Anne Kreamer (born 1955) is an American journalist and author who specializes in business, work/life balance, culture, and women's issues.

Biography

Kreamer grew up in

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, and graduated from

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. After graduating from college, she spent the first half of her career as a media executive and entrepreneur working in international sales for

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during its first globalizing phase, selling the program in English throughout Southeast Asia and the Caribbean as well as helping to inaugurate co-productions of Sesame Street in Mexico, Spain, France and Germany. She became director of development for

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Educational and Professional Publishing. In 1986, she joined her husband,

Kurt Andersen Kurt B. Andersen (born August 22, 1954) is an American writer, the author of novels and nonfiction as well as a writer for television and the theater. He was also a co-founder of '' Spy'' magazine, as well as co-creator and for its 20-year run ...

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, and Thomas Philips as part of the team founding ''

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'' magazine. In 1990 she joined Gerry Laybourne as executive vice-president and worldwide creative director for the cable TV channels

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and

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, where she conceived and launched ''

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'', as well as launching Nickelodeon's toy and consumer product business. In the early 2000s, she became a columnist for ''

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'',

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO) is an American diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart in 1997 and owned by Marquee Brands LLC since April 2019. It is organized into four business segments: publishin ...

, and has also written for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Among other publications, she blogs regularly for '' The Harvard Business Review'' and NextAvenue.org. She also serves on the board of trustees of the

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Books

In 2007 she published ''Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity and Everything Else That Really Matters'' (

Little, Brown and Company Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston. For close to two centuries, it has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists featured Emil ...

, ) and in 2011, ''It's Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace'' (

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, ).

Personal life

Kreamer lives in

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, with her husband, the writer

, who was also host of the

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-winning PRI program

Studio 360 ''Studio 360'' was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' in New York City. The program's stated goal was t ...

, and their two daughters, Kate and Lucy.

References

External links

* * Video interview
Martha Stewart Show

Sheryl Sandberg Says Crying At Work Helps You Be A Better Leader
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