David Zinczenko (born December 13, 1969) is an American publisher, author, and businessman. Previously, he was the executive vice president and general manager of Men's Health, Women's Health, Prevention and Rodale Books, the editorial director of Men's Fitness[1] and the nutrition and wellness editor at ABC News.[2]

David Zinczenko
Zinczenko
Born (1969-12-13) December 13, 1969 (age 54)
Occupations
  • Author
  • publisher
  • businessman
TitleFounder and CEO

Early life and education

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Zinczenko grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he attended Liberty High School.[3] He attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, where he was editor-in-chief of the Moravian College student newspaper, The Comenian.[4] He later served in the U.S. Navy Reserve.[3]

Career

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In 2000, Zinczenko was named editor-in-chief of Men's Health by the magazine's publisher, Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.[5]

On December 14, 2010, Min credited Zinczenko for the "#1 Most Notable Launch of the Past 25 Years".[6] Zinczenko oversaw the launches of both Women's Health and the affluent men's lifestyle publication Best Life,[7] as editorial director of the two brands.

In 2009, Advertising Age Atiya deemed Women's Health the "Magazine of the Year".[8]

In 2011, he was named editorial director of both Organic Gardening[9] and Prevention. He left Rodale at the end of 2012.

In 2013, he was hired American Media's CEO David Pecker to re-launch Men's Fitness and to create brand extensions for the men’s lifestyle publication while also turning Shape[10] into an active lifestyle publication and helping to oversee Muscle & Fitness.[11]

In 2013, Zinczenko was named the nutrition and wellness editor at ABC News.[2] Later that year, Zinczenko launched Galvanized Media. Galvanized owns and operates Eat This, Not That!, Best Life and Zero Belly. Its imprint, Galvanized Books,[12] distributed by Random House, produced The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse by Kelly Choi, and Simon & Schuster distributed The 14-Day No Sugar Diet.[13] Galvanized's Branded Content arm is called Galvanized Strategies.[14]

In 2018, Zinczenko returned to Men's Health as interim editorial director.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Moses, Lucia (2013-05-28). "Men's Fitness Magazine Is Remade as a Lifestyle Brand". AdWeek. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  2. ^ a b Ford, David (2013-07-18). "Dave Zinczenko Joins ABC News as Nutrition and Wellness Editor". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "'Eat This, Not That' author to mentor Moravian students". The Morning Call. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  4. ^ "David Zinczenko '91 | Moravian University". www.moravian.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. ^ Ives, Natalie (2012-11-19). "David Zinczenko era at Men's Health comes to an End". Ad Age.
  6. ^ "Notable Launch in the Last 25 years - Interview with David Zinczenko". Mr magazine. 2010-12-14.
  7. ^ Rachel (February 1, 2006). "David Zinczenko is Living His Best Life (or, Of Edit, Abs and Ice Cream)". Adweek. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  8. ^ Women's Health named "Magazine of the Year", Advertising Age
    - "StumbleUpon moved to Mix!".
  9. ^ "Rodale Inc. Names David Zinczenko Editorial Director for Prevention and Organic Gardening brands". Rodale Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  10. ^ "American Media, Inc. Names David Zinczenko Consulting Editorital Director". American Media Inc. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  11. ^ Moses, Lucia (2014-02-20). "AMI's Muscle & Fitness Gets the Dave Zinczenko Touch". AdWeek. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
    - Zinczenko profile, Adweek. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  12. ^ Kaufman, Leslie (14 April 2013). "Random House Adds a Big Name in Fitness". Media Decoder Blog. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  13. ^ Csatari, Jeff (2018-01-30). The 14-Day No Sugar Diet. ISBN 9781940358185.
  14. ^ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2017-11-21). "Dave Zinczenko's Galvanized Media Unveils Branded Content Studio". WWD. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  15. ^ "Hearst Completes Acquisition of Rodale Inc. Magazine Media Brands". Hearst. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2018-04-11.