Integrated. Engaged. Customer focused. We’ve all heard the buzz words but what do they actually mean? A little more than halfway through the worst year in the publishing industry in recent memory, just about everyone has gotten the message that we need to do things differently.

So how do industry leaders view their companies? Some CEOs say they’re in the “content generation business” rather than the old silos of “print” or “e-media” but does that terminology really translate to day-to-day operations or is this just an updated version of the old saying, “platform agnostic?”

In this article, 11 C-level publishing executives describe in their own words (and in most cases, with a minimum of catch phrases) what they see their businesses turning into and how publishing technology is helping them meet this new mission.

Sharon Rowlands | CEO | Penton Media [0]

David Nussbaum | Chairman & CEO | F+W Media  [0]

John Loughlin | Vice President and General Manager | Hearst [0]

Justin Smith | President | The Atlantic [0]

Brian Rowland | President | Rowland Publishing Inc. [0]

Scott McCafferty | Co-Founder | WTWH Media [0]

William Pollak | CEO | Incisive Media [0]

Larry Burstein | Publisher | New York Media [0]

Deborah Esayian | Co-President | Emmis Interactive [0]

Kathleen Kennedy | Chief Strategy Officer | Technology Review  [0]

Charlie McCurdy | Chairman and CEO | Apprise Media and Canon Communications [0]