Emma Rosenblum
{{Short description|American media executive and writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emma Rosenblum
| occupation = Chief content officer
| father = Scott S. Rosenblum
| mother = Barbara Campbell
| employer = Bustle Digital Group
| works = Bad Summer People
| relatives = J. Kenneth Campbell (uncle){{Cite book|last=Frey |first=Emma |title=The History of the Frey Family |pages=8–14 |date=1969 |url=https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfTheFreyFamilyByEmmaFrey1969/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=April 13, 2023}}
James Kenneth Campbell (grandfather)
}}
Emma Rosenblum is an American media executive and author who is currently the chief content officer of Bustle Digital Group. Her debut novel, Bad Summer People, was published by Flatiron Books in 2023.
Early life
Rosenblum grew up in New York,{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/emma-rosenblum-debut-novel-bad-summer-people-1235668127/|website=Women's Wear Daily|title=Bustle's Emma Rosenblum on Her Debut Novel 'Bad Summer People'|date=30 May 2023 |access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606212910/https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/emma-rosenblum-debut-novel-bad-summer-people-1235668127/|url-status=live}} the daughter of Barbara Rosenblum (née Campbell) and lawyer Scott S. Rosenblum.{{Cite web |last=Flynn |first=Hannah |title=Bad Summer Gossip? Tabloid Tells all About Saltaire Scandals… Maybe |work=Fire Island News |date=September 2, 2022 |url=https://www.fireislandnews.com/features/jw0eo65eeb2ju1yik5f8xsh7n5clqo/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430034538/https://www.fireislandnews.com/features/jw0eo65eeb2ju1yik5f8xsh7n5clqo/ |url-status=live }} Her father Scott served as Mayor of Saltaire, New York, where he spent decades on the town Board of Trustees.{{Cite web |last=Finn |first=Robin |title=THE ISLAND; Where You Don't Want to Say 'So Sue Me' |date=June 4, 2006 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/nyregion/the-island-where-you-dont-want-to-say-so-sue-me.html |access-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430034537/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/nyregion/the-island-where-you-dont-want-to-say-so-sue-me.html |url-status=live }} Her grandfather James Kenneth Campbell was the Village Justice of Saltaire,{{Cite web|title=Paid Notice: Deaths CAMPBELL, J. KENNETH (KEN), SR. |work=New York Times |date=April 1, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/classified/paid-notice-deaths-campbell-j-kenneth-ken-sr.html |access-date=April 14, 2023}} and her uncle J. Kenneth Campbell was a Broadway theatre actor.
Career
Rosenblum started her career in editorial roles at Glamour, New York Magazine, and Bloomberg Businessweek, and was tapped to be executive editor of Elle in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/feature/elle-taps-bloombergs-emma-rosenblum-executive-editor-11041039/|website=Women's Wear Daily|title=Elle Taps Bloomberg's Emma Rosenblum for Executive Editor|date=2 November 2017 |access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=14 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914055518/https://wwd.com/feature/elle-taps-bloombergs-emma-rosenblum-executive-editor-11041039/|url-status=live}} In 2019, Rosenblum joined Bustle as editor in chief{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/feature/bustle-digital-pulls-new-lifestyle-group-editor-emme-rosenblum-from-elle-1203148754/|website=Women's Wear Daily|title=Bustle Digital Pulls New Group Editor From Elle Magazine|date=4 June 2019 |access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=27 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827234249/https://wwd.com/feature/bustle-digital-pulls-new-lifestyle-group-editor-emme-rosenblum-from-elle-1203148754/|url-status=live}} and became chief content officer of Bustle Digital Group in 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://fashionweekdaily.com/daily-media-emma-rosenblum-now-chief-content-officer-at-bustle-ebony-jets-new-ceo/|website=Daily Front Row|title=Daily Media: Emma Rosenblum New Chief Content Officer at Bustle, Ebony/Jet's New CEO|date=22 January 2021 |access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=14 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914055613/https://fashionweekdaily.com/daily-media-emma-rosenblum-now-chief-content-officer-at-bustle-ebony-jets-new-ceo/|url-status=live}} where she is responsible for a portfolio of brands such as Nylon and W Magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://fashionweekdaily.com/were-pivoting-to-a-world-where-its-about-quality-content-and-print-is-definitely-part-of-that-bdgs-emma-rosenblum-on-the-future-of-fashion-media/|website=Daily Front Row|title="We're Pivoting to a World where It's about Quality Content--and Print Is Definitely Part of That!" BDG's Emma Rosenblum on the Future of Fashion Media|date=21 November 2023 |access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=1 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301182841/https://fashionweekdaily.com/were-pivoting-to-a-world-where-its-about-quality-content-and-print-is-definitely-part-of-that-bdgs-emma-rosenblum-on-the-future-of-fashion-media/|url-status=live}}
Rosenblum published her first novel, Bad Summer People, in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Silman |first=Anna |date=15 August 2022 |title='Bad Summer People,' a salacious summer read, is causing chaos in a Fire Island town full of wealthy Manhattanites |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/emma-rosenblum-novel-bad-summer-people-scandalizing-saltaire-fire-island |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914055519/https://www.businessinsider.com/emma-rosenblum-novel-bad-summer-people-scandalizing-saltaire-fire-island |url-status=live }} She drew inspiration from The White Lotus and Succession,{{Cite web |last=Leach |first=Samantha |date=May 25, 2023 |title=Author Emma Rosenblum Explains Why Gossip Is So Refreshing To Read |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/bad-summer-people-author-emma-rosenblum-best-writing-advice |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Bustle |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914055520/https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/bad-summer-people-author-emma-rosenblum-best-writing-advice |url-status=live }} as well as the town of Saltaire, New York, a small Fire Island community where Rosenblum spent her childhood summers.{{Cite web |last=Rosenblum |first=Emma |date=29 July 2023 |title='Things started getting weird': why my novel caused a storm in my small town |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/29/things-started-getting-weird-why-my-novel-caused-a-storm-in-my-small-town |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914055520/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/29/things-started-getting-weird-why-my-novel-caused-a-storm-in-my-small-town |url-status=live }}
Bibliography
- Bad Summer People (2023)
- Very Bad Company (2024)
- Mean Moms: A Novel (2025)
References
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Category:American women editors
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists