David Zinczenko

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David Zinczenko
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Zinczenko
Born (1969-12-13) December 13, 1969 (age 55)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Author
  • publisher
  • businessman
TitleFounder and CEO

David Zinczenko (born December 13, 1969) is an American publisher, author, and businessman. Previously, he was the executive vice president and general manager of Men's Health , Women's Health , Prevention and Rodale Books, the editorial director of Men's Fitness [1] and the nutrition and wellness editor at ABC News . [2]

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Early life and education

Zinczenko grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he attended Liberty High School. [3] He attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, where he was editor-in-chief of the Moravian College student newspaper, The Comenian. [4] He later served in the U.S. Navy Reserve. [3]

Career

In 2000, Zinczenko was named editor-in-chief of Men's Health by the magazine's publisher, Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. [5]

On December 14, 2010, Min credited Zinczenko for the "#1 Most Notable Launch of the Past 25 Years". [6] Zinczenko oversaw the launches of both Women's Health and the affluent men's lifestyle publication Best Life , [7] as editorial director of the two brands.

In 2009, Advertising Age Atiya deemed Women's Health the "Magazine of the Year". [8]

In 2011, he was named editorial director of both Organic Gardening [9] and Prevention. He left Rodale at the end of 2012.

In 2013, he was hired American Media's CEO David Pecker to re-launch Men's Fitness and to create brand extensions for the men’s lifestyle publication while also turning Shape [10] into an active lifestyle publication and helping to oversee Muscle & Fitness . [11]

In 2013, Zinczenko was named the nutrition and wellness editor at ABC News. [2] Later that year, Zinczenko launched Galvanized Media. Galvanized owns and operates Eat This, Not That!, Best Life and Zero Belly. Its imprint, Galvanized Books, [12] distributed by Random House, produced The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse by Kelly Choi, and Simon & Schuster distributed The 14-Day No Sugar Diet. [13] Galvanized's Branded Content arm is called Galvanized Strategies. [14]

In 2018, Zinczenko returned to Men's Health as interim editorial director. [15]

References

  1. ↑ Moses, Lucia (2013-05-28). "Men's Fitness Magazine Is Remade as a Lifestyle Brand". AdWeek. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  2. 1 2 Ford, David (2013-07-18). "Dave Zinczenko Joins ABC News as Nutrition and Wellness Editor". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. 1 2 "'Eat This, Not That' author to mentor Moravian students". The Morning Call. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  4. ↑ "David Zinczenko '91 | Moravian University". www.moravian.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. ↑ Ives, Natalie (2012-11-19). "David Zinczenko era at Men's Health comes to an End". Ad Age .
  6. ↑ "Notable Launch in the Last 25 years - Interview with David Zinczenko". Mr magazine. 2010-12-14.
  7. ↑ Rachel (February 1, 2006). "David Zinczenko is Living His Best Life (or, Of Edit, Abs and Ice Cream)". Adweek. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  8. ↑ Women's Health named "Magazine of the Year", Advertising Age
    - "StumbleUpon moved to Mix!".
  9. ↑ "Rodale Inc. Names David Zinczenko Editorial Director for Prevention and Organic Gardening brands". Rodale Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  10. ↑ "American Media, Inc. Names David Zinczenko Consulting Editorital Director". American Media Inc. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  11. ↑ Moses, Lucia (2014-02-20). "AMI's Muscle & Fitness Gets the Dave Zinczenko Touch". AdWeek. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
    - Zinczenko profile, Adweek. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  12. ↑ Kaufman, Leslie (14 April 2013). "Random House Adds a Big Name in Fitness". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  13. ↑ Csatari, Jeff (2018-01-30). The 14-Day No Sugar Diet. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9781940358185.
  14. ↑ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2017-11-21). "Dave Zinczenko's Galvanized Media Unveils Branded Content Studio". WWD. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  15. ↑ "Hearst Completes Acquisition of Rodale Inc. Magazine Media Brands". Hearst. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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