David Hamilton steps down at Flare; associate publisher Orietta Minatel steps up

One of the worst kept secrets in the business, that David Hamilton, longtime publisher of magazine, would be retiring from Flare magazine has been confirmed. Today, it was announced that, effective in November 1, associate publisher Orietta Minatel steps up. In effect there will be a co-publisher arrangement during the transition, with Hamilton moving over to be a consultant to Rogers Consumer Publishing effective January 2007.

Minatel has been associate publisher since 1999 and has worked on many committees in the fashion, cosmetics and publishing industry. She has sat on the Magazines Canada Marketing Committee, the Look Good Feel Better Ball Committee, and has led the Flare Communication Award at Ryerson University for the last 10 years. She also currently sits on the Ryerson University School of Fashion Advisory Council.

Hamilton said: "It has been an honour to work with one of the most talented Canadian magazine publishing teams at Flare and Rogers Publishing over the past several years. Orietta is a very talented individual and I am happy to see her taking on this new challenge as I move away from full time employment and pursue new opportunities at Rogers and elsewhere."