Anna Wintour

Joanne Lipman: A New Prototype of Feminism in Journalism? - Posted October 26, 2009
One year ago, Portfolio was on its last legs. After the market saw the biggest plummet in decades, the cover of the business magazine had American Apparel founder Dov Charney on the cover: A misstep for the magazines that some say it never recovered from. The waiting game of Portfolio's cut... [FishBowlNY]

Joanne Lipman: A New Prototype of Feminism in Journalism? - Posted October 26, 2009
One year ago, Portfolio was on its last legs. After the market saw the biggest plummet in decades, the cover of the business magazine had American Apparel founder Dov Charney on the cover: A misstep for the magazines that some say it never recovered from. The waiting game of Portfolio's cut... [FishBowlNY]

Vanity Fair, GQ Latest Casualties Of Condé Nast Cuts - Posted October 23, 2009
Yesterday, the axe fell hard at Vanity Fair, which had already cut a handful of business-side staff last week as part of the Condé Nast bloodletting. Hey, if Anna Wintour has to do it, so does Graydon Carter. Except, according to Keith Kelly, Graydon didn't even stick around for the bloodbath, instead... [FishBowlNY]

Tallying Up The Condé Nast Layoffs -- So Far - Posted October 22, 2009
Can you believe it's already been over two weeks since Condé Nast shuttered four titles, resulting in about 180 layoffs? In the past few weeks, more layoffs have come to almost every surviving Condé Nast title, and all of them (except maybe The New Yorker) will likely experience cuts before the end... [FishBowlNY]

Tallying Up The Condé Nast Layoffs -- So Far - Posted October 22, 2009
Can you believe it's already been over two weeks since Condé Nast shuttered four titles, resulting in about 180 layoffs? In the past few weeks, more layoffs have come to almost every surviving Condé Nast title, and all of them (except maybe The New Yorker) will likely experience cuts before the end... [FishBowlNY]

Tallying Up The Condé Nast Layoffs -- So Far - Posted October 22, 2009
Can you believe it's already been over two weeks since Condé Nast shuttered four titles, resulting in about 180 layoffs? In the past few weeks, more layoffs have come to almost every surviving Condé Nast title, and all of them (except maybe The New Yorker) will likely experience cuts before the end... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: A Smiling Anna Wintour, Hungry Brian Williams, & A Tasty Mogul Stew - Posted October 21, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE They were dishing like it was 1999 today at Michael's where it was SRO at the bar and in the lounge and filled with movers and shakers of every stripe in the dining room. I got a serious case of whiplash trying to keep track of it all. Between... [FishBowlNY]

Condé Nast Cuts Hit Style.com - Posted October 20, 2009
In the past few weeks, Condé Nast has laid off an estimated 400 people. Add these fashion editor powerhouses to the list of canned Condé employees: Style.com's senior features editor Laird Borrelli-Persson and executive fashion director Candy Pratts Price (right). Fashion Week Daily reports that Borelli-Persson will leave the site at... [FishBowlNY]

TMZ's Will Lee Joins Bonnie Fuller|Thomson Reuters' Digital Strategy|Glass Confirms End of Showtime Show|Wintour Looks Happy During Fashion Week|Sotomayor The Cover Model - Posted September 18, 2009
FishbowlLA: HollywoodLife.com editor-in-chief Bonnie Fuller has named TMZ.com's former New York bureau chief Will Lee executive editor. WebNewser: Thomson Reuters' Alisa Bowen discussed her company's digital strategy at this week's Think Mobile event. New York Times: Following up on our report yesterday, Brian Stelter reports that "This American Life" host Ira Glass is... [FishBowlNY]

Tech Cos. Share Ideas About Charging For Content|Tina Brown Talks Wintour|Remembering Dominick Dunne|HuffPo Uses Twitter For Headline Writing - Posted September 11, 2009
"YOU LIE" with Joe Wilson from Corbin Bernsen Associated Press: The Newspaper Association of America has asked IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Google to come up with ideas about how media companies can easily charge for content on the Web. Daily Beast: Tina Brown on Vogue editrix Anna Wintour's recent spate of good press. New... [FishBowlNY]

