 WOMEN’S EXECUTIVE NETWORK AND NATIONAL POST PARTNER TO ADVANCE AND PROFILE WOMEN ACROSS MEDIA PLATFORMS
December Issue of FP Magazine to Be Themed on Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™
Toronto, ON -- June 24, 2010 – Today, Women’s Executive Network (WXN)™ announced a new partnership with National Post to advance and profile executive women across media platforms and Canada. Integrating online, print and magazine, WXN and National Post will give more attention to an underserved market – professional women. The December Cover Feature for FP Magazine will focus on the celebrated ranking of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100.
“Together WXN and National Post will profile the most powerful women in Canada and explore a range of topics from leadership to career advice, work/life balance and managing people,” said Paul Godfrey, President and CEO, National Post. “This will be the leading multimedia platform fully dedicated to women in business and leadership in Canada.”
“Our goal is to inspire women through this powerful media integrated platform,” said Pamela Jeffery, Founder WXN. “Working with National Post ensures that the amazing stories of powerful women are told across our country. For our partners, this creates new opportunities for them to reach this powerful demographic of women and showcase their social consciousness for issues facing women in the workplace.”
The integrated program includes the creation of “Women Executives” on NationalPost.com, and a Joint Venture Series targeted at cities across Canada including Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. The online “Women Executives” section of Nationalpost.com will feature videos, regular columns, features and opportunities for interactivity on the topics that matter most to women.
About the Women’s Executive Network (WXN)™
The Women's Executive Network (WXN) is Canada's most influential female audience and the country's leading organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of executive-minded women in the workplace. Since 1997, WXN has expanded rapidly to meet the needs of the growing number of female managers and executives across Canada including the creation of mentoring and professional development programs. In the fall of 2008, WXN launched in Ireland, a first step in creating an international community of women leaders. WXN is also a founding member of The Canadian Board Diversity Council, dedicated to increasing the diversity on corporate and federal public sector boards.
For more details please visit: www.wxnetwork.com
About National Post
Launched in 1998, the National Post was built on the strength and tradition of the Financial Post and continues to provide readers with comprehensive reporting from across the country and around the world, all with a distinctly Canadian voice. Each section goes in-depth to engage readers, resulting in a well-rounded product. From the latest on the cultural and social scene in Arts & Life, more than just the scores with entertaining Sports coverage, to the most well-respected business reporting in Canada within the pages of Financial Post and Financial Post magazine.
Extending its rich tradition of design leadership to the web, nationalpost.com and financialpost.com deliver a more immediate, in-depth, and customizable news experience, with all the content and functionality today’s online readers demand.
For further details please contact:
For Women’s Executive Network
Sarah Thompson
sthompson@wxnetwork.com
416-361-1475 ext. 235
For National Post
Phyllise Gelfand
Director of Communications
pgelfand@canwest.com
416 442 2936 |
