Somebody let the cat out of the bag for Conde Nast’s Vanity Fair. The magazine supposedly had the scoop on Lance Armstrong’s professional return to cycling, but couldn’t keep the juicy secret under wraps. Somehow, cycling magazine VeloNews ran the story on Monday. In response to the leak, Vanity Fair quickly posted the interview online [...]
A sixteen-page spread in August’s Indian edition of Vogue featured luxury goods modeled by seemingly poor Indians, creating a juxtaposition some observers deemed offensive. Editor Priya Tanna said, “You have to remember with fashion, you can’t take it that seriously … We weren’t trying to make a political statement or save the world.” The New York [...]
Condé Nast is partnering with Google on the search engine giant’s new, Wikipedia-like encyclopedia, called Knol. The publisher will allow writers of articles — or Knols — to include New Yorker cartoon without charge. Google’s Knol encyclopedia differs from Wikipedia in at least two respects; it highlights the names of contributors and enables them to [...]
Lengthy piece in the Sunday NYT about whether Condé Nast’s highly successful — if at times quirky — business practices will serve it well in the years ahead. The publisher seems less perturbed than its competitors about the changes that might loom in an increasingly digital future, but just how much longer can the market [...]
Condé Nast Publications has announced plans to close Golf for Women magazine, amid changing media habits and a shrinking economy. In a statement on Monday, Chief Executive Charles H. Townsend said the company planned to close the bimonthly magazine, because it “will not support our long term business objectives.” The wall Street Journal [...]
New York Post media columnist Keith Kelly quotes an anonymous source who says so — and that Condé Nast may be the buyer. The most recent speculation over the possible sale of a Wenner property began when Charlie Rose asked Jann Wenner about it during a TV interview Friday. A Wenner Media spokesperson has denied [...]
LOUD3R, a network of 25 websites that aggregate enthusiast online content, has bought 500 domain names and plans on creating 10 new sites a month until all 500 are up and running. The network is similar to that of Inform Technologies which is used by Conde Nast and is based on an internally-built semantic publishing [...]
As of 2006, Katherine Rizzuto had been publisher of Brides, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, and Your Prom. But under Bill Wackermann’s new authority, each title in the bridal bundle was set free this past March, to strengthen their individuality. The unbundling left Rizzuto as publisher of Brides only, while her associate publisher, Jennifer [...]
Wayne Reynolds, who has worked in information technology for Vanity Fair in both Los Angeles and New York, previously worked as an audio technician for a private investigator, who is presently on trial on wiretapping and racketeering charges. The private investigator, Anthony Pellicano, and Mr. Reynolds were very close and are now facing off [...]
Tishman Speyer Properties beat out the Durst Organization and Vornado Realty Trust on Wednesday with a bid of more than $1 billion to develop Manhattan’s West Side rail yards. Condé Nast was attached to the failed bid, so their future midtown office space plans have become murkier. Women’s Wear Daily (Mar. 27, 2008)