Magazine pioneer Clay Felker, the founder of New York Magazine, which begat like-minded titles in cities around the country, has died at 82 years old. The news was first announced on New York Magazine’s website today. (The photograph of Mr. Felker at left is from 1976.) The New York Times New York Magazine (July 1, [...]
Remnick doesn’t think very much about the newsstand side of The New Yorker’s circulation business because — to hear him tell it — he doesn’t think very often about the magazine’s audience at all. “We…publish to please ourselves,” he says. “It would be arrogant to assume we knew what our readers wanted.” John Harrington interviewed Remnick, [...]
John Demsey, a group president of the Estée Lauder Companies, approached Harper’s Bazaar with the idea of featuring four celebrities in the magazine, who alo star in an advertising campaign for the new Estée Lauder fragrance Sensuous. Mr. Demsey said that he approached Bazaar because he thought that the varying ages of the celebrities (who are Gwyneth [...]
Hearst still isn’t revealing much about its top-secret new food title, but bit by bit details are coming together. Late last week, Hearst confirmed publicly that it is in fact working on a food magazine in conjunction with the Food Network. Deirdre Koribanick has been hired as the design director to develop test issues, which [...]
Although planning to wait until the tough advertising environment eases, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia still intends to launch a magazine aimed at older woman, says chief creative officer Gael Towey. The working title for the magazine is M and a prototype has been produced. Women’s Wear Daily (June 20, 2008)
Emmis Communication shut the doors on Tu Ciudad, the high-end, So-Cal Latino magazine. It was written in English for an acculturated Hispanic audience. Tu Ciudad, which means “Your City” in English, was published 10 times a year and was direct-mailed to 85,000 residents in LA and Orange Counties. Its last publication will [...]
TMZ, the celebrity gossip site and syndicated television show, is exploring streaming video, as a way to bring live celebrity news stories to online viewers. Recent tests that featured a live streaming video of a parking lot, where Britney Spears was expected to appear, captured viewers for nearly two hours, and a video of Nick [...]
Dan Lyons, the veteran Forbes tech editor who blogs under the pseudonym “Fake Steve Jobs” has been lured away and hired by Newsweek. Lyons is the first significant hire since the massive layoffs by Newsweek and will take over as the tech editor. Lyons will officially join Newsweek on Aug. 1 and his alter ego, [...]
John Yemma will be replacing Richard Bergenheim as editor of The Christian Science Monitor. Yemma rejoins the Monitor in mid-July after 20 years at the Boston Globe. Bergenheim has been named editor at large and will focus on stregthening the Monitor’s base of support among readers and potential subscribers. Christian Science Monitor (June 9, 2008)
Rodale has decided to move around some execs in order to stregthen its growing e-commerce, international, and Men’s Health businesses. Gregg Michaelson has been promoted to executive vp, customer marketing and will take over Bill Ostroff’s interactive duties. Ostroff, former president of Rodale Interactive and chief marketing officer, just recently left the company. Dave Zinczenko added [...]