Posts Tagged ‘Hearst Corporation’

Retail Tenants to Return to Hearst Tower

October 8th, 2008

Actually, the building on 8th Avenue and 57th Street was only six stories tall when there were last retail tenants in residence.  Construction of the new tower necessitated their departure, but now CB Richard Ellis has been named retail leasing agent, and the hunt is on…  A women’s apparel retailer, an athletic supplier and a [...]

Ganzi Departure Puzzles Hearst Observers

June 19th, 2008

The unexpected departure of Victor F. Ganzi (pictured at left) as president and ceo of the Hearst Corporation has bankers, analysts and executives at some of the companies business partners scratching their heads.  Were the “policy differences” about Hearst’s bucking conventional wisdom and substantially investing in its newspaper businesses or was did they stem from [...]

Victor Ganzi is Leaving Top Spot at Hearst

June 18th, 2008

Victor F. Ganzi is leaving as president and chief executive of the Hearst Corporation, and will be succeeded — at least for an interim period — by his predecessor, Frank Bennack Jr.  An announcement from Hearst explaining the separation cited “…irreconcilable policy differences with the Board of Trustees about the future direction of the company.”  [...]

NYC Launches ReMix: Recycling Magazines is Excellent!

January 31st, 2008

The public education program encourages New Yorkers to recycle magazines and catalogs in order to help the city meet its ambitious solid waste management goals.  Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the NYC launch yesterday.  ReMix got its start when Time Inc. and Verso Paper found that only 17 percent of sold magazines were recycled, versus 95 [...]

‘CosmoTV’ to Debut in Canada

January 15th, 2008

Cosmopolitan TV Canada is slated to debut this Valentine’s Day on Bell ExpressVu channel 608.  Produced by Corus Entertainment Inc. in partnership with the Hearst Corporation, CosmoTV will target women 18 to 34 with “fun, flirty and irreverent” content.  In addition to the flagship Oh So Cosmo program, CosmoTV will run Sex and the City [...]