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Thrilled to share that Bustle has won a Deadline Club Award for The Vanity Project! 🏆 This issue was an absolute labor of love, brought to life by the brilliant editorial minds of Nolan Feeney and Rachel Baker, alongside the stunning design work of Margaret Flatley and Emma Chao. Seeing our team’s hard work honored alongside so many incredible publications is the ultimate reward. Huge congratulations to the entire BDG crew—bravo! 👏✨ https://lnkd.in/e-gehSen #MediaAwards #Journalism #EditorialDesign #DigitalMedia #BDG

Congratulations to BDG's EVP of Editorial and Bustle EIC Charlotte Owen who has been honored by Adweek Media's 2026 Creative 100: Media, TV & Streaming Innovators. Passionate and business savvy, the 2026 class of Creative 100 Media, TV & Streaming Innovators won over audiences by speaking their language, and kept the C-suite happy by producing results.

We're excited to share that Bustle's One Nightstand, hosted by Charlotte Owen, has been shortlisted for a Publisher Podcast Award! MediaVoices recently revealed the shortlist for the seventh year of The Publisher Podcast Awards, featuring 130 shows which represent the very best in publisher podcasts. We delighted to be recognized alongside such fantastic shows. https://lnkd.in/grcSaSHj

A major moment for W Magazine and W’s EIC Sara Moonves. The Hollywood Reporter highlights the bold editorial vision, creativity, and cultural impact that continue to define W — and the incredible team behind it all. Read the full feature here: https://lnkd.in/e945e24h

We're thrilled to share W’s Volume III: The Pop Issue has arrived, featuring the iconic Rihanna (gracing W’s cover for the first time in a decade), alongside baby Rocki (wearing a custom Dior Haute Couture diaper and headpiece). Shot by the incomparable Tim Walker, W celebrates Rihanna through the voices of those closest to her—friends, collaborators, and fellow icons including A$AP Rocky, SZA, Mariah Carey, and Mary J. Blige—capturing her as a trailblazing artist, mogul, and mother.

You don’t become the world’s coolest girl group without riling up the internet. But the members of Katseye are tuning out the noise — and turning up the volume on their in-your-face style. Introducing NYLON’s 2026 Music Issue cover stars, Katseye! At the link below, the global girl group sensation talk Coachella inspirations, “clapping back” through music, and showing up for each other. https://lnkd.in/dmwVXCJW

With the looks of a rock star, the hooks of a pop star, and the heart of a Wife Guy, the Sombr’s career is taking off faster than he can wrap his head around. Introducing NYLON Guys cover star, sombr! For the issue's return, the 20-year-old talks new music, dating while famous, and overcoming TikTok "cringe." Read the debut of NYLON Guys’ new era here: https://lnkd.in/gsJXSYRq

One Nightstand, hosted by Bustle's Editor in Chief Charlotte Owen, has been honored by The Webby Awards in the Best Podcast | Creators category. This celebrity-driven series has generated over 40M social impressions within its first 25 episodes and has featured guests such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Penn Badgley, Issa Rae & more. Congrats to team Bustle! Vote for One Nightstand here: https://lnkd.in/gNC7Xjqs Check out all of the episodes here: https://lnkd.in/gcsxZJB7

BDG Studios & Maybelline New York's "Face the Difference" campaign has been Honored with a Webby Award Nomination in the Advertising, Media & PR - Belonging & Inclusion Category! For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), Maybelline New York set out to showcase the breadth of AANHPI skin tones for the first time at scale through the 40 diverse shades of its Fit Me foundation. Bustle partnered with the brand to create a campaign that honored the richness of the AANHPI community and underscored Maybelline’s commitment to representation built in collaboration with AANHPI voices. Vote for BDG here: https://lnkd.in/g6jSrq2e Check out Face the Difference here: https://lnkd.in/gpy9m-n4

BDG is proud to welcome Avi Zimak as our first Chief Commercial Officer, where he will oversee global commercial strategy, spanning sales, branded and video partnerships, events, and revenue operations. And Amber Estabrook, who has spent the past 6 years as Publisher of W, growing the Prestige categories for BDG as EVP, Revenue, will assume the title Chief Business Officer, Prestige Revenue & Partnerships. Read the full announcement in ADWEEK here: https://lnkd.in/euu4JnDx