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Innovation. Creation. Recognition. Pursuing meaningful change led to new initiatives and products that powered our businesses and introduced us to new audiences, customers and communities.

EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson joined WCVB-TV, Boston, Massachusett’s Shayna Seymour to discuss the launch of her new talk show, which airs on Hearst Television stations across the country. 

  • Hearst Ventures investment Simply

    Hearst Ventures investment Simply, a global subscription service that helps people learn to play instruments, released the Simply Sing app after just six months of development. It was featured as the App of the Day on the App Store in 160 countries worldwide, including the U.S.

  • NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship

    The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship on ESPN was viewed by 4.85 million viewers, becoming the most watched since 2004.

  • WJCL-TV, Savannah, Georgia, was in the middle of the action during the Georgia Bulldogs’ historic win at the College Football Playoff National Championship.

  • Kubra acquired Dropcountr

    KUBRA acquired Dropcountr, which delivers simple but powerful water analytics so utility companies and customers can better understand their water consumption, saving resources, time and money.

2022 was the first full year of operation for a new 60-megawatt battery storage system for the California Flats Solar Project on the Jack Ranch in Cholame, California, providing clean, renewable electricity for California’s electrical grid, enough energy to serve 100,000 homes.

Homecare Homebase welcome Celltrak

Homecare Homebase welcomed CellTrak colleagues to their team after Hearst acquired the company in January. CellTrak’s focus on software solutions for in-home personal care professionals helps increase productivity, improve compliance, reduce costs and improve caregiver communication.

Hearst Ventures investment tvScientific achieved 800%+ YOY revenue growth, helping marketers reach over 80% of U.S. households.

Fitch Ratings' Business & Relationship Management team attended the GreenFin 22 conference in New York and spoke on the “How Banks Should Engage Clients on Energy Transition” panel.

Hearst Ventures investment DRL quadrupled its TikTok fanbase to 5 million and reached a historic season viewership of 84 million people.

Hearst Magazines sold 32.8 million products from their product recommendations, up 19% year to date.

  • Wendy Metcalfe

    Wendy Metcalfe

    Senior Vice President of Content and Editor-in-Chief, Hearst Connecticut Media Group

    “Not only are we immensely proud of the extensive investigative reporting our teams did into the issues of domestic violence, police misconduct and restraints and seclusion in schools, but our newsrooms raised the bar even higher with deepened content and reader experience on everything from COVID-19, diversity, sports and political coverage to vibrant visuals, photo essays, high-impact design and infographics.”

  • Brandy Sparkman-Beierle

    Brandy Sparkman-Beierle

    Chief Clinical Officer, Homecare Homebase

    “At HCHB, I am able to use my experience as a nurse to help our teams understand how we can continue to leverage our software to empower exceptional care while enhancing the clinician and patient experience.”

  • Kevin Lopes

    Kevin Lopes

    Vice President of Sports Business Development and Innovation, ESPN

    “ESPN is excited to offer our first NFTs to meet our fans at the intersection of sports, technology and content.”

Hearst Ventures invested in GPMS and its technology for monitoring helicopter mechanics and other industrial machines.

Hearst Magazines partnered with Instacart

Hearst Magazines partnered with Instacart for shoppable recipes from CountryLiving.com, Delish.com, GoodHousekeeping.com and ThePioneerWoman.com.

MOTOR announced two new products to integrate repair order transactions: MOTOR Campaign Connect and MOTOR Shop Connect.

FDB launched FDB Navigo — a smarter, holistic approach to optimize clinical guidance for retail pharmacy.

Cosmopolitan A.I. Cover

One giant leap: Cosmopolitan created an artificially intelligent magazine cover in June, working with viral A.I. image generator DALL-E 2.

A+E and HISTORY hosted "A Night When Hope and History Rhyme"

A+E and HISTORY hosted “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme” at the White House to salute everyday history-makers, including teachers, nurses, LGBTQ+ advocates and frontline workers. Sir Elton John gave a special performance for the crowd and was honored with a surprise National Humanities Medal.

HearstLab made its 56th investment in women-led startups.

CAMP’s Component Control introduced new capabilities with Quantum-ERP, supporting the core business of over 1,600 companies in more than
60 countries.

  • Hearst Ventures invest in RunBuggy

    Hearst Ventures invested in RunBuggy, which connects car shippers and haulers through an easy-to-use app. RunBuggy’s machine learning, advanced analytics and data science helped save over 9 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2022. RunBuggy also partnered with Hearst Magazines’ Bring a Trailer to transport vehicles.

  • San Francisco Chronicle Meteorological team

    The San Francisco Chronicle went beyond the forecast with a new meteorological team backed by science-focused journalists who produce local forecasts and news coverage around fires, storms, drought, earthquakes and fog.

  • Women's Health Instagram Live workout

    To mark the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act becoming law, Women’s Health hosted a closed-captioned Instagram Live workout.

  • MHK new Cares member mobile app

    MHK put healthcare in members’ hands with the new Cares member mobile app, allowing them to access health risk assessments, appointments, educational materials, medication dosage and timing reminders and more.

  • LocalEdge launched new digital products

    LocalEdge launched new digital products, including an enhanced Reputation Management offering that helps local businesses promote their positive reviews on top search engines, social networks and directories.