Association of Magazine Media (MPA)
Ellen Levine, Editorial Director, Hearst Magazines
The Association of Magazine Media, formerly known as the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA), is the industry association for multi-platform magazine companies. Established in 1919, it represents 175 domestic magazine media companies and approximately 30 international companies. Ellen Levine was has served in her current position since 2006. In 1994, she became the first woman to be named editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping since the magazine’s founding in 1885. The following is from testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, during a September 6, 2011, hearing on “U.S. Postal Service in Crisis: Proposals to Prevent a Postal…