InStyle's main man talks about embracing the iPad and other digital tools to broaden the mag's audience, the decision to shutter InStyle Weddings, and how hopefuls can climb the fashion career ladder.
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ASME Announces Finalists for 2010 National Magazine Awards (FishbowlNY)
The American Society of Magazine Editors has announced the finalists for the 2010 National Magazine Awards. New York and The New Yorker take the lead with 10 each nominations each, followed by National Geographic, with seven. This year also marks the first nomination for eight different titles.
The Rookie and the Nooky: TMZ Goes Sportif (NYO)
Harvey Levin announced recently that TMZ Sports would be expanding its coverage. He's in good company. These days, while traditional coverage of various aspects of American life continues to shrink, there's no shortage of new-media outlets scrambling to grab a piece of the fallen American athlete.
MySpace Looks to the Past for Its Future (LAT)
In a last-ditch effort to revive struggling MySpace, owner News Corp. has adopted a new strategy that it hopes will give the site's millions of users a reason to keep coming back. MySpace -- which had begun to offer horoscopes, weather reports and other services -- wants to go back to its roots: entertainment.
TV's Biggest Moneymakers (Forbes)
Kantar Media surveyed all regularly scheduled prime-time shows, excluding sports franchises, for our third annual list of TV's Top Moneymakers. For an apples-to-apples comparison of network programs of differing lengths, the series are ranked based on ad revenue per average 30 minutes.
News Corp Exec: Paywalls and Free Model Can Co-Exist (Guardian)
Jonathan Miller, head of digital media at News Corporation, said today that "dual revenue streams" are likely to co-exist as media organizations try ways of making money online. Miller claimed the media industry had to return to charging whether through subscription or some other method.
Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System (NYT)
A top editor of a weekly newspaper who recently called for the reform of China's onerous household registration system, which restricts where people can live, has been forced out of his job in a fresh warning that journalists who boldly challenge government policy face retribution.
Hearst Preps Country Living for Ad Recovery (Mediaweek)
With advertisers starting to spend again, Hearst Magazines will unveil a bigger trim size and new marketing programs at Country Living to better position the magazine for an eventual ad recovery. To help offset the seven-figure cost of the increase, Country Living will publish two fewer issues this year, for a total of 10.
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Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was David Grann, a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and the author of and The Lost City of Z.
Grann discussed his newest book, The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, and shared tips for aspiring long-form journalists--explaining how he ended up at one of America's greatest magazines after years of work. In addition, he talked about the adaptation of The Lost City of Z, a film optioned by Brad Pitt's production company.
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Meacham of Newsweek in Talks for Weekly PBS Show (NYT/Media Decoder)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of Newsweek, Jon Meacham, is negotiating to add a television job to his schedule. He is in final talks to be the co-host of a new PBS Friday night public affairs series called Need to Know, said several executives with knowledge of the production.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek Prepares for Round Two of Layoffs (Daily Finance)
Shortly after taking over BusinessWeek, Bloomberg pruned its staff by a reported 30 percent. Sharp as those cuts were, the new owners made it known that there would be another round of downsizing sometime before the magazine moved to Bloomberg headquarters in May. According to sources, that round will commence on Thursday. NYP: The moves come as a major redesign of the magazine is in the works, with the new look set to be introduced in the April 23 issue. British import Richard Turley, who came from The Guardian newspaper in London, is overseeing the changes.
Letterman Shakedown Ends With Guilty Plea (CBS News)
After first claiming that he was originally offering Late Show host David Letterman a screenplay for $2 million, Robert "Joe" Halderman, an ex-producer for 48 Hours Mystery on CBS, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted grand larceny in the second degree.
Abu Dhabi Is Future Base for News Corp: Murdoch (AFP)
News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch announced on Tuesday that the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi is to become the headquarters of his global media empire in the Middle East, and that he would move a number of satellite television channels to the capital of the United Arab Emirates from Hong Kong. WSJ: Murdoch urged leaders in the Middle East to encourage greater press freedom and tolerate critical coverage.
Bob Christie Leaves Dow Jones To Join NYT (PRNewser)
The New York Times has named Robert Christie SVP of corporate communications, filling a role that had been vacant since August 2009 when Catherine Mathis left for Standard & Poor's. Christie said he is "very excited about the opportunity" and that he "looks forward to doing good work for the Times."
Annie Leibovitz Makes Deal With Colony Capital To Manage Debt, Keep Portfolio (AP)
Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday.
Viacom Says Daily Show May Return to Hulu if Model Changes (Bloomberg)
Viacom Inc. chief executive officer Philippe Dauman said The Daily Show and The Colbert Report may return to Hulu.com if the video site's business model changes. "On the current economic model for Hulu there's just not much in it for us to continue at this time," Dauman said.
New Rules Sought on TV Retransmission (NYT)
Trying to prevent the kind of brinkmanship that had ABC removing its affiliate station from millions of New York area homes hours before the Oscar broadcast, a group of television providers asked the government Tuesday to revamp the rules governing the retransmission of stations.
Film Review at Heart of Suit Against Variety (NYT)
In a step that is unusual even for litigation-heavy Hollywood, the maker of Iron Cross, a small independent film that has yet to find a distributor, charged in a complaint filed on Tuesday that the trade paper Variety had damaged the movie.
Hachette Introduces Internal Social Network (NYO)
Hachette Filipacchi Media is launching a new company-wide social media network designed to better facilitate communication among cubicles. The network appears to be voluntary -- and grudging. "The idiocy is mind-blowing," one staff member wrote. "As if we need more distractions during our workday."
AP Hires NY Times Exec to Boost Digital Revenue (AP)
An executive who helped run The New York Times' Web site has been hired to guide the Associated Press' effort to sell consumer applications for the Apple iPad and other digital devices. Nick Ascheim will run a newly created business unit called AP Gateway as general manager of AP Digital.
Newspaper Economics: Online and Offline (Google Public Policy Blog)
Hal Varian: The best thing that newspapers can do now is experiment, experiment, experiment. There are huge cost savings associated with online news. Newspapers could save a lot of money if the primary access to news was via the Internet.
Print Magazine Advertising to Grow in 2010 Despite Popularity of Online (Folio:)
Consumer and trade businesses in 2010 are projected to spend approximately $119.6 billion on online and digital advertising strategies while shelling out $111.5 billion to print projects. Some good news for print: Ad spending on magazines is forecasted to be up 1.9 percent to $9.4 billion.
Times Punks Gothamist With Ginormous Ad (FishbowlNY)
Although its motivations aren't totally clear, the Times seems to have hit back at Gothamist editor Jake Dobkin yesterday, by completely immersing all of Gothamist's content in the New York Times logo. The Times basically did to Gothamist what Budweiser does to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s car, only in a mean way.
RIP: The Novel (Salon)
Laura Miller: David Shields' new book, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, is, depending upon whom you ask, a condemnation of the novel, a celebration of the sort of remixing and collage writing that often gets slammed as plagiarism, an indictment of plot, or a defense of memoirists who fabricate.
We're proud to announce the launch of PRNewser's weekly podcast. PRNewser editors Joe Ciarallo and Jason Chupick will discuss the top public relations industry news for the week, followed by a special guest interview, broadcast live Wednesdays at 9am ET. Tune in to PRNewser tomorrow morning for our chat with Adam Wallace, director of digital marketing for the Roger Smith Hotel.
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