Mitchell B. Fox

Mitchell B. Fox is the former Group President and Publishing Director of Condé Nast Publications.

History

Fox graduated from the State University of Stony Brook in 1977. He began his career at The New York Times where he worked for seven years, culminating with the title Group Manager, Retail Advertising, where his group was in charge of the largest independent retail advertisers the newspaper had such as Tiffany, Cartier, Henri Bendel, 47th Street Photo, Scandinavian Gallery, Bergdorf Goodman, etc.

In 1984 Fox left The New York Times to join Begdorf Goodman as the advertising director. He was later promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales Promotion at Bergdorf Goodman handling the marketing responsibilities for all advertising, catalogs, credit card marketing, direct mail marketing, special events, bill enclosures, etc.

Fox joined Condé Nast in 1989 when he became publisher of Details. Fox led the fledgling magazine to become the "Magazine of the Year" (1994) as noted by AdAge, and twice earned top ten honors (1993 and 1994) on the HOT LIST as noted by AdWeek magazine. In 1994, Fox was appointed Publisher of Vanity Fair. In 1996 Fox was named Conde Nast Publisher of the Year after managing a spectacular turnaround at Vanity Fair. In 1997, Fox was appointed Vice-President of Condé Nast in charge of Corporate Sales. In November 1999, he was promoted again to Senior Vice President, Corporate Sales. In 2001, Fox was named President and CEO of The Golf Digest Company, Advance Publications' titles Golf Digest, Golf For Women, Golf World, Golf World Business, and GolfDigest.com upon acquisition of these titles from The New York Times Company. A challenging assignment to integrate the two cultures, while preserving the best of both. In January, 2007 Fox took over most of Mary Berner's responsibilities upon her departure from Condé Nast, adding: W, WWD, DNR, FootWear News, The Condé Nast Bridal Group, and Bon Apetit to his existing responsibilities.

In early January, 2008, Fox was terminated by Condé Nast. The press reported that his strategy conflicted with existing plans for the company, leading to his ouster.^[1] His strategy, was simply to push the titles across multiple platforms, and manage them as broad based brands with multiple revenue streams. e.g. digital development, merchandising, licensing, partnerships, etc.

From Conde Nast, Fox went to San Francisco as President/CEO of 8020 Media Co., a web based media company that manages two online communities, JPGmag.com and Everywheremag.com. At 8020 the communities contribute 100% of the content online , and they vote on the best work themselves, and that work is published in their award winning magazines.

In January, 2009, Fox led the effort to sell 8020 Media, which was done successfully to a group of investors, and the company continues to thrive today.^[2]

He was a National Trustee of The First Tee, a charitable organization, and is a member of the Esteemed Council of Advisors for the Telluride Film Festival. Fox also represented his company as a member of the Board of Directors of The Magazine Publishers of America (MPA), and was a member of its Executive Committee as well.

Currently, Fox lives in NYC and has created a holding company (WGA Global Marketing , Inc.) with multiple businesses such as an affinity marketing based insurance company, a developing innovative media property, and consults with the Center for Communicating Science at State University of Stony Brook, and an online reputational management company.

References

1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/business/media/08mag.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=mitchell%20fox&st=cse&oref=slogin
2. ^ Details of the sale: http://mrmagazine.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/new-life-at-jpg-and-8020-media/

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