SHE Media

SHE Media, formerly SheKnows Media,[1] is an American digital media company.[2]

SHE Media
IndustryLifestyle and entertainment digital media
Founded1999
Headquarters475 5th Ave, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10017
ParentPenske Media Corporation
Websitewww.shemedia.com

Overview

SHE Media publishes entertainment, fashion, health, career, parenting, and food multi-media content, with corporate advertisers like Pepsi, Kellogg's, Macy's, Harley-Davidson, Target, and Clorox.[2][3] In 2014, it acquired #BlogHer[2] and STYLECASTER.[4] In 2016, it acquired HelloFlo.[5] Currently, the company is part of Penske Media.[6]

The SHE Media Partner Network offers bloggers and social media influencers a portfolio of monetization opportunities.[1] SHE Media is the creator of the annual #Femvertising Awards, which pay recognition to brands and agencies that produce pro-female advertising.[7] Its #BlogHer brand hosts a series of large conferences for women entrepreneurs and content creators each year.[2]

SHE Media has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Scottsdale, Ariz.[8]

History

SHE Media was founded as SheKnows.com in 1999 by Kyle Cox, Betsy Gartrell-Judd, Nancy J. Price, and another woman, as a subset of Price and Bailey's fledgling online media company, Myria Media.[9][3][10]. Cox was the company's general manager. It was designed for "21st-century mothers" with blogs, videos, and articles about entertainment, lifestyle, and parenting written by industry experts, journalists, and published authors.[3]

The company was acquired by Evolve Media, which sold it to Great Hill Partners in 2012.[11] In 2014, Philippe Guelton became CEO, based in Manhattan.[4] In March 2018, SHE Media was acquired by Penske Media.[6] The price was reported to be US $40 million. In July 2018, Samantha Skey became CEO of SHE Media.[12]

Properties

SheKnows.com

SHE Media defines SheKnows.com as site dedicated to "providing women with the practical service they need and the daily inspiration they want to live full, authentic lives.[13] As the flagship property of SHE Media, SheKnows.com’s editorial and branded content spans topics that include food, family, health, beauty, entertainment and more. The site was a Webby Best in Lifestyle Site honoree in 2017.[14] In 2015, SheKnows.com received an OMMA Award in the Family/Parenting/Women’s Interest Category.[15] In 2013, it was listed in Forbes’ Top Websites for Women list.[16]

#BlogHer

On November 3, 2014, the company acquired #BlogHer, which brought a large network of women content creators and a legacy conference and events revenue stream to the business.[17] The deal was estimated by Ad Age to be worth between $30 and $40 million.[2] #BlogHer co-founders Jory Des Jardins, Elisa Camahort, and Lisa Stone joined SHE Media as executives.[2] The merger offers #BlogHer customers access to SHE Media's multi-media resources and increased the company's share of the women's presence on the internet.[2]

SHE Media describes #BlogHer events, which began in 2005, as “the place where female content creators and entrepreneurs connect, amplify their diverse voices, share authentic content, as well as explore opportunities to earn.” Today, it attracts thousands of social media influencers, bloggers, content creators, hand-raisers, industry thought leaders and brand executives each year. The conference series is regarded for its commitment to diversity. Senior Forbes Contributor Christine Michel Carter reported in 2017 that SHE Media commits to giving women of color 40% or more main-stage and breakout session speaking roles at every BlogHer conference.[18][19] Past speakers have included Serena Williams, Kim Kardashian West, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gabrielle Union, Amy Schumer, Jessica Alba, Chelsea Clinton, Carla Hall, Sheryl Crow, Martha Stewart, Ava DuVernay, Arianna Huffington, and more.[20]

STYLECASTER

On August 15, 2014,[10] SHE Media purchased STYLECASTER Media Group in Manhattan to broaden its customer base, to complement its existing market, and to better target young, cosmopolitan, and fashion-forward women. It expected to realize $50 million in revenue from the combined organization, according to The Wall Street Journal, which reported that the $10 million purchase was an all-stock transaction. Founders Ari Goldberg and David Goldberg initially became part of the SheKnows organization. Editor-in-Chief Laurel Pinson also moved to SHE Media from STYLECASTER.

