Magazine Industry Meets, Greets, Mixes and Mingles at 2008 Mix & Mingle
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The Mix & Mingle, in its fourth consecutive year, is the premier and most anticipated opportunity for new and seasoned magazine professionals from all sectors of the magazine industry to make new friends and build professional connections. The relaxed atmosphere provides attendees with a comfortable after-work platform to network with each other. Over 350 diverse magazine, advertising, digital and other media professionals attended this year, which made the 2008 Mix and Mingle a prime opportunity to celebrate diversity.
"It is amazing how the Mix & Mingle - developed out of a need for the industry's workforce of color to expand their personal networks - has become the industry's 'must-attend' event of the year," said Shaunice Hawkins, Vice President of Diversity & Multicultural Initiatives, MPA.
Overlooking the remarkable backdrop of New York City’s famed Bryant Park, attendees enjoyed a networking cocktail reception held inside Bryant Park Grill, which is nestled behind the park’s exquisite greenery. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres floated around the room while business cards were exchanged and ideas were shared amongst the leaders of the magazine industry. Guests were able to determine what line of business other attendees belonged by color-coded name badges, which made for a very easy and productive networking experience.
“What a GREAT event—people, place, vibe (and food!). You know it’s a success when they turn the lights up to get folks to leave!" said Charlotte Barnard, Deputy Editor, Country Living.
"I'm so thrilled that the event is a resounding success," added Hawkins, "I am truly amazed by the testimonials of those who've made strategic connections they never would have made had they not attended. That's what the Mix & Mingle is all about - making those connections or, in some cases, reconnections in magazines."
Companies with representation at this year’s event included AARP The Magazine, Advertising Age, Alissa Neil PR, American Express Publishing Corp., American Lawyer Media, American Media, Inc., Avenue A/Razor Fish, Best Life, Better Homes and Gardens, Bicycling, Bleu Magazine, BMO Capital Markets, Bon Appétit, Bonnier Corporation, Brown Printing Company, BusinessWeek, Cadmus Communications, Coburn Communications, Comag Marketing Group, LLC, Computerworld, Condé Nast Publications, Consumers Union, Corbis, Country Living, DC Comics, Deloitte & Touche, Departures, DeSilva & Phillips, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., ESPN The Magazine, Essence Communications, Inc., Food & Wine, Forbes, Forbes.com, Fortune/Money Group, GCN Publishing, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., Hallmark Magazine, Hearst Magazines, Hill Holiday Advertising, In Style, Initiative, Institute for Media and Entertainment, InterMedia Outdoors Inc., Interpublic Group, IVillage/GURL.COM, Jautz Photography, Johnson Publishing Co., Inc., Latina, Link-Up Media/Jamrock Magazine, Long Island Pulse, Magazine Communications Consultants, Magazine Radar, Inc., Magazine Marketers.com, MagazineRadar, Inc., Mansueto Ventures, Marie Claire, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., Maxim Color Technologies, Inc., McCann-Erickson, Media & Marketing, Media Networks Inc., mediabistro.com, Mediamark Research Intelligence, LLC, Men's Vogue, Meredith Corporation, Meredith Integrated Marketing, Meticulous Proofreading, Morris Visitor Publications, LLC, MVP/NY, National Geographic Magazines, New Jersey Life, NewsCom, LLC, Newsweek, Nextbook, Nylon Holding Inc., O at Home, O, The Oprah Magazine, OneVision, Inc., People en Español, PlanetOut, Inc., Playbill, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Pluck Corporation, Popular Mechanics, PORTADA, PR Newswire, Prevention, Primiro, Puresend, Quad/Graphics, Quad/Imaging, Quick & Simple, Reader's Digest Assn. Inc., Real Simple, Rodale Inc., Runner’s World, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sappi North America, Self, Simmons, Experian Consumer Research, SoHo Publishing Company, LLC, Spin, strategy+business, SubCo, Inc., T, The New York Times Style Magazine, The Black Boxes, The Knot, Inc., The Nation, The New York Times Magazine, The News Market, The Wall Street Journal, Time Inc., TNS Media Intelligence, Travel + Leisure Golf, Travelscream Technologies, TruthinAging.com, TV Guide, U.S. News & World Report, Uptown Magazine, Urban Infants Magazine, Walker Communications, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Wired Magazine, Women's Health, Working Mother Magazine, Petside.com, Zinio, LLC.
Since its inception in 2005, over 1200 magazine professionals have attended MPA’s annual Mix & Mingle.
Congratulations to the 2008 Mix & Mingle raffle winners! One half-day or full-day MPA Professional Development Seminar of choiceTara Zades, The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
One registration to ASME’s exclusive two-day Magazine Workshop for editorsJustin Ocean, The Out Traveler
Saks Fifth Avenue Gift BasketAdrian Roberts, Bleu Magazine
American Express Gift CardHilda Gorgissian, Bonnier Corporation
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