Mark Your Calendar: Fashion's Night Out - Posted September 4, 2009
Usually, we at UnBeige devote September 10th to celebrating the birthday of Georges Bataille (he would be 112 this year), but this year we'll dispense with the eye-shaped gâteau to take part in Fashion's Night Out, a Vogue-sponsored global initiative "to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion." Surely Bataille,... [UnBeige]

Mark Your Calendar: Fashion's Night Out - Posted September 4, 2009
Usually, we at UnBeige devote September 10th to celebrating the birthday of Georges Bataille (he would be 112 this year), but this year we'll dispense with the eye-shaped gâteau to take part in Fashion's Night Out, a Vogue-sponsored global initiative "to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion." Surely Bataille,... [UnBeige]

Media Minxes Flock to Film Screening - Posted August 28, 2009
Though many in the media were covering the death of Senator Kennedy on Wednesday evening, a few notables still made it out to a special screening of "The September Issue," a documentary about Vogue Editor Anna Wintour. TWT's Green and Glover tell us that among the sea of skin-tight cocktail... [FishBowlDC]

Anna Wintour Visits Letterman - Posted August 25, 2009
Last night, Vogue editor Anna Wintour stopped by "Late Show with David Letterman" to discuss the upcoming Vogue-centric documentary The September Issue and all the press Wintour has been getting recently in advance of the film. Wintour was charming, funny and engaging, even making light of Maureen Dowd's description of her... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 08.25.09 - Posted August 25, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. In honor of DC's Restaurant Week, we're bringing back a little Patrick Gavin flavor. Photo above- what restaurant did FBDC dine at for lunch yesterday?... [FishBowlDC]

Maureen Dowd Asks: Is Anna Wintour Human? - Posted August 24, 2009
There's something about Maureen Dowd's column in The New York Times yesterday that just rubs us the wrong way, but we're having a tough time putting a finger on it. Dowd discussed Vogue's Anna Wintour in light of the upcoming documentary centered on the fashion bible's 2007 September issue. It was a... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 08.24.09 - Posted August 24, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Mike Memoli, who celebrated yesterday, Major Garrett and David Gregory. It is Restaurant Week in DC! What hot spots are you hitting... [FishBowlDC]

Anna Wintour Doesn't Care About Antitrust Laws - Posted July 30, 2009
The fashion industry in the U.S. -- and the magazines that cover it -- has suffered throughout the recession. But the industry's leaders are not ready to take their hits lying down. Earlier this week, the Council of Fashion Designers of America held a town hall meeting to discuss Fashion Week and... [FishBowlNY]

With Froelich On The Way Out, Is Page Six Slipping Up? - Posted July 14, 2009
This morning, we were directed to a fairly standard item on the New York Post's Page Six gossip page about Condé Nast chief Si Newhouse. "Si Newhouse knows how to hold his liquor, according to Graydon Carter," Page Six said, referring to an article published Sunday in the British pub The Observer.... [FishBowlNY]

Economist Group Picks Up CQ|Swine Flu Hits AOL|Vogue Loses Met Gala Planner|Reader's Digest Moves To The Right|Rival Magazines Set To Debut In FBNY Editor's Hometown - Posted June 19, 2009
FishbowlDC: Congressional Quarterly will join Roll Call under the Economist Group umbrella. Daily Intel: Swine flu reported at AOL. WWD: Vogue's director of special events Stephanie Winston Wolkoff has stepped down. Who will take her place to help Anna Wintour plan the Costume Institute Gala? New York Times: Struggling to find its footing,... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Andre Leon Talley Stops By -- and Hugh Jackman is Coming Tonight! - Posted June 3, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE Our invitation to tonight's party for Joel Grey hosted by Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborah Lee Furness, must have gotten lost in the mail. Oh well. The dining room was jam-packed with the Wednesday regulars in action, so there was plenty to keep us entertained. I was also... [FishBowlNY]

