New York, NY – January 8, 2015 – Time Inc. has hired Sue Callaway as Senior Editor, Automotive, it was announced today by Norman Pearlstine, Chief Content Officer, Time Inc. In this new position, Callaway will oversee editorial coverage of the automotive industry across titles, including Fortune, Time, Sports Illustrated, Money, Real Simple and other brands. In addition to deepening Time Inc.’s coverage of the industry, Callaway will develop incremental editorial assets including new video and digital franchises, infographics, mobile apps and more. Callaway will also develop potential new automotive initiatives for Time Inc. Joining Callaway in covering automotive across titles is Jason H. Harper, who joins Time Inc. as a Contributing Editor.

 

An expert in the automotive field, Callaway joins Time Inc. from The Auto 100, which she founded in 2011. The Auto 100 is a technology-driven, hyper-efficient content creation system that measures—in real time—the ripple effect of changes within any vertical/category it ranks, from automotive and extractives to sporting goods and product placement in films and TV. Previously, Callaway worked for Fortune from 1994 to 2000 and was a co-founder of Fortune’s hugely successful Most Powerful Women franchise. She has also covered the auto industry for Esquire, CNN, CBS News and others and has served as General Manager of Jaguar North America and Director of Marketing for Ford’s luxury brands.

 

Jason H. Harper has specialized in high-end automotive and luxury lifestyle coverage for more than 15 years, writing a weekly column for Bloomberg News, appearing regularly on Bloomberg TV, and contributing feature articles to Automobile and Conde Nast Traveler, among others.

 

”We’re thrilled to have Sue return to Time Inc. to help us broaden our coverage of automotive and develop new initiatives in the space, ” Pearlstine said. “Along with the hiring last year of Mark Ellis as SVP, Corporate Sales in Detroit this is just the beginning of a deeper commitment to the automotive category in 2015 and beyond.”

 

”The reach and credibility of Time Inc.’s brands gives us a unique opportunity and platform to reinvent our automotive coverage,” said Callaway. “Given the amount of change that continues to shift the industry, the timing couldn’t be better for increasing our commitment to the auto space.”

 

Callaway’s appointment is effective immediately.

 

Read Callaway’s latest stories for Fortune here: http://for.tn/1IlZIa8

 

 

 

About Time Inc.

 

Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is one of the world’s leading media companies reaching more than 130 million consumers each month across multiple platforms. Its influential brands include People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Time, Real Simple, Southern Living, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine and Fortune, as well as more than 50 diverse titles at Time Inc. UK such as Decanter and Horse & Hound. Time Inc. is home to celebrated events and franchises including the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the Essence Festival. As of September 30, 2014, Time Inc. operated approximately 40 websites that collectively have over 100 million average monthly unique visitors around the world. The company also operates integrated publishing businesses that provide content marketing, targeted advertising programs, branded book publishing and marketing and support services. 

 

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