Nina Garcia will officially move from Elle to Marie Claire starting September 2. From now through Sept 1, Garcia will stay at her current role as fashion director for Elle magazine. She will keep the same title at Marie Claire. Staying with Elle until September 1 allows Garcia to continue her role on “Project Runway” [...]
Nina Garcia, fashion director at Elle until recently and “Project Runway” judge, is apparently about to land a major gig at Marie Claire. A move like this would no-doubt ensure Garcia’s presence on “Project Runway” if Marie Claire takes over when Elle’s contract runs out. While no announcements have been made as to whether Marie [...]
In publishing an Australian edition of Italian publisher Mondadori’s successful women’s weekly, Hearst and ACP Magazines will extend their successful partnership. The two companies already collaborate on Cosmopolitan and Harper’s BAZAAR in Australia. Webwire (May 7, 2008)
Elle’s contract with “Project Runway” runs out after its fifth season, at which point they may or may not renegotiate a new contract together. If not, sources say that Marie Claire is expressing an interest in taking over Elle’s partnership. It would make sense that the two would work well together since Hearst, Marie Claire’s publisher, [...]
Hearst titles CosmoGIRL!, Seventeen and Teen will provide content to Spleak, the San Francisco-based celebity news aggregator that appears on its mostly teenage users’ instant message lists as “friend” or “buddy.” The companies aim to extend Spleak beyond celebrity news, into sports and other content areas. San Francisco Chronicle (Apr. 15, 2008)
Gannett Co., Hearst Corp., The New York Times Co., and Tribune Co. formed quadrantONE in February to help their 175 newspaper and TV station web sites compete for covetted ad dollars. Yesterday, it was announced that an additional 26 newspaper companies and 138 websites will be represented by quadrantONE. The companies represented will reach websites [...]
Thirty-Six of Condé Nast’s titles were recognized with National Magazine Award nominations. Hearst and Time, Inc. both received 7 nominations each. National Geographic Society received 6. And Rodale, four. Twenty-five winners will be announced on May 1, 2008. MediaWeek (Mar. 19, 2008)
Alpha is losing Joe Mangione, chief marketing manager on March 14th. He had been hired to oversee integrated marketing for Maxim and Blender, in print and online. Mangione held this position with the company for only a short while. He came out of retirement in October to fill the position, but has decided that the [...]
Although consumer magazine websites grew their monthly page views by eight percent in 2007, the industry is just getting trounced by the big web players like Yahoo! And there is a lot of online ad revenue at stake. The eight percent growth for magazine websites in 2007 brought monthly page views to 67.5 million industrywide, [...]
The Food Network and Hearst are in talks about a new food magazine. A spokeswoman for Hearst says that it is too early in the developmental phase to make any detailed speculations about the magazine. In a related topic, two top-level executives at Everyday with Rachael Ray have recently resigned. Executive Editor Maile Carpenter and Lifestyle Editor [...]