About

MISSION STATEMENT

To influence and inspire with relevant, exclusive and entertaining content in a positive, celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity.

History of HELLO!

HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication, known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988.

Over the years, its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website.

HELLO! is part of the HOLA group, who launched ¡HOLA! magazine in Barcelona in 1944. The husband and wife team of Antonio Sánchez Gómez and Mercedes Junco Calderón launched the publication with the aim of adding some sparkle to their readers’ lives. Always positive,¡HOLA! and HELLO! continue to remain true to the guiding principles of a new type of journalism - always positive, highly visual and celebratory, allowing readers a moment of escape into the worlds of the rich and famous to inspire, brighten and entertain.

With offices in London, New York and Toronto, HELLO! Magazine is now a 24-hour global website, with unique user experiences in our three main audience territories of the UK, US and Canada.

Our readership is more global than that however, with audiences also visiting the site from Australia, India, Europe and all other parts of the world.

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Values

HELLO! is proud of our philosophy for trusted, positive reporting and our celebratory attitude. Our media brand is at the fore of a movement for a kinder world, with our guiding principles being truth, trust, kindness, integrity, family values and collaboration.

Over the years, its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website. HELLO! deals only in trusted news - we do not report on rumours or gossip. Celebrities and royals trust us to tell their stories and we work within strict editorial guidelines allowing strong editorial integrity. We use kindness and family values as a lens through which to select our content plans and collaborate with the celebrities we write about to ensure accuracy and exclusivity.

Corporate Structure

HELLO! is a family-run business launched in 1988 by parent company HOLA group, founded in Barcelona in 1944.

Chairman: Eduardo Sanchez Perez

CEO: Javier Junco

Chief Content Officer: Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon

Chief Revenue Officer: Tamsyn Spires

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Awards

2023 NMA Awards – Newsstand Magazine of the Year - Lifestyle (Winner)

2023 AOP Awards – Sales Team of the Year (Winner), Best Publisher-Led Social Good Initiative (Shortlist)

2022 BSME Editor of the Year – TV, entertainment and celebrity - Emmy Griffiths

2022 PPA Awards - 30 under 30 – Arianna Chatzidakis, Creative Content Director (Winner) and Grace Edwards, Digital Designer (Winner)

2022 The Drum Awards – Online Media 2022 team USA (Winners)

2022 AOP Digital Publishing Awards – Rising Star: Megan Bull (Shortlist), Rising Star: Chloe Ash (Winner), Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer: Team USA (Shortlist)

2021 Digiday Media Awards Europe – Revenue Diversification Strategy (Winner), Publisher of the year (Shortlist)

2021 PPA Awards - 30 under 30 – Anna Johnstone, Social Media (Winner)

2018 ACE/NMA – International Publication of the Year

2016 BSME Awards – Rising Star Awards: Best Stylist

2017 BSME Awards – Editor of The Year

2008 PTC Top Dog Awards – Commercial Director of the Year, Winner

2005 ACE – UK Magazine distributed Internationally, Winner

2004 PPA – Sales Pitch of the Year, Winner

2002 PPA – International Magazine of the Year, Winner

1999 BSME Awards – Best International magazine, Winner

1998 Marketing Week 20th Birthday Awards – Best Consumer Magazine, Winner

1996 The Press Circulation Awards – Consumer Magazine of the Year, short-listed

1995 International Press Directory – International Publishing Award to Eduardo Sánchez Junco

1992 The Press Circulation Awards – Circulation Excellence by a Consumer Magazine, Finalist

1991 The Press Circulation Awards – Circulation Excellence by a Consumer Magazine, Winner

1990 PPA – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Winner

Media Week Press Advertising Awards – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Winner The Publisher – Best Front Cover, Winner

PPA – Consumer Magazine of the Year – Highly Commended

British Society of Magazine Editors – General Interest Magazine Editors of the Year, Winner

The Publisher Magazine Publishing Awards – Magazine of the Year, Runner-up PPA – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Highly Commended

Media Week Advertising Awards – Consumer Magazine of the Year, Winner