News and Updates on Quantum Partners and Projects

• Quantum Principal to Moderate Panel at MPA Conference

September 12, 2011: 

Quantum Principal Ava Seave will moderate a panel discussing the new direction of the magazine industry at the MPA’s American Magazine Conference on Tuesday, October 4, at 9am.  The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42^nd Street, New York, NY.10017.  You can find more information and make advanced registrations at the MPA website here.

Where Are Magazine Media Headed?  The View from the Top  The leaders of several magazine companies will engage in a candid conversation about the new direction of the industry, the challenges they are facing, the untapped potential of tablets, their views on acquisitions and partnerships, and what keeps them up at night. They’ll also discuss how they are driving positive change in their organizations. Attendees to this panel will get a revealing look into the inner thinking of some of the industry’s new leaders and their vision of the media future.

Moderator:   Ava Seave, Principal and Co-Founder, Quantum Media

Panelists:   David Carey, President, Hearst Magazines

Tom Harty, President, Meredith's National Media Group

Robert A. Sauerberg, Jr., President, Condé Nast

• Quantum Principal Inteviewed For Hollywood 2.0 Podcast

September 06, 2011: 

Peter Katz and Rich Silverman interview Quantum Principal Ava Seave on their podcast for Hollywood 2.0.   Seave was interviewed to explain the focus of “Curse of the Mogul: What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media Companies,” co-authored with Jonathon Knee and Bruce Greenwald.  “Curse of the Mogul” is available now in paperback from Amazon and other outlets.

When asked by the hosts which type of mogul would best be served to read the book, Seave replied, “Most of the guys that we talk about started out being smart guys with good companies.  They specialized in an area, and made a lot of money in that area.  They read their own press, and decided they could go ahead and use their genius to go to other areas that they didn’t really know very well.”

You can listen to the entire interview on Hollywood 2.0 website here.

• Quantum Principal Joins Faculty At Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

August 30, 2011: 

Quantum Principal Christine Arrington has joined the faculty of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University in Logan, Utah as a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Strategic Marketing and Brand Management.

The Huntsman School is the oldest continuously operating business college in the Western United States and one of the oldest in the nation. The stated goals of the Huntsman School of Business are "to be a career accelerator for its students and an engine of economic growth for its communities, the state, the nation and the world". The Huntsman School focuses on four areas of educational development. These areas have been entitled the "four pillars" and they include analytical rigor, entrepreneurial spirit, ethical leadership and global vision.