporting to EVP/Chief Operating Officer Philippe Guelton

New York, N.Y., May 15, 2009 - Alain Lemarchand, President & CEO, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (HFM U.S.) today announced that VP, Director of Digital Advertising John Weisgerber has been promoted to VP, Integrated Sales & Marketing, effective immediately and will report to EVP/Chief Operating Officer Philippe Guelton. Weisgerber will be responsible for Integrated Sales & Marketing, Corporate Research and Special Marketing. This sales structure will allow HFM U.S. to offer print and digital packages across all of the company’s brands to advertisers in a manner consistent with the earlier reorganization of the company’s women’s titles announced in March which combined digital and print advertising responsibilities for individual brands under the newly-created positions of Chief Brand Officers.

“Our restructuring initiatives at HFM U.S. are updating our company’s selling efforts making us more effective, nimble and responsive to advertisers’ requests to buy customized media solutions that reach targeted audiences on all platforms,” said Lemarchand. “We have already experienced a number of successes under the new brand-centric sales groups for the women’s titles. Integrated Sales & Marketing will complement those efforts by offering packages to clients that include all of our respected brands.”

“John Weisgerber is uniquely suited for this new role,” commented Guelton. “He has done an excellent job of running the digital advertising sales effort at HFM U.S. Before joining us in October 2007, he held a number of strategic sales roles for Forbes Media and Yahoo! Internet Life magazine effectively handling both digital and print advertising sales.”

Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. www.hfmus.com enthusiast brands and targeted media products reach nearly 60 million consumers through magazines, online and mobile content. The company’s editorial hallmarks are trusted expert content along with independent product testing. Our prestigious brands fall into five sectors and include: Fashion (ELLE, ELLEgirl); Automotive (Car and Driver, Road & Track, Jumpstart Automotive Media); The Luxury Design Group (ELLE DECOR, Metropolitan Home, PointClickHome); Women & Health (Woman’s Day and Woman’s Day Special Interest Group) and Enthusiasts (American Photo, Boating, Cycle World, Flying, Popular Photography, Premiere and Sound & Vision). HFM U.S. is part of Lagardère’s (www.lagardere.com) media division Lagardère Active, a producer of special interest content in over 40 countries.