Bill Wackermann, who recently gained control in Condé Nast’s Bridal Media, split up the Bridal Media bundle. In doing so, Condé Nast hopes to strengthen the individual titles. The bundle included Brides, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, and Your Prom. In addition to these titles, Bridal Media includes website Brides.com and 16 local bridal magazines. MediaWeek (Mar. [...]
Condé Nast’s Allure magazine is getting set to publish Allure Spa, a free “ultimate insiders guide” to luxury spas. Spas are rapidly increasing in popularity and women want more and more information on the spa experience and different treatments that are offered. Allure plans to distribute 200,000 copies to spas and salons in September, with plans [...]
Niche magazines are aggressively growing in India’s media industry. One possible explanation is that Indian media laws restrict foreign equity to 26% in the news segment, but allow 100% foreign equity in non-news and non-current affairs speciality magazines. “Foreign publications can have more on-the-ground reporting on the international scene. An Indian magazine doesn’t have the [...]
The Brides Wedding collection, which launched exclusively in Michael’s Craft Stores today, offers DIY-inclined women print-your-own wedding invitations, programs, save-the-date cards, place cards, favor boxes, and other accessories. Gartner Studios has partnered with Brides Magazine to produce the product line. Press Release via PR Newswire (Feb. 11, 2008)
Condé Nast has seemingly given Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman the “juice” she needs to make the new business title a hotbed of top-notch writing talent. And the writers are pleased – with their job titles, compensation, and a sense that Portfolio just might become the next “best place to write.” The New York Observer (Feb. 6, 2008)
The Vanity Fair Oscar Party will take a hiatus due to the lingering Writers Guild of America strike – with the 15th such celebration rescheduled for 2009 — according to a statement released by the Condé Nast monthly yesterday. Editor Graydon Carter looked on the bright side, “There will be something sort of liberating about ordering [...]
For its 83rd anniversary issue, The New Yorker runs its iconic, bestectacled dandy, Eustace Tilley, on the cover — twice, and again with a twist. In the 90’s the magazine took liberties with the estimable Mr. Tilley, dressing him up as Dick Tracy, Elvis and once as a woman, under the editorship of Tina Brown. Well, the current issue [...]
Folio:’s ‘People on the Move’ column reports on comings and goings in the magazine industry. Folio: (Jan. 31, 2008)
The post-9/11 cacooning boom — when record-low interest rates encouraged homeowners to update and modernize – has passed, but the category is evolving. The “makeover” TV shows have emboldened do-it-yourselfers and shelter titles are making hay out of going green. As for the closure of House & Garden last year, min editor Steve Cohen says it wasn’t due [...]
Condé Nast has announced the promotion of two staff members with oversight of the retail marketing function. Robert A. Sauerberg, Jr., is now President,Condé Nast Consumer Marketing, and Ilene Cohen is Vice President, Consumer Marketing. Full text of the announcements from the publisher follows. (Jan. 15, 2008)