Richard Pérez-Feria

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name = Richard Perez-Feria


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website = [http://richardperez-feria.com/ Richardperez-feria.com] [http://www.rpfventures.com RPF Ventures.com]
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Richard Pérez-Feria is President of RPF Ventures, Inc. [ [http://www.rpfventures.com RPF Ventures Home Page] ] , a Los Angeles-based entertainment company. RPF Ventures, Inc. has signed with Nely Galán, President of Galan Entertainment, to a first-look deal. The initial project they lined up was to serve as Co-Executive Producers of the award-winning East Side Story (film) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437171/ East Side Story imbd.com] ] , which has been billed as the first Hispanic gay romantic comedy. Pérez-Feria is also penning his memoirs, titled "It’s Exhausting Being Fabulous… And Other Things I Told My Mother".

Editing career

Previously, Pérez-Feria was Editor-in Chief of 7x7, while serving as editorial consultant to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sunday magazine. In 2000, Peréz-Feria joined Weider Publications as Vice President, Editorial and Creative Services, overseeing all editorial and creative aspects of the health and fitness publishing company. During his tenure, he launched numerous titles, including special newsstand issues of the company’s core magazines. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of SHAPE’s Fit Hollywood, JUMP, Fit Pregnancy Style and Strong.

Pérez-Feria was Editor-in-Chief of People En Español 2003-2006. Pérez-Feria changed the struggling publication's primary focus to celebrity, fashion and beauty.

Early years

From 1989 to 1993, he was Editor-in-Chief of Miami Mensual/Monthly, then the nation’s largest monthly bilingual consumer magazine for Hispanics. He gained widespread recognition as the founding editor of POZ, the first national consumer magazine for the HIV-impacted individual, where he was Editor-in-Chief from 1993 to 1995. POZ received numerous honors, including a nomination for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 1995. Pérez-Feria began his journalism career at Esquire in 1986 and was on the launch team of the groundbreaking and award-winning New York City weekly, 7 Days.

From 1995 to 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Editorial Director of PressCorps, Inc. in New York City. As co-founder and co-owner, he worked on a variety of consumer titles and numerous launches, serving as Editor-in-Chief of a variety of titles including Celebrity Style, Music Choice Magazine, Teen Celebrity, Gym, Burn! and TennisMatch.

In 2003, Richard Perez-Feria became the first recipient of the GLAAD Visibilidad Award going to "an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Spanish-language media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for our community." [ [http://www.glaad.org/media/release_detail.php?id=3863 GLAAD to Honor Charlize Theron, Melissa Etheridge, David LaChapelle, Richard Pérez-Feria at 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented by Absolut Vodka ] ]

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