BIOGRAPHY

Morgan Guenther is President and CEO of Next Issue Media, the digital publishing initiative of Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corporation and Time Inc.

Joining the venture in June 2010, he brings deep entrepreneurial, management, legal and deal-making experience in the technology, wireless and digital media industries, where he headed and advised innovative companies rooted in Silicon Valley.

At Next Issue Media, he is responsible for executing the venture’s mission to develop open standards for a new digital storefront and related technology that will allow consumers to enjoy their favorite media content on portable digital devices.  Under Mr. Guenther, the venture intends to create incremental business opportunities for the magazine and newspaper publishing world, while delivering value across the entire industry ecosystem – including consumers, advertisers, publishers and distributors.

Before joining Next Issue Media, Mr. Guenther served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AirPlay, a wireless entertainment services company.  Prior to this position, he was with TiVo Inc., as President from 2001 through 2003 and before that as Vice President and Senior Vice President of Business Development and Revenue Operations.

Prior to his positions with AirPlay and TiVo, Mr. Guenther was a partner at Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, where he founded the firm’s corporate and finance practice in San Francisco.

He sits on the boards of Integral Development Corp., a provider of automated liquidity and trading systems, and Tier Technologies, Inc., a provider of electronic payment solutions.

Mr. Guenther earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Colorado and his M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.


About Next Issue Media

Founded by five leading global publishers, Next Issue Media is a revolutionary, end-to-end publishing platform designed to bring immersive, interactive magazine and newspaper content to consumers via touch-screen, high-resolution digital devices, including tablets and smartphones.  Through a comprehensive digital newsstand populated with a vast, curated selection of magazines and newspapers, consumers will be able to purchase single copy digital subscriptions and print/digital bundles and download content to the device of their choice – all through a one-stop, one-click storefront.  With $3 billion projected in subscription revenue from interactive periodicals by the year 2014, Next Issue Media is committed to bringing an easy, economical e-reading channel to consumers, publishers, advertisers, and technology partners.