Terry Sellwood promoted to president of Cottage Life Media

Terry Sellwood has been promoted  to be president of Cottage Life Media. Founder Al Zikovitz will continue in his role as CEO but will start transitioning more responsibilities to Terry over time. Since joining Cottage Life in 2000, Terry has been general manager and involved in all the company's magazine brands and its events business. Sellwood has been a major player in the magazine industry, including being the chair of the board of Magazines Canada (where he began his career working in the warehouse) and president of the National Magazine Awards Foundation. He was previously well known as a circulation expert, working for Transcontinental Media and Telemedia.

Cottage Life, Cottage Life West and Outdoor Canada and associated web and television properties and consumer shows are part of the broader Blue Ant Media portfolio.  Blue Ant is a privately held media company that owns and operates 11 media brands including Cottage Life, AUX, Smithsonian Channel Canada, and Oasis. Based in Toronto, it recently made an investment in Omnia Media, a YouTube video network operating in Los Angeles.