Paul Miller, the former executive chairman of firearms conglomerate Freedom Group will run Maxim, maxim.com, Blender.com and its TV-film production arm, AMG Moving Pictures, until a permanent CEO is brought aboard. WWD Media Oct. 2, 2009
The agreement is for a minimum of six specials, with two — “Maxim’s Celebrity Beach Watch” and “Maxim’s Hottest Moments 2009 — to appear before the end of the year. Variety June 18, 2009
Alpha Media, the publisher of Maxim and Blender, is in violation of debt covenants, after a precipitous decline in its financial results, due to the advertising slowdown. The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 22, 2008) Paid subscription may be required.
Spin magazine recently hired Kelly Rae as executive fashion director. Nothing out of the ordinary, considering her two previous roles have been fashion director at Maxim and fashion/grooming director at Stuff. The interesting part of her role at Spin is that she will have a dual role as advisor to editorial. She will try to [...]
Ex-Maxim group publisher Rob Gregory has moved on from his old position with Dennis Publishing to start a new career as president of network sales and marketing at Plum TV. Gregory left Maxim in February along with a few other top execs who were cut loose after the sale of Dennis Publishing’s US men’s titles. [...]
Alpha is losing Joe Mangione, chief marketing manager on March 14th. He had been hired to oversee integrated marketing for Maxim and Blender, in print and online. Mangione held this position with the company for only a short while. He came out of retirement in October to fill the position, but has decided that the [...]
The Black Crowes lashed out at Maxim last week for an album review in the magazine’s March issue. The reviewing critic awarded the band’s newest album in seven years two-and-a-half stars out of five. The Black Crowes aren’t necessarily angry over the low rating though. They are upset with Maxim because the reviewed album “WarPaint”, which [...]
Todd Anderman was named senior vice president, digital media, at Hachette Filipacchi Media. Anderman had been president of Maxim Digital in his most recent, prior position. MediaWeek (Jan. 17, 2008)