Glam.com Announces Carl Portale as Publishing Director
Glam Media to add the former publishing director of two of the world’s largest fashion magazines Elle and Harper’s Bazaar
New YorkâFeb. 21, 2006 - Glam Media, Inc. today announced Carl Portale as Glam Media’s new vice president and publishing director.
Portale has a distinguished history in fashion publishing as the former senior vice president and Elle Group publishing director at Hachette Filipacchi Media. Portale was at Hachette for more than 10 years and oversaw titles including Elle, Elle Decor, and Ellegirl among others. Portale was also publishing director of Harper’s Bazaar, as well as at Mirabella, Neiman Marcus Magazine and Town & Country.
Portale has been an advisor to the board with Glam.com for the past six months and joins the team as an employee and publishing director formally today. In his role, Portale will be responsible for overseeing all advertising, marketing and co-branding initiatives with clients.
“Glam is an exciting new voice on the media scene,” says Portale. “Since our recent launch, we have signed some of the top brands advertisers such as Target, Gucci, Nine West and ABC’s Bachelor to Glam.com. The next six months will be an exciting time as we announce new partners and enhance our immersive online platform to our advertising partners.”
According to Glam Media, Inc. founder and chairman Samir Arora, “Carl is very well regarded in the fashion publishing industry and brings a new level of executive expertise to Glam.com. As more time is spent by women online, the addition of Carl helps our mission of revolutionizing the fashion and shopping media business by providing unprecedented live editorial coverage and interactivity online.”
About Glam
Glam Media, with offices in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area, is one of the first companies to bring together the worlds of high technology, fashion, and publishing. Glam has built a revolutionary website that completely alters the online fashion and shopping experience by providing live editorial coverage and user interactivity online. Glam Media is backed by the blue-chip venture capital firms Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WaldenVC, and Information Capital. Glam Media, Inc. is led by seasoned executives from media, publishing, technology, and fashion companies such as Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, eBay, NetObjects, Tickle, and Yahoo. Professionals lead the editorial staff of the company, from In Style, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, The New York Times, and Ziff Davis.
For more information contact:
Chris Constable
LaForce + Stevens
(212)242.9353 x118
cconstable@laforce-stevens.com
Tara Settembre
Horn Group, Inc.
646-688-0595
tsettembre@horngroup.com