Slate president Keith Hernandez to open Mumbrella’s Publish conference

Miranda Ward

June 16, 2016 9:58

Keith Hernandez, president of the world’s first successful online magazine Slate, is to open this year’s Publish conference in an address which will coincide with the masthead’s 20th anniversary celebrations.

Organised by Mumbrella, Publish returns on Thursday September 15, and will take place at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. It will be followed in the evening by the Publish Awards ceremony at the same venue. Entries close tomorrow for the Publish Awards.

Hernandez joined Slate in November last year after nearly four years with viral news behemoth Buzzfeed. As well as reflecting on Slate’s 20th birthday, he will share insights into the strategies behind the rise of off-platform distribution and Slate’s big bet on podcasting as a revenue stream.

Slate was originally owned by Microsoft and today publishes more than 1,500 articles per month with a vast global reach.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.