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On The Menu: Condé Nast Cuts, New CNN.com And The Ongoing Debate About The Future Of Print - Posted October 23, 2009
On this gloomy Friday in New York, after a particularly long week for the media world, host Matt Van Hoven, editor of AgencySpy, and special guest host TVNewser's Kevin Allocca welcomed FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst to the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu to wrap up the biggest news of the week.
Of interest... [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]
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: Peter Shankman, the founder of Help A Reporter Out, spoke about how he plans to expand his company and I Can Haz Cheezburger's CEO Ben Huh revealed his company's mission statement: "Make people happy for five minutes a day."
Associated Press:... [FishBowlNY]
What's Left At Condé Nast? - Posted October 8, 2009
Condé Nast is one of the largest magazine publishers in the U.S., and the news earlier this week that it was shuttering four titles really didn't change that.
Condé still has 18 consumer magazine titles, plus two trades -- WWD and Footwear News -- under its Fairchild Publications arm. But the... [FishBowlNY]
What's Left At Condé Nast? - Posted October 8, 2009
Condé Nast is one of the largest magazine publishers in the U.S., and the news earlier this week that it was shuttering four titles really didn't change that.
Condé still has 18 consumer magazine titles, plus two trades -- WWD and Footwear News -- under its Fairchild Publications arm. But the... [FishBowlNY]
McKinsey Wraps Up At Condé Nast - Posted September 9, 2009
Today we have another dispatch about McKinsey's work at Condé Nast from The New York Observer's John Koblin.
Koblin, who has been reporting on McKinsey's work throughout the summer, reports that the consulting company is ready to wrap up its investigation of the state of Condé's business and will present their findings... [FishBowlNY]
McKinsey Wraps Up At Condé Nast - Posted September 9, 2009
Today we have another dispatch about McKinsey's work at Condé Nast from The New York Observer's John Koblin.
Koblin, who has been reporting on McKinsey's work throughout the summer, reports that the consulting company is ready to wrap up its investigation of the state of Condé's business and will present their findings... [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 Condé Nast with an article today about the consultants' recent look at Vogue and Condé Nast Traveler.
Koblin reports that the two magazines are supposedly being used as studies that will shape the company-wide recommendations McKinsey will... [FishBowlNY]
Condé Nast Update: Web Site Restructuring, More Changes Ahead - Posted July 21, 2009
One day after telling staff it had hired consulting company McKinsey & Co., Condé Nast announced that is was deconstructing its Men.Style.com Web site and giving the site's related magazines, Details and GQ their own sites.
This move is long overdue, since one of the magazines encompassed by Men.Style.com -- Men's Vogue... [FishBowlNY]
Condé Nast Update: Web Site Restructuring, More Changes Ahead - Posted July 21, 2009
One day after telling staff it had hired consulting company McKinsey & Co., Condé Nast announced that is was deconstructing its Men.Style.com Web site and giving the site's related magazines, Details and GQ their own sites.
This move is long overdue, since one of the magazines encompassed by Men.Style.com -- Men's Vogue... [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. Beckman has brought on former Men's Vogue publisher Marc Berger as publisher of trade pub Footwear News.
Berger has replaced Jay Spaleta, who was named publisher of WWD in... [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. Beckman has brought on former Men's Vogue publisher Marc Berger as publisher of trade pub Footwear News.
Berger has replaced Jay Spaleta, who was named publisher of WWD in... [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 director roles -- Brendan Monaghan... [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 director roles -- Brendan Monaghan... [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 nominated for the Magazine Section award no longer exists, and New York recently pulled itself of out of the MPA altogether, and Newsweek, up for... [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: Dan Abrams,... [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% decline in ad pages in the third quarter as a result... [FishBowlNY]
