One Mega Group

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One Mega Group, Inc.
FormerlyMega Magazines and Publications, Inc, Mega Publishing Group
IndustryPublishing, Media Production
Founded1991
Headquarters
Strata 100, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig
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Area served
Philippines
Key people
Archie G Carrasco, President and CEO
Sari Yap, Founder and Chairman
Products Magazines
Television production
Event production
ServicesPrint and Digital Content in Magazines and Websites
Divisions MEGA, Lifestyle Asia, BluPrint,
Website Official website

One Mega Group, Inc. (formerly known as Mega Magazines and Publications, Inc. and Mega Publishing Group, and stylized as One MEGA Group, Inc.), is a Filipino company focused on content publishing in the form of print magazines, e-magazine and video and native contents in www.onemega.com. It was founded by Sari V Yap, who was also the CEO of the company and the editor-in-chief of MEGA Magazine. The current President and CEO is Archie Carrasco. [1]

History

Sari Yap founded MEGA, as a fashion magazine, back in 1992. As a postgraduate student at University of Navarre, Sari wanted to create a glossy fashion magazine for the Philippines. Its first cover featured Filipina model Gerone Olorocisimo. [2]

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References

  1. "Sari Yap on Mega's unlikely road to success". GMA News . November 19, 2012.
  2. Yan, Meryll. "The Mega story in 20 covers". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.