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Sean Cornwell is appointed as CEO of Immediate Media Co, the UK-based special interest content and platform company, which was acquired by Hubert Burda Media in 2017. Immediate’s founding CEO, Tom Bureau, is named Chairman of Immediate Media Co. The appointments will take effect on 1 June 2023.
Sean Cornwell joined Immediate in 2021 as Platforms CEO, with responsibility for Immediate’s digital businesses, including its market-leading gardening and food brands, award-winning podcast portfolio and Immediate’s Product & Tech, Audience Development, eCommerce and Affiliates teams. He has overseen the scaled growth of Immediate’s digital subscriptions business, with the launch of premium paid-for digital products in Food, History and Gardening, and the acquisition of Nutracheck, the UK’s leading subscription-based weight management and dietary improvement platform.
Immediate’s founding CEO, Tom Bureau, takes up the role of Chairman of Immediate, in addition to his role as CEO of BurdaInternational, to which he was appointed in 2021. BurdaInternational bundles the foreign activities of Hubert Burda Media and owns 250 media brands across 11 countries, with a focus on content-driven businesses, new technologies and eCommerce.
“I’m incredibly proud and excited to be appointed the new CEO of Immediate. It’s a real privilege to work with such powerful and trusted brands which really matter to our customers. But above all, I’m really proud to work with the people that make up Immediate - their talent, creativity and dedication has driven the success we’ve had over the last decade, and I’m really looking forward to working with them as we continue to grow and develop the business further.”
Sean Cornwell, future CEO of Immediate Media Co
“Having worked closely with Sean for the last two years, I know he shares the values which have made Immediate such a great company and I’m confident Immediate will continue to grow and develop under his leadership. I’m immensely proud of the success we’ve achieved since Immediate was launched in 2011, we’ve transformed from a primarily print-based company to a strong, diversified multiplatform one, and I’d like to thank all of our teams and people who’ve been key to our continued success. I can’t wait to get started in my new role.”
Tom Bureau, future Chairman of Immediate Media Co & CEO of BurdaInternational
Immediate Media own and publish some of the UK’s biggest multi-platform brands, including Radio Times and BBC Good Food, reaching more than 60m consumers a month through print, digital, audio and live events.
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