Among the changes being made by OK! General Manager Kent Brownridge: a new editor, new executive creative director and a new publisher. The personnel moves are part of Brownridge’s plan to steer the magazine to profitability in 2008. The New York Post (Oct. 24, 2008)
Rachael Ray will turn her talents to TV selling, making her QVC debut on Sunday, October 19 at 7 PM (ET) during the newtork’s “Cooking on Q” 24-hour event. In addition to her new cookbook, Rachael Ray’s Big Orange Book, the TV chef will present her own line of kitchenware and utensils, including a skillet [...]
NYT media columnist David Carr opines that the always-changing, never-final web may be the ideal platform for the notoriously deadline-averse Ms. Brown. Carr also suggests that The Daily Beast is aiming to be a smaller, less chaotic version of the World Wide Web itself — one filtered through the finely-attuned sensibilities of this celebrated magazine [...]
An email announcement, sent this morning by Dave Forsman, follows below in its entirety.
The News Group ~ Central Division is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Richard Chacon to our team. Effective immediately, Richard is the new General Manager of our San Antonio, TX Distribution Center. He brings with him tremendous knowledge, [...]
The following press release, included below in its entirety, was issued this morning by the PBAA / PBAA Board of Directors elects Joe Gallo PBAA President
The PBAA Board of Directors voted today to appoint Joseph M. Gallo to a two-year term as President of PBAA effective January 1, 2009, upon the completion of Richard Alleger‘s [...]
Adam Moss, editor-in-cheif for New York magazine said earlier this week that sales play a very small part in picking a cover for his magazine. Sales only fluctuate a tiny bit from month-to-month, cover-to-cover. New York magazine is very much a subscription magazine. Moss said that covers should ultimately be chosen for his magazine by [...]
Gannet Co., the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, is cutting 100 more jobs this week. The announcement comes after last month’s elimination of 1,000 positions. This time around, the cuts were all in management jobs in Gannet’s newspapers nation-wide. No cuts were made at the company’s flagship paper, USA Today. As with the rest of the [...]
“Friday morning, the unusually wide storm was more than 500 miles across and was rated Category 2, with 105 mile per hour winds at its center, churning across the Gulf of Mexico about 195 miles southeast of Galveston, according to the National Hurricane Center.” The National Weather Service said that people living in small [...]
Several sources have confirmed that Brad Pitt has moved out of the spotlight and taken the camera into his own hands. The November cover of W magazine features none other than Angelina Jolie, photographed by her husband in their mansion in the South of France. It seems that photography is a longtime hobby of his. [...]
Spin magazine recently hired Kelly Rae as executive fashion director. Nothing out of the ordinary, considering her two previous roles have been fashion director at Maxim and fashion/grooming director at Stuff. The interesting part of her role at Spin is that she will have a dual role as advisor to editorial. She will try to [...]