Advertising Week Mediafest: Out with the Old Models
Geoffrey PrecourtWarc
Frank Bennack doesn’t look much like a rock star. But, more than any other media executive in the United States, when he talks, people pay very close attention.
The chief executive officer of Hearst Corp. is in his second tenure in that position; the first lasted 23 years and the second began in June 2008. On his watch, the company has partnered with ABC to launch three cable television networks (A&E, History and Lifetime) and invested in a fourth (ESPN); launched such magazines as Country Living,...