"60 Minutes" Interview With Anna Wintour A Snore|Valleywag Editor Says Goodbye|Shakeup At Adweek|More Nontraditional Media Seek Fellowships|10 Reasons Why Papers Are Important - Posted May 18, 2009
Watch CBS Videos Online UnBeige: "60 Minutes" scored an interview with Vogue editrix Anna Wintour last night, but the results were about as surprising as an Andy Rooney monologue. BayNewser: As Valleywag editor Owen Thomas prepared to leave his post for a new spot at NBC, he wrote a heart-felt letter to... [FishBowlNY]

"60 Minutes" Interview With Anna Wintour A Snore|Valleywag Editor Says Goodbye|Shakeup At Adweek|More Nontraditional Media Seek Fellowships|10 Reasons Why Papers Are Important - Posted May 18, 2009
Watch CBS Videos Online UnBeige: "60 Minutes" scored an interview with Vogue editrix Anna Wintour last night, but the results were about as surprising as an Andy Rooney monologue. BayNewser: As Valleywag editor Owen Thomas prepared to leave his post for a new spot at NBC, he wrote a heart-felt letter to... [FishBowlNY]

Swine Flu hits Hollywood|A Nasty Surprise At Wenner Media|Anna Wintour's Poor Posture|Layoffs At US News|The Last Word On Portfolio - Posted May 1, 2009
FishbowlLA: Due to the swine flu pandemic, Hollywood studios are delaying movie releases in Mexico New York Post: Wenner Media staffers get a surprise pay cut Flickr: Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research shot some video featuring Vogue editrix Anna Wintour awkwardly slouching at the Ellies FishbowlDC: US News lays off five employees Newsweek:... [FishBowlNY]

Swine Flu Hits Hollywood|A Nasty Surprise At Wenner Media|Anna Wintour's Poor Posture|Layoffs At US News|The Last Word On Portfolio - Posted May 1, 2009
FishbowlLA: Due to the swine flu pandemic, Hollywood studios are delaying movie releases in Mexico New York Post: Wenner Media staffers get a surprise pay cut Flickr: Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research shot some video featuring Vogue editrix Anna Wintour awkwardly slouching at the Ellies FishbowlDC: US News lays off five employees Newsweek:... [FishBowlNY]

Sally Singer on the Relevance of Vogue - Posted February 18, 2009
FBNY's Diane Clehane interviewed Vogue's Sally Singer for a 'So What Do You Do?' feature currently running on mediabistro.com's homepage. In it Singer responds to Cathy Horyn's NYT recent piece bemoaning the lack of relevance at Vogue:I was in India when Cathy's piece came out, so I didn't read it... [FishBowlNY]

Sally Singer on the Relevance of Vogue - Posted February 18, 2009
FBNY's Diane Clehane interviewed Vogue's Sally Singer for a 'So What Do You Do?' feature currently running on mediabistro.com's homepage. In it Singer responds to Cathy Horyn's NYT recent piece bemoaning the lack of relevance at Vogue:I was in India when Cathy's piece came out, so I didn't read it... [FishBowlNY]

We Live in Public, The September Issue Among Doc Winners at Sundance - Posted January 27, 2009
Unable to find the appropriate parka, we sat out this year's Sundance Film Festival, where two documentaries on our 2009 must-see list were among the award winners. Ondi Timoner's We Live in Public, chronicling a decade in the life of Internet voyeur/pioneer/artist Josh Harris, was the festival's big documentary winner, taking... [UnBeige]

