Innovation & Job News

Local women launch Metro You magazine

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Royal Oak

What do local media veterans do in an increasingly overcrowded industry? Start their own publication, of course.

That's what Maria Galloway and Marlenea Chestney did when they started Metro You magazine in September. The fourth issue of the women-oriented magazine is hitting the streets this week, and they promise that more is on the way.

"Together we decided this would be a very good thing for the community," says Galloway, co-owner and editor of Metro You.

The Royal Oak and West Bloomfield residents have extensive histories in local media. Galloway spent years in radio and magazines while Chestney also has an extensive history in print.

Today the magazine publishes both in print and online and employs 16 people. It focuses on Oakland County. The duo hope to expand it to Macomb and Wayne counties next year and then to Ann Arbor and Livingston County after that.

Source: Maria Galloway, co-owner and editor of Metro You
Writer: Jon Zemke

Innovation & Job News

Local women launch Metro You magazine

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