Three new group publishers named at Rogers Publishing

Sandra Parente

More changes at Rogers Publishing, with Sandra Parente, currently publisher of MoneySense and once a general manager of corporate sales for Rogers Media, becoming group publisher of Rogers’ current affairs group, which includes Maclean’s and Sportsnet.

Ian Portsmouth, who currently oversees Canadian Business and Profit will now have all three consumer-facing business magazines in his portfolio as he takes over as group publisher, business, including MoneySense. 

Sophie Banford, newly arrived from TVA (where she was publisher at  Clin d’Oeil and Moi & Cie.) has been pointed group publisher of the Quebec-based women’s titles, responsible for such titles as LouLou and Chȃtelaine, Banford (like Parente) will report to executive publisher Lorraine Hoefler. 

The three appointments round out other management changes made recently as part of creating a group publisher structure: the appointments of Penny Hicks as group publisher for women's service magazines Chatelaine, Today's Parent and Canadian Health & Lifestyle and of Melissa Ahlstrand as group publisher of fashion and beauty books, including Flare, Cosmetics and Hello! 

Related posts:

• Editor of Report on Business leaves Globe to be director of content strategy for Rogers Publishing
• Major shakeup in progress at Rogers Publishing with switchover to group publisher structure
• Sasha Emmons named as EIC of Today's Parent
• Karine Ewart shifts from Today's Parent to be EIC of Chatelaine
• Canadian Business absorbs Profit and goes monthly 
• John Intini named EIC of Sportsnet magazine