Brown Printing To Produce Five Hearst Magazine Titles

Brown Printing Co. reached a five-year agreement with Hearst Magazines to produce and distribute five of the publisher’s magazine titles. This agreement significantly expands the relationship between Hearst and Brown.

Brown, Waseca, Minn., has produced the Food Network Magazine since its highly successful launch in June 2009 and, under the new agreement, will continue to produce the title at its Waseca, Minn. facility.

Esquire, Marie Claire, Popular Mechanics, and Town&Country will be new additions to Brown’s relationship with Hearst and will begin production in January 2011.

“Brown Printing has done a great job for Hearst on our recent launch of Food Network Magazine,” explained Laura Reid, vice president, Production, at Hearst. “We are very pleased with the dedication and high level of performance that we’ve seen from everyone at Brown. Great quality, expert customer service, optimized production, and a dedicated focus on the latest trends in print technology are what Brown is all about.”

“We are very pleased to continue to grow our relationship with Hearst,” according to Volker Petersen, president and CEO of Brown Printing.

He continued, “Working with Hearst to successfully launch Food Network magazine has been a very rewarding experience for all involved, and we look forward to the innovative solutions and quality that we can deliver as our relationship grows.”

Brown Printing, which was founded in 1957, prints more than 900 titles for over 450 clients. It is a Bertelsmann/Gruner + Jahr owned company.