GQ

GQ's Art Director Joins New York - Posted January 13, 2012
New York has named Thomas Alberty as its new Design Director. Alberty comes to New York from GQ, where he had been since 2004. WWD reports that Alberty was most recently the GQ's Art Director. Alberty succeeds ... [FishbowlNY]

In 2011 Mila Kunis Moved Magazines, Justin Bieber Did Not - Posted December 27, 2011
If you're into big names, WWD has a great roundup of the best (and worst) selling magazine covers featuring celebrities this year. While some celebrities made for an up and down impact -- Kim Kardashian... [FishbowlNY]

The Adweek Hot List Winners: Magazines - Posted December 5, 2011
(Via Adweek) On Friday FishbowlNY gave you a preview of a few ... [FishbowlNY]

GQ To Open Pop-Up Store - Posted December 2, 2011
If you're a fan of GQ's product endorsements, you're in luck: The magazine is teaming up with Park & Bond on a pop-up shop from December 7 through 18. The store will be located in the Meatpacking District (14th between 9th and 10th) and offer items f... [FishbowlNY]

Creative Direction of Tablets Gives Publishers Pause - Posted November 29, 2011
When designing a magazine app for a tablet, is it best for it to be simple or complicated? The answer to that question is giving companies plenty to think about. Adweek ... [FishbowlNY]

Bob Beauchamp to Retire - Posted November 10, 2011
Bob Beauchamp, who has held positions at GQ, Esquire and most recently, Departures, is retiring. Beauchamp got his start in the magazine business when in 1976, GQ's Publisher, Sal Schiliro, brought him aboard. "I didn't have any experience, but Sal had this confidence that I could do the job... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: 'Vanity Fair's List; the 'Rookie' Launch; Rev. Al Sharpton, and More - Posted September 1, 2011
As predicted by The OutCast Agency's TJ Snyder, the Vanity Fair annual ... [PRNewser]

Mark Sanchez Graces GQ's Cover - Posted August 15, 2011
Mark Sanchez, the New York Jets' quarterback who has hair that could make Fabio jealous, is the newest cover model for GQ. Inside the September issue, wh... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted June 17, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. Miami Herald Runs Ad Congratulating Heat on Championship, June 13 ... [FishbowlNY]

Latest GQ Cover Story Reads Like a Diary Entry - Posted June 14, 2011
The latest issue of GQ features a profile of ... [FishbowlNY]

Wired and GQ Add iPad Subscriptions - Posted May 24, 2011
Starting with the June issues, Wired and GQ are now offering subscriptions via the Apple system for $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year. Howard Mittman, Publisher and Vice President for Wired, applauded the move, explaining, "When the app launch... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Featured Prominently in Upcoming Timberlake Film - Posted May 11, 2011
Friends with Benefits, a movie that will undoubtedly garner heavy prai... [FishbowlNY]

Media Companies on a Tech Launching Spree - Posted April 20, 2011
The Washington Post, GQ, and CNN have each announced new ... [PRNewser]

GQ Launches Revamped iPad App - Posted April 20, 2011
GQ has relaunched its iPad app, and Mashable says that it's nicer, but not that nice. There are imp... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: Univision, 'GQ,' HuffPo, and More - Posted March 25, 2011
Here are this week's media highlights from Mediabistro's Revolving Door Newsletter: Cindy Hatcher... [PRNewser]

GQ Hires New York Times' Mark Lotto As Senior Editor - Posted March 22, 2011
GQ has been in something of a hiring spate lately, and now Mark Lotto, formerly a New York Times op-ed staff editor, is moving to GQ to become a senior editor, WWD ... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Hires New Fashion Editor - Posted March 21, 2011
GQ has named Lance Lin as its new Fashion Editor, effective April 4th. Lin will report directly to Jim Moore, the magazine's Creative Director. Lin most recently worked as Public Relations... [FishbowlNY]

Cond Nast to Raise Prices of iPad GQ and Vanity Fair - Posted March 4, 2011
In an effort to push consumers toward eventually purchasing subscriptions rather than single issues of its iPad magazines, Cond Nast is going to raise the price of GQ and Vanity Fair in the next few weeks. Peter Kafka says that GQ will go from $2.99 to $4.99... [FishbowlNY]

