Always Innovating

Every day, our teams are developing and leveraging cutting-edge technology and pairing it with creative thinking to deliver innovative solutions that inform, inspire and make for positive change.

We're working to provide our audiences with meaningful content and our clients with insights that resonate and benefit our communities.

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CAMP Systems’ portfolio companies Quantum Control and CORRIDOR announced the launch of SalesEdge Quoting and the first offering of their AI Solutions Suite, ensuring that customers can adopt new solutions without compromising their existing investments or data privacy.

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Hearst Magazines announced plans to acquire MotorTrend Group, a portfolio of automotive media brands, expanding Hearst’s collection of brands for car enthusiasts and buyers, providing even more up-to-the-minute content, commerce and community.

Aura shines!

Hearst Magazines celebrated the launch of AURA, a revolutionary first-party ad targeting tool that uses AI-enabled technology to connect advertisers to their most valuable and engaged customers at scale.

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Hearst Ventures investment Cloudbox launched Packify AI, which utilizes AI to generate packaging designs and product photography in seconds, making it a game-changer in the packaging industry.

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Long before Kamala Harris was a presidential candidate, the San Francisco Chronicle covered her political career. Hearst Newspapers' DevHub created the Kamala Harris News Assistant, a tool designed to answer readers' questions about the vice president's life, her journey through public service and her presidential campaign with stories drawn from the Chronicle's archives and current reporting.

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Hearst Newspapers harnessed the power of emerging technology, launching 13 AI advertising sales-enablement GPTs, influencing over $3 million in local advertising revenue.

MOTOR established a dedicated AI team to transform how automotive data is delivered and leveraged. This team of experts is addressing challenges and driving impactful changes across product development, application development and content.

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Venture Impact

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Level Up Ventures invests in early-stage startups led by Black and Latino founders. In 2024, new investments included SmartWiz, one of only 15 IRS-approved software solutions for tax professionals, designed to streamline return filing, boost business efficiency and enchance client service and LoanWell, a white-label SaaS platform that simplifies the process for community lenders, furthering its mission to make affordable capital accessible to all.

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UNLISTED, an AI-powered real estate technology company founded by CEO Katie Hill, won the top prize at HearstLab's $100K pitch competition for early-stage, women-led tech startups. Since the event, they have received an additional investment and partnered with Hearst Newspapers to enhance local real estate reporting.

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The Bronx Community Enterprise Accelerator, powered by Level Up Ventures, supports small businesses in the Bronx with grants and mentorship to help them grow and succeed.

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Hearst Ventures portfolio company Zeitview is on a mission to speed the transition to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. Inspecting assets like wind turbines and solar energy, Zeitview’s reach extends to more than 70 countries.

Touchdown: ESPN reached an agreement with the College Football Playoffs to continue as the exclusive, worldwide rightsholder of college football’s premier postseason event through the 2031-2032 season.

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Oprah Winfrey and Oprah Daily launched The Oprah Insider Community, a new app and digital experience where members can explore resources and connect with each other as well as with Oprah herself, Editor-at-Large Gayle King, Editorial Director Pilar Guzmán and Creative Director Adam Glassman.

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Hearst Newspapers' DevHub is a team of editorial engineers, developers, designers and project managers who collaborate with local newsrooms to create best-in-class digital experiences. The team's "click to publish" program includes a suite of more than 20 templates that reporters, editors and producers can use to create interactive and visually driven stories, which have driven 304% more visits, engaged nearly 500% more subscriber visits and influenced people to subscribe to Hearst Newspapers websites at higher rates.

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Hearst Media Production Group’s program Jack Hanna's Passport takes a fresh look at resonant moments from Hanna’s legendary career as an animal advocate and his greatest adventures around the world. Hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, the series celebrates the wildlife ambassador and introduces his most important stories to a new audience.

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At the seventh Pitch HearstLab competition event (and the first at Hearst Tower!), UNLISTED, founded by Katie Hill, was named the winner of a $100,000 investment and support from HearstLab. UNLISTED is a cloud-based software system that leverages AI and machine learning technology designed to reveal and align previously untapped real estate opportunities for the industry.

Level Up Ventures, which invests in Black and Latino founded companies, made several key investments in 2024.

