Domino

Magazine Deathwatch: Budget Travel - Posted November 16, 2009
Will Budget Travel be the next title to go the way of Domino and so many other magazines this year? That's the sad news being reported by New York Magazine's Daily Intel, which claims that the magazine, which is owned by Newsweek publisher Washington Post Co., is already clearing out. (Update: We... [FishBowlNY]

Reader's Digest Names New Integrated Sales VP - Posted October 23, 2009
Reader's Digest Association is making good on its promise of major restructuring after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. Despite layoffs late last month, today the news is good at the Reader's Digest publisher, with Maureen Polo announced as the new VP of Integrated Sales and Marketing for... [FishBowlNY]

Another Shake Up At Condé Nast: Details Publisher Out - Posted October 6, 2009
After yesterday's dark day at Condé Nast, with four magazines closing and one publisher from a shuttered pub getting reassigned, we were not surprised to hear today that Details publisher Steven Deluca is leaving his post. A Condé publicist confirmed the move, noting that Bill Wackermann, Glamour's publisher, will now oversee... [FishBowlNY]

Women's Mag Editors Meet To Discuss Launching Online Publications - Posted October 1, 2009
On Monday, mediabistro.com is holding its annual event for senior level women's magazine and online editors. Every year the invite-only event brings together women working in the industry to swap stories and compare experiences. Its panels have previously featured editors in chief like Janice Min and Cindi Leive. But this... [FishBowlNY]

Dwell Publisher Michela O'Connor Abrams Gives Advice About Building A Community - Posted September 23, 2009
Strong media brands -- like shelter and design brand Dwell -- are managing the weather the economic storm by diversifying their content and building a strong and loyal community. In an interview today on mediabistro.com, Dwell's president and publisher Michela O'Connor Abrams -- a veteran of high technology and business magazines who... [FishBowlNY]

Dwell Publisher Michela O'Connor Abrams Gives Advice About Building A Community - Posted September 23, 2009
Strong media brands -- like shelter and design brand Dwell -- are managing the weather the economic storm by diversifying their content and building a strong and loyal community. In an interview today on mediabistro.com, Dwell's president and publisher Michela O'Connor Abrams -- a veteran of high technology and business magazines who... [FishBowlNY]

Dayton Litereary Peace Prize Winners Announced|NYT & Twitter|NYP Parody|Domino Editor Launches Online Shelter Mag|Meet The Texas Tribune - Posted September 22, 2009
GalleyCat: The winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize have been announced: Richard Bausch won the fiction prize and Benjamin Skinner has been awarded the nonfiction prize for his book, "A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery." BayNewser: The New York Times is in the process of developing... [FishBowlNY]

Dayton Litereary Peace Prize Winners Announced|NYT & Twitter|NYP Parody|Domino Editor Launches Online Shelter Mag|Meet The Texas Tribune - Posted September 22, 2009
GalleyCat: The winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize have been announced: Richard Bausch won the fiction prize and Benjamin Skinner has been awarded the nonfiction prize for his book, "A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery." BayNewser: The New York Times is in the process of developing... [FishBowlNY]

Author & Columnist Michael M. Thomas Talks Condé Nast On The Menu: "There Are Problems That You Can't Consult Your Way Out Of" - Posted July 21, 2009
Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven were joined by novelist and newspaper columnist Michael M. Thomas to talk the morning's media headlines. The first topic tackled was the news that magazine publisher Condé Nast had hired consulting company McKinsey... [FishBowlNY]

Swine Flu Hits Conde Nast As Newhouse Profile Hits Newsstands - Posted June 1, 2009
This morning, a warning went out to all of Conde Nast's New York employees that an employee on the 12th floor of the company's 4 Times Square headquarters had tested positive for swine flu. (If you're hip to Conde HQ you know that floor is where Vogue is housed.) But since the... [FishBowlNY]

Former Domino Staffers Sell Leftovers - Posted May 7, 2009
When the magazine we were working for folded, the thought of selling all our accumulated swag for a few extra bucks naturally came up. But that sad little rummage sale would never have been able to compete with the Greenwich Village tag sale being organized by former staffers of the... [FishBowlNY]

Former Domino Staffers Sell Leftovers - Posted May 7, 2009
When the magazine we were working for folded, the thought of selling all our accumulated swag for a few extra bucks naturally came up. But that sad little rummage sale would never have been able to compete with the Greenwich Village tag sale being organized by former staffers of the... [FishBowlNY]

Would You Pay to Keep Domino Online? - Posted January 29, 2009
There was a louder than usual outcry yesterday at the news that Conde Nast was folding its upscale shelter magazine Domino, with many people expressing dismay that the website, Dominomag.com, would also go dark. Of course, this follows all the recent chatter regarding Conde Nast's lack of investment in their... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. in Price Hike Showdown With Burkle Company - Posted January 28, 2009
Unlike, say, Conde Nast — who amidst the outcry over the closure of Domino may be wishing very much they had invested in their web properties prior to "seeing the religion" as a result of the financial collapse — Time Inc., as we mentioned yesterday, is doing fairly well online. ... [FishBowlNY]

Conde Nast Shutters Domino - Posted January 28, 2009
A tipster wrote us a short time ago that rumors were swirling Conde Nast's Domino had been shuttered, and sadly, it has just been made official. The company just released a statement saying the magazine's March issue will be its last. Says Conde CEO and president Charles Townsend: "This decision to... [FishBowlNY]