Eliot Kaplan Promoted at Hearst Magazines - Posted February 22, 2011
Eliot Kaplan has been named Executive Director, Talent Acquisition, at Hearst Magazines. Kaplan most recently worked as Editorial Talent Director for Hearst, a position he held since 1999. Kaplan has had quite the career in magazines, including his time at Hearst. ... [FishbowlNY]

Gabriel Sherman Discusses His Profile of Deadspin's A.J. Daulerio - Posted January 20, 2011
In the February issue of GQ, Gabriel Sherman profiles A.J. Daulerio, the Editor-in-Chief at... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Talks to The Man Behind Deadspin - Posted January 19, 2011
A.J. Daulerio is the Editor-in-Chief of Deadspin.com, and if you're looking for someone to blame because ... [FishbowlNY]

Sales for iPad Magazines Fall - Posted December 29, 2010
John Koblin of WWD has a report today that iPad magazines from popular titles like GQ, Wired, Glamour, and Vanity Fair are hitting a rough ... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Profiles Winona Ryder - Posted December 16, 2010
The January issue of GQ features a profile of Winona Ryder by Alex Pappademas, who does a g... [FishbowlNY]

A Look At What The Editor-in-Chief of Bon App tit Eats - Posted December 10, 2010
Ever wonder what someone like Adam Rapoport, Editor-in-Chief at Bon App tit, eats? Well even if you don't, Grub Street New York had Rapoport ... [FishbowlNY]

Cond Nast Taps Adobe Digital Publishing Suite - Posted October 25, 2010
Publishing giant Cond Nast will debut digital replica editions across its portfolio of magazine brands using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

iPad vs. Newsstand Sales for Six Magazines - Posted October 22, 2010
AdAge.com examined the iPad ap... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cond Nast Reveals Five Best Practices for Advertisers Eyeing iPad Magazine Apps - Posted October 13, 2010
Cond Nast conducted more than 100 hours of one-on-one interviews with users of its GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Glamour iPad apps, along with more than 5,000 in-app surveys, to determine ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Chuck Klosterman Returns to the Pages of GQ - Posted August 25, 2010
In GQ's September issue (yes, the ... [SportsNewser]

Ana Marie Cox Named GQ D.C. Correspondent - Posted February 11, 2010
Congrats to Ana Marie Cox, who has had no trouble finding a new job after her gig as correspondent at Air America expired when the media company shuttered in late January. The frequent ... [FishbowlNY]

Conde Nast Creates Fraud Hotline - Posted February 3, 2010
Things seem to be looking up for Conde Nast in the New Year, and ... [FishbowlNY]

Rolling Stone Expands Sales Team - Posted January 22, 2010
Rolling Stone has had a tough couple of years: it downgraded the size of its mag, lost staffers, and hedged so long in making a viable Web pres... [FishbowlNY]

Conde Nast Apps Premiere To High Numbers - Posted January 21, 2010
Maybe Si Newhouse won't have to start licensing his magazine brand names' to fashion lines after all: the results from the first sales... [FishbowlNY]

Year-End Conde Nast News: Subpoenas, Ad Sales Concessions, New Project - Posted December 30, 2009
2009 was a difficult year for Conde Nast, one of the big magazine publishers based in New York. Things got so bad for the company, it ... [FishbowlNY]

Holiday Reading: GQ's 'The Day the Journal Died' - Posted December 24, 2009
Before we sign off here for a few days, we thought we would leave you with a very interesting oral history of the sale of the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch and h... [FishbowlNY]

Will Tablets Save Print Publishing? Slate's Shafer Says Not Quite - Posted December 23, 2009
Magazine and newspaper publishers may have missed the boat when it comes to the Internet, but they are determined to be ahead of the curve when the tablet e-reader -- or something similar -- comes out. Esquire and ... [FishbowlNY]

Google's Real Time Search Falters|PBS Tracks Shows|Kim Kardashian Will Tweet For Money|Reader's Digest Profiled|Conde Hacked - Posted December 21, 2009
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Esquire's New iPhone App: A 'Reimagined' Version Of The Mag - Posted December 18, 2009
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On The Menu: Conde Nast Cuts, New CNN.com And The Ongoing Debate About The Future Of Print - Posted October 23, 2009
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Vanity Fair, GQ Latest Casualties Of Conde 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 Conde Nast... [FishbowlNY]

