
LIFETIME NETWORKS PARTNERS WITH GLAM MEDIA TO DEVELOP NEW VERTICAL MEDIA NETWORK
Lifetime Networks partners with Glam Media To Develop
Network Will Build on Momentum of #1 TV and Online Brands For Women
myLifetime.com will be the flagship site of the network, as the ultimate digital destination for women’s entertainment and escape with sites that focus on core verticals of interest to the Lifetime audience such as relationships, advocacy, home and crafts, pets, and astrology, and will more than double the reach of Lifetime Digital sponsors by creating a new platform for advertisers to reach these passionate online communities. The Lifetime Glam distributed media network will be built on the new Glam Managed Vertical Network platform –designed to manage display advertising and content distribution for media companies. Glam’s new platform offering enables large media companies like Lifetime to rapidly create their own vertical distributed media networks in collaboration with Glam.
“Smart media companies like Lifetime are seizing the network model
to find and create new audiences to connect to their advertisers,”
said Samir Arora, chairman and CEO, Glam Media. “The network model,
built on platforms like the Glam Managed Vertical Network, will power
the next wave of successful media companies on the Web.”
“The launch of the Lifetime Glam distributed media network heralds one more way Lifetime will deepen the special relationship we have with women through our powerful brand,” said Dan Suratt, Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Business Development, Lifetime Networks. “By joining forces with Glam Media, we are showcasing sites that will resonate with women, as well as providing advertisers with more opportunities to reach our coveted female audience with relevant cross-platform experiences.”
Glam makes it simple for Web publishers to maximize online advertising revenues and represents ad inventory for leading life and style along the Web’s mid-tail. Glam Media brings together distributed media including owned and operated websites, the Glam Publisher Network of more than 400 popular lifestyle websites and blogs, and syndicated content from leading media companies.
myLifetime.com reaches women with compelling games and fun activities, relevant community functionality, relatable content on topics integral to their lives — from relationships, health, beauty and style, and home and crafts to entertainment — along with original broadband programming and full episodes, features and more that enable them to engage deeper with Lifetime’s popular and critically acclaimed on-air programming.
About Lifetime
LIFETIME is the leader in women’s television and one of the top-rated basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, LIFETIME is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. LIFETIME Television, LMN (Lifetime Movie Network), Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Digital (including myLifetime.com) are part of LIFETIME Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
About Glam Media
Glam Media is a distributed media company ranked number one in reach for women with more than 22 million unique visitors in the
Contact information:
Gary Morgenstein
Lifetime
212-424-7162
Morgenst@LifetimeTV.com
Lane Buschel
The Morris + King Company for Glam Media
212-561-7454
lane.buschel@morris-king.com
Caroline Hacker
Glam Media
650-244-4000 x242