Hearst announced a new content partnership with OpenAI, integrating Hearst’s extensive newspaper and domestic magazine content into OpenAI’s products. “As generative AI matures, it’s critical that journalism created by professional journalists be at the heart of all AI products,” said Hearst Newspapers President Jeff Johnson.

"Our partnership with OpenAI will help us evolve the future of magazine content,” said Hearst Magazines President Debi Chirichella.

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Car and Driver launched a new podcast, Into Cars, delivering unfiltered conversations about the most compelling new vehicles on the road. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Tony Quiroga and Chief Brand and Content Officer Eddie Alterman, the show takes listeners into the driver's seat of the hottest new cars to hear the engines revving, the tires squealing and the hosts' candid reactions, followed by conversations with the people who designed and built the cars.

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Hearst Newspapers' LocalEdge launched an improved campaign dashboard for clients, focusing on visual analytics for optimal advertiser engagement that includes
30 integrations, 500+ data points, an ability to edit products and change reporting based on a user’s role.

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Shop ‘til you drop! Hearst Magazines had its biggest Prime Day ever, with sales up 10% over 2023, and more than 7 million page views. Popular Mechanics helped drive a 144% year-over-year increase in the brand’s affiliate revenue during the two-day event.

The future of credit research is here! Fitch Ratings Research & Data launched the Fitch Ratings PRO platform, with exciting new features including Fitch Genie: an AI-powered digital companion, ready to revolutionize the way clients analyze credit and synthesize financial information.

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Don’t miss Generation Flex — the first feature-length documentary from Men’s Health, streaming on Apple TV+, Amazon Prime and MensHealth.com. The eye-opening film follows four teenage boys as they navigate pressure to bulk up and get cut, and reveals the dark side of social media, the dangers of some supplements and the reality of body dysmorphia.

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Black Book introduced the industry’s first EV valuations, Battery Adjusted Values, which incorporate battery condition adjustments based on data from Recurrent, the foremost EV analytics and performance tracker.

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King Features expanded Flash Gordon's universe with new partner, Mad Cave Studios. From comic books to graphic novels, 16 titles were released in 2024, with more to come in 2025, including the first-ever female take on Flash Gordon!

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KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City, OK was named Oklahoma’s No. 1 local digital news source, a testament to the station’s commitment to provide accurate, timely news to its local community.

King Features' Olive Oyl character is a beauty icon inside and out! She launched her first-ever beauty collection, featuring products that blend skincare with makeup and are, of course, vegan and cruelty-free.

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Same great Hearst news, now looking better than ever! The daily Hearstlink newsletter got a glow-up, with clean lines and easy-to-identify links, so you can read more about the news-making innovations at Hearst and the stories our brands are covering each day.

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Changing the game – for real! Hearst Newspapers’ Puzzmo launched Pile-Up Poker, turning traditional card games on their heads with a combination of poker and solitaire that’s free to play, and has its community pooling its virtual winnings toward a goal of $1 trillion!

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And they didn't stop there! Try Puzzmo's
Typeshift: it's anagrams with a literal twist.

The team created a special Hearst Together challenge of its free, daily word puzzle game. Solve it by shifting columns of letters to form Hearst-related words. Sign up at Puzzmo.com for more.

A Shared Mission
Supporting Our Communities

Women’s sports exploded in popularity with the rise of University of Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark, among other up-and-coming athletes. ESPN and the NCAA reached an eight-year agreement that includes exclusive rights to 40 NCAA championships. As Clark transitioned to the WNBA, more records in women’s basketball were broken: The matchup between Clark’s Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky on June 16 drew in a record-breaking 2.3 million viewers, making it the most-viewed WNBA game in 23 years.

The iconic “Blondie” comic strip shifted its focus onto Blondie as a working mother, and readers were able to vote on the name of a new character, a pastry chef that would work for Blondie’s catering business — Maya!

FDB partnered with WebMD Ignite to enhance patient discharge education, improve prescription drug safety.

Hearst Magazines celebrated the launch of AURA, a revolutionary, first-party ad targeting tool that uses AI-enabled technology to connect advertisers to their most valuable and engaged customers at scale.