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Quantum Media is a consulting firm with deep expertise in the media, information, and entertainment industries.

WE'RE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONSULTING FIRM.

Every Quantum principal is a senior-level consultant. Unlike the principals of most consulting firms, we all have held positions as CEOs, presidents and general managers of major media companies. We bring our extensive line management and consulting experience to each client and project.

Since Quantum Media's founding in 1998, our consulting work has spanned every aspect of the media business, from developing an Internet business strategy for a Fortune 500 company to advising a young entrepreneur on launching a niche magazine.

WE'RE CREATIVE... AND DRIVEN BY FINANCIAL RESULTS.

As senior executives in a creative business, we have run startups and been creators of many important, innovative products. But we also bring a clear head and cold eye to the media business. We remain unseduced by its glamour and glitz. We focus instead on your business's bottom line, that measures its success.

WE FIND SOLUTIONS AND HELP YOU IMPLEMENT THEM.

Because of our substantial experience, we find solutions to your business problems quickly and efficiently, integrating the rapid changes taking place in the media business. Because we are always practical, we not only help you figure out what to do but also can work with your staff to implement recommendations to ensure they are realized.

WE CUSTOMIZE OUR WORK TO FIT YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS.

We design consulting teams to serve your unique needs. The consulting team you hire is the team that will work on your project from beginning to end. It will be the size you need - whether that's one person or a dozen - and have the know-how you require. We include technical experts and junior-level staff as needed to be efficient and cost-effective.

WE'VE WORKED FOR SCORES OF CLIENTS.

We have worked for scores of clients, both large and small, throughout the U.S. and internationally. Many of our relationships are long-term, and clients repeatedly turn to us for our perspective on different business issues. There is almost no business problem we have not tackled.

Our clients include private and public companies in these sectors:
  • Digital media
  • Magazines (consumer and trade)
  • Newspapers
  • Book publishers
  • Television broadcasters
  • Cable operators and networks
  • Telecommunications
  • Database and direct marketing companies
  • Media investors
  • Advertising agencies

Many of our projects involve working across multiple media platforms, particularly integrating offline and online media. We often have served as interim managers, responsible both for operations and longer-term strategy.

We have been retained by financial firms investing in media businesses, including investment banks, venture capitalists and private equity firms. We have worked with them to source deals, conduct due diligence, serve as expert witnesses, and to advise portfolio companies.

We also have extensive experience working on media-related issues for non-media companies and organizations, such as high-tech firms and in education, health services and the arts. Projects have included integrating online with offline media, improving corporate communications, and optimizing direct marketing.

For a list of selected companies we've served CLICK HERE.

WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF CAPABILITIES.

Our areas of expertise include:
  • Consumer marketing and business-to-business marketing
  • Business development
  • Company and product launches and acquisitions
  • Brand strategy and extensions
  • Integrating traditional and digital media
  • Television and online content development
  • Deal structuring and negotiation
  • Strategic planning
  • Operational improvement and cost reduction
  • Financial analysis and modeling
  • Interim executive management services

MEET THE PRINCIPALS

Each of our Principals has a unique set of strengths and skills.

  • Alison Anthoine - Digital media development, intellectual property, advertising
  • Christine Arrington - Strategic planning, launches and relaunches, international publishing, website development
  • Carla Graubard- Online and cross-platform strategy and integration, media business strategy, operations, business development and brand extensions (digital and offline), consumer marketing, branding, interim general management & turn-arounds
  • Erica Gruen - Television and online content, advertising and marketing strategy, business development
  • Ruth Jarmul - Turn-around management and operational improvement, strategic planning, integrating online and offline businesses, advertising and marketing
  • Anne Kinard - Circulation marketing, strategic planning, fulfillment
  • Ava Seave - Operating and strategic planning, circulation marketing, creating and launching new products and businesses
Our principals work closely with our Associates, who have a wide range of specialties.

  • Margaret Downs - Strategic and organizational consulting.
  • Chris Fodor - Magazine circulation and marketing development. Based in Paris.
  • Jean Hellering - Financial/business modeling and business analysis in publishing and direct marketing.
  • Daniel Schiff - Strategic/financial analysis, implementation planning, leading multi-cultural teams. Based in Paris.
Our Advisors work full time in industry or for non-profits, and offer us a broad range of experience and advice.
  • Judi Allen - Time Warner Cable
  • Harold Clarke - Readers Digest Association
  • Bruce Greenwald - Heilbrunn Professor of Asset Management and Finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
  • Betty Russell - former Vice President/Publisher, Aperture Foundation
  • Kit Taylor - Chief Operating Officer for New York Magazine Holdings LLC
Affiliate consultants who work with Quantum are outside New York City and are available for team or individual assignments.

PLEASE CONTACT US

For a no-obligation consultation, please contact Quantum Media through Ava Seave or any of the other principals listed above. We look forward to speaking with you.

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