Tallying Up The Conde Nast Layoffs -- So Far - Posted October 22, 2009
Can you believe it's already been over two weeks since Conde Nast ... [FishbowlNY]

UGCX Coverage|AP Amends Fairey Countersuit|Conde Launches New iPhone App|HuffPost CEO Hippeau - Posted October 20, 2009
WebNewser, PRNewser: Some coverage of mediabistro.com's user-generated focused conference UGCX today: ... [FishbowlNY]

PRs on GQ's 50 Most Powerful People in DC List - Posted October 13, 2009
GQ released it's annual "The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C." list today. Surprise, surprise: there are no external PR pros on the list. There are, however, a few administration officials that have "PR-ish" positions that made it on. Valerie... [PRNewser]

What's Left At Conde Nast? - Posted October 8, 2009
Conde Nast is one of the largest magazine publishers in the U.S., and the news earlier this week th... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Brings Its Signature Style to Saks - Posted October 2, 2009
Last night, we dispatched the male contingent of the FishbowlNY team to what was, without a doubt, the premiere men's fashion destination of the evening (or even, dare we say, the week): GQ's Signature Style event at Saks Fifth Avenue. The event, packed to the brim with hip an... [FishbowlNY]

Could Conde Nast Cut Budgets By 25 Percent? - Posted September 15, 2009
With McKinsey & Co. wrapping up its time at Conde Nast, the speculation has begun about how the magazine publisher will change its business in the coming months. ... [FishbowlNY]

McKinsey Wraps Up At Conde Nast - Posted September 9, 2009
Today we have another dispatch about McKinsey's work at Conde Nast from The New York Observer... [FishbowlNY]

ABC Report Shows Single-Copy Sales Continuing To Drop - Posted August 31, 2009
The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its important report for the first half of the year today, and the findings are not that surprising: total paid and verified circulation, single-copy sales and verified subscriptions are down overall. However, the ABC said total paid subscriptions were basically flat in the past year.... [FishbowlNY]

McKinsey Takes A Look At Vogue, Traveler - Posted August 19, 2009
The New York Observer's John Koblin continues his coverage of McKinsey & Co.'s examination of C... [FishbowlNY]

Conde Nast Update: Web Site Restructuring, More Changes Ahead - Posted July 21, 2009
One day after telling staff it had hired consulting company McKinsey & Co., Conde Nast announced that is was deconstructing its ... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Heads To China - Posted July 8, 2009
Although Chinese officials have recently blocked access to Twitter and Facebook, the populous Asian nation remains an important market for American media companies to tap. Today, Cond&ea... [FishbowlNY]

Ex Men's Vogue Publisher Finds A New Home At Conde Nast - Posted June 18, 2009
Three months after Richard Beckman took over as CEO of Conde Nast-owned Fairchild Fashion Group, he has made his first big hire. Beckma... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Sales Management Team Grows - Posted June 17, 2009
Advertising pages are down at magazines, so ad sales are more important than ever. With this in mind, GQ is leading the way towards increasing the focus on ad sales through the creation of three new director positions, announced yesterday. The new positions include two new advertising directo... [FishbowlNY]

44th Annual National Magazine Awards Announced - Posted March 19, 2009
ASME has announced this year's National Magazine Award Finalists. There is a bit of a last hurrah sense about this year's ceremony -- Best Life nominate... [FishbowlNY]

GQ Manages to Party On in Style - Posted December 3, 2008
Not all the media parties have been canceled! Last night FBNY attended GQ's Men of Style four floor high shindig at the Louis Vuitton store on 5th Ave with a whole of very expensive looking people. The event was held in honor of this year's most "stylish" men: ... [FishbowlNY]

Fashion Magazines Hit Hard by Economic Downturn - Posted November 14, 2008
We're starting to get a sense of how bad a hit the mag industry has taken this year. WWD is reporting that fashion and luxury titles have borne the brunt. The industry as a whole saw a 10% decl... [FishbowlNY]