We are pleased to announce the addition of Ava Seave to the Magnify.net Board of Directors. Seave, well known as a forward thinking leader in the media industry, is a co-founder and principal of Quantum Media, a New York City based consulting firm focused on marketing and strategic planning for media, information and entertainment companies. Seave has held a number of high level positions at media companies including Scholastic, The Village Voice and Dell Publishing and will provide a valuable asset to Magnify.net.

Before founding Quantum Media with four others in 1998, Seave was a general manager at Scholastic Inc., where she directed the Trumpet Club and Scholastic Specials business units, at The Village Voice where she was responsible for all non-advertising revenue and administrative management including circulation, shipping and distribution, list sales, print and on-line syndication and consumer advertising and public relations and at TVSM, the country's largest cable listings magazine.  Seave started her career at Dell Publishing (a division of Doubleday) and as an editor at two horticulture magazines. 

Seave also teaches at Columbia Business School where she is currently an Associate Adjunct Professor. She is the co-author (with Jonathan Knee and Bruce Greenwald) of a book published October 2009 entitled “Curse of the Mogul:  What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media Companies.” Seave writes a blog on marketing and media strategy issues for audiencedevelopment.com and internationalbusinesstime.com. 

For more information on Ms. Seave and other members of the Magnify.net Board, please visit our Board information page.