Posts Tagged ‘New York Magazine’

Sales Don’t Matter (at Least, Coverwise)

September 12th, 2008

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 [...]

Clay Felker, New York Magazine Founder, is Dead at 82

July 1st, 2008

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, [...]

Fashion Writer at Vogue Hops the Pond for UK Luxx

May 13th, 2008

Mark Holgate, senior fashion writer at Vogue in NY, is set to take over as editor of Luxx quarterly magazine and style director of the Times magazine in the UK.  Holgate will be leaving the US after 5 years at Vogue and 4 years at New York magazine.  Prior to these jobs, Holgate was the [...]

‘New York’ Magazine Opens Events Division

March 18th, 2008

The mission of the new division is to deliver a new revenue stream, and attract additional Fortune 500 advertisers to both the print and online versions of the magazine.  Lanny Morris has been brought on board as sponsorship sales director.  Folio:  (Mar. 18, 2009)

New York Magazine Incorporates Logo into Cover Wrap — an ASME Rules No-No

November 27th, 2007

Some 10,000 copies of New York magazine, which were mailed to select non-subscribers deemed the city’s “culturati,” featured a cover-wrap incorporating part of the magazine’s logo.  That’s against American Society of Magazine Editor (ASME) rules, and the magazine’s publisher, Adam Ross, should know better since he’s secretary of the association.  The fact that the sponsor of the [...]