NEW YORK, SEPT. 17, 2012 — Rodale Inc. Chairman & CEO Maria Rodale and Healthy Living Group GM David Zinczenko, today announced that Anne Alexander has been named Senior Vice President and Editorial Director for Prevention, where she will lead an ambitious re-invention of the brand to reach the growing upscale female boomer audience moving into the title's demographic. Alexander will report directly to Maria Rodale, who helped cultivate the new vision and premium positioning for the brand.
Alexander returns to Rodale after most recently serving as Senior Vice President and Editorial Director at National Geographic Books, where she led a turnaround of the company's Adult Books division that resulted in its highest levels of profitability in recent years. She had previously served as VP and Editorial Director of Prevention from 1997 through 2000, and drove significant newsstand growth and subscriber renewals while also penning the New York Times bestseller "Win the Fat War."
"The Prevention brand is very important to this company and, to the same
extent, to our family," said Rodale. "For more than 60 years, Prevention
has served its readers as a leading resource for healthy living, but we
have an opportunity now to be even more than that; we can actually
define what it means to be healthy for a significant audience who, to
this point, has been largely ignored."
"There has never been a more educated, affluent and empowered generation
of women determined to live long, healthy, happy lives fulfilling their
personal missions. They've told us exactly what information they're
looking for—health, well-being and diet, and no brand knows more about
these issues than Prevention. Anne's vast experience, both at Prevention
and at other notable companies, makes her the ideal editorial leader to
transform this brand and its future."
The New Prevention
The new Prevention will debut with the magazine's January 2013 issue and will raise its monthly newsstand price to $3.99 to more accurately reflect its premium content.
"At a time when most magazines are scrambling to embrace younger readers, I find Maria's vision to be an exceptionally bold and forward-thinking strategy," said Alexander. "I'm excited to return 'home' to Rodale, and even more excited to lead Prevention into a new and exciting era."
Under Alexander's direction, the new Prevention will showcase a more elegant, upscale, clean design sensibility within an enriched editorial aesthetic to connect with the female boomers' sophisticated palette. The title will be the only magazine brand dedicating the most editorial to their top concerns: health, well-being and diet. (Halls Reports) With a focus on new frontiers in medicine and integrative health, Prevention will demonstrate transformative ways their readers can enjoy this life stage. New columns such as "Your Turn," "New Frontiers" and "Make it Natural" will invite readers to prioritize their health and happiness, and participate in a thriving online and social media community. The January issue will also debut new columns by Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Tasneem Bhatia who join the brand's prestigious stable of contributors like Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Travis Stork, and will also feature an interview with Dr. Christiane Northrup. Additionally, Prevention will expand on topics that haven't traditionally been pillars of the brand, such as emotional health, natural remedies, and personal development.
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