Today, STYLECASTER “brings millennial women the ideas, inspiration and tips they need to live with style and substance,” according to SHE Media.[13] The site was a Webby Award nominee and honoree for the Best Fashion & Beauty Site in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[21]

HelloFlo

In April 2016, SHE Media acquired HelloFlo, a website designed to normalize the conversation about women’s and girls' bodies at every stage of life and the creator of viral videos like "Camp Gyno", "First Moon Party" and "A Visit from Aunt Flo". In 2017, HelloFlo was the winner of a Webby Award for Best Health Site.[22] That same year, it received an OMMA Award for Best Health/Wellness site.[23]

Programs

    The #Femvertising Awards

    The #Femvertising Awards, created by SHE Media, honor excellence in pro-female advertising. Based on a term now CEO Samantha Skey coined in an article published in MediaPost in 2014,[24] SHE Media launched the #Femvertising Awards the following year to celebrate ads that challenge social and gender norms through advertising.[25] Since 2015, the term Femvertising and the #Femvertising Awards have been covered by a variety of media outlets, including NBC Nightly News,[7] Adweek,[26] The Huffington Post[27] and more.

    Hatch

    SHE Media launched Hatch in 2015[28][29] to explore important social issues impacting Generation Z. The video workshops, created by teens and tweens to serve as a resource for parents, provide meaningful insights on topics that include social media anxiety, feminism, gender roles, cyberbullying, microaggressions and fake news.

    Hatch has been published in news outlets that include CNN,[30] TIME,[31] AdWeek,[32] Upworthy,[33] Buzzfeed,[34] and more. In October 2017, Good Morning America featured the Hatch #DigitalDetox workshop, in which a group of 12- and 13-year-olds who belong to the program shared what it was like to give up social media, online games, streaming video and texting for an entire week.[35]

    #ThePitch

    With the desire to “help change the ratio of women-run businesses,” SHE Media launched #ThePitch in 2015 to elevate female entrepreneurship and innovation and inspire a global community of women.[36] #ThePitch is a live competition that spotlights up-and-coming women entrepreneurs and innovators, giving them the chance to explain their business ideas to a panel of judges at SHE Media’s BlogHer conferences. The winner of #ThePitch is ultimately selected via popular vote by conference attendees. Winners receive marketing support from SHE Media.[37]

    #ThePitch has been sponsored by leading brands like Go Daddy and American Express, and emcees have included influential businesswomen like Sallie Krawcheck, JJ Ramberg and Camila Alves McConaughey.[20]

    gollark: People should probably consider privacy more seriously than most actually *do*, at least. A lot of people say they care a bit but then ignore it.
    gollark: <@126590786945941504> Maybe they should.
    gollark: What makes them better than the advertising companies then?
    gollark: I am leaving off the second half so as not to fill more than a screen or so.
    gollark: No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.

    References
    1. Fuller, Melynda (November 15, 2018). "SheKnows Media Rebrands As SHE Media, Shares 'Business of Influence' Research". www.mediapost.com.
    2. Hilary Burns, Bizwomen Reporter (November 3, 2014). "SheKnows and BlogHer together: Aiming for 'most diverse, socially driven women's community on the Internet'". BizWomen. BizJournals. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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    5. Monllos, Kristina (March 31, 2016). "In Acquiring HelloFlo, SheKnows Media is Getting a Viral Content Machine". www.Adweek.com.
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    24. Dupre, Elyse (April 27, 2017). "Fem or Foe: Do Brands Promoting Femvertising Actually Practice What They Preach?". www.dmnews.com.
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    30. Wallace, Kelly (April 27, 2017). "Here's a way to start a conversation with kids about being transgender". www.cnn.com.
    31. Grossman, Samantha (June 10, 2015). "Watch Kids Share Eloquent, Empathetic Reactions to Caitlyn Jenner". www.time.com.
    32. Castillo, Michelle (February 2, 2015). "How a Room Full of Teen Girls Reacted to This Year's Super Bowl Ads". www.adweek.com.
    33. Berman, Robby (February 23, 2015). "Teens live in a social media world that most grown-ups know almost nothing about". www.upworthy.com.
    34. Vingiano, Ali (February 21, 2015). "Teenage Girls Speak Out About Microaggressions In This Heartfelt Video". www.buzzfeednews.com.
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    36. Dishman, Lydia (June 24, 2015). "New Platform Helps Women Entrepreneurs Master The Art Of The Pitch". www.fastcompany.com.
    37. Sullivan, Laurie (August 8, 2016). "Women's Inequality Behind 'The Pitch' $50,000 Marketing, Media Program". www.mediapost.com.

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