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SheKnows Media
SHE Media (formerly known as SheKnows Media) is an American digital media company. It operates the website properties BlogHer, SheKnows.com, STYLECASTER, and HelloFlo. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2018. History SHE Media was founded as SheKnows.com in 1999 by Kyle Cox, Betsy Gartrell-Judd, and Nancy J. Price, as a subset of Price and Bailey's online media company Myria Media.. It was designed for "21st-century mothers" with blogs, videos, and articles about entertainment, lifestyle; and, parenting written by industry experts, journalists, and published authors. SheKnows.com was acquired by Evolve Media in 2012, which in turn sold it to Great Hill Partners. In 2014, it acquired #BlogHer and STYLECASTER. In 2016, it acquired HelloFlo, a website dedicated to women's health. The company was acquired by Penske Media in March 2018 for $40 million. Samantha Skey was named CEO of the company in July of that year. SheKnows.com rebranded as SHE Media in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Skey
Samantha Skey is a digital media executive and current chief executive officer for SHE Media. Early life and education Skey holds a BA in comparative literature from Hamilton College. Career In her early career, Skey served in management positions in companies such as The Walt Disney Company and CNET. She also worked as an executive at Alloy Online and was the chief marketing officer at Passenger, as well as the chief revenue officer at Recyclebank. Skey is also credited with the first real-time multi-player reward based website, "Riddler," for Interactive Imaginations. Skey joined SHE Media in 2013. She was the president of the company when it was purchased by Penske Media Corporation in 2018. Four months after the acquisition, she was promoted to CEO. A frequent presenter and commentator for business and trade media, Skey’s speaking events include annual SXSW, annual Ad Week panel moderation, MediaPost, Digiday, iMedia, She Summit, Folio, the Gamification Summit of 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |