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A conversation about Hearst magazines with Cathleen Black
with Cathleen Black on Jul 31, 1997
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with Cathleen Black on Jul 31, 1997
Cathleen Black is an American business executive and magazine publisher. She is the President of Hearst Magazines, a division of the Hearst Corporation, overseeing 140 international editions of Hearst magazines in more than 100 countries. The titles under her watch include “Esquire”, “Cosmopolitan”, “Marie Claire” and “Good Housekeeping”.
A publishing veteran, Black began her career in advertising sales and made history as the first woman publisher of a weekly consumer magazine, “New York”, in 1979. Black is widely credited for the success of “USA Today”, where for eight years starting in 1983, she was first president, then publisher, as well as a board member and executive vice president/marketing of Gannett, its parent company. She is also known for promoting growth at Hearst beyond magazines, namely in licensing and international expansion.