Conde Nast Cuts Website Launches but Still Hopeful About Magazines! - Posted December 4, 2008
Conde Nast: Always looking to the future! Agency Spy is saying that a spy has told them that Conde Nast has decided to put all its website launches on hold for the time being. Maybe not all that surprising considering not that long ago they decided to downsize Portfolio...in... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Carl Bernstein: Bush 'Straight Talk' Book Would Sell - Posted December 3, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE Reports of the death of the power lunch are, by the looks of things at Michael's today, most definitely premature. It will be a sure sign of the apocalypse when the regulars at 55th & Fifth stop showing up to cook up their next big move over burgers and... [FishBowlNY]

Wintour Out At Vogue: Don't Think So, Says Newhouse - Posted December 2, 2008
We here at FBLA don't want to tread on blogger territory too harshly, but we only bring up Gawker's "scoop" on Anna Wintour's departure from Vogue as good example of listening to the wrong people -- and then reporting it. When Wintour herself declines any comment and Conde Nast Chairman S.I. Newhouse... [FishBowlLA]

Alexander Wang Wins CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Prize - Posted November 18, 2008
As followers of the UnBeige Twitter feed learned only moments after it was announced, boy wonder Alexander Wang (at right) has won the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)/Vogue Fashion Fund Prize, beating out nine other finalists to take home $200,000 and as much business mentoring as he can stand.... [UnBeige]

Men's Vogue and Portfolio: The Morning After - Posted October 31, 2008
Yesterday was one of the darkest days yet for print media, and is some cases online, too — one Conde staffer told us that during the meeting to announce the layoffs and scale backs at Men's Vogue even Anna Wintour choked up. And there's till no word yet on how... [FishBowlNY]

Media Folk Fill Out 'Fashion's 50 Most Powerful' - Posted August 28, 2008
Anna Wintour deemed 'Fashion's Most Powerful' person. In other news: the sky is blue. Ahead of the debacle spectacle that is Fashion Week, which will descend upon New York's Bryant Park Sept. 8-15, The New York Daily News whets our whistle with its Fashion's 50 Most Powerful list. Since we wouldn't wish... [FishBowlNY]

Media Folk Fill Out 'Fashion's 50 Most Powerful' - Posted August 28, 2008
Anna Wintour deemed 'Fashion's Most Powerful' person. In other news: the sky is blue. Ahead of the debacle spectacle that is Fashion Week, which will descend upon New York's Bryant Park Sept. 8-15, The New York Daily News whets our whistle with its Fashion's 50 Most Powerful list. Since we wouldn't wish... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Anna Wintour & Coming Soon — The Rolling Stones! - Posted March 26, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE We're guessing that spring break with the kiddies kept more than a few bold face names we've become accustomed to seeing away from 55th and Fifth today. Luckily, some of our favorite regulars were on hand — along with the first ever (at least since I've been at my... [FishBowlNY]

Fashion Week: Paparazzi Hope Season Serves Up Wintour/ Federer Shot - Posted September 5, 2007
Don't believe the rampant rumors currently keeping harried fashion flacks up at night that Fashion Week will be light on the celebs this go-round. With Manhattan-centric -- and style-obsessed shows -- like ABC's Cashmere Mafia and NBC's Lipstick Jungle filming around town, bet on at least one Brooke Shields or Lucy... [FishBowlNY]

Braunstein Trial Update: 'I'm Going To Kill Anna Wintour' - Posted May 15, 2007
Perhaps the crime "wasn't substantial enough to grip the rest of the nation" — a.k.a those outside of WWD's subscription list. Ludicrous but, sadly, true. But thanks to Peter Braunstein's "monstrous" manifesto, which chronicles his fantasies of killing Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, his trial just got a lot more interesting. "I'm going... [FishBowlNY]

Jennifer Hudson-Vogue Oscar Outfit Spat Ignites Couture Catfight - Posted March 2, 2007
The Oscars might've ended early Monday in New York, but the backstabbing, name-calling, trainwrecking cattiness among those known for that sort of thing was just beginning. Newly-minted Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson might have been awarded the coveted gold statuette for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dreamgirls, but she came up... [FishBowlNY]