Alison Brower

Alison Brower is executive editor at Ankler Media, where she oversees editorial coverage and the company’s live journalism, from Web Summit to Cannes Lions to NAB Show. Her work spans the intersection of culture, power and the business of entertainment.Alison Brower is executive editor at The Ankler. Previously, she was the L.A. bureau chief at Business Insider and deputy editor for arts and entertainment at the Los Angeles Times, where she spearheaded cultural and business coverage and investigative features on Hollywood and major  L.A. institutions. She was awarded an Emmy for The Emmys Roundtable: Showrunners.

Earlier, as deputy editorial director at The Hollywood Reporter, Brower led entertainment, culture and news coverage; she was also the architect of the magazine’s high-wattage power lists and other special projects. Before relocating to Los Angeles, Brower was the founding editor-in-chief of Dr. Oz: The Good Life at Hearst and held top editorial positions at magazines including Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Redbook and Seventeen. She began her journalism career at Adweek and has contributed to publications from O: The Oprah Magazine to Popular Mechanics.

Brower is based in Los Angeles.