Gourmet

Publisher Plans To Bundle Out With The Advocate For Subscribers - Posted November 6, 2009
Here Media CEO Paul Colichman laid out a new marketing plan for his company's gay publications The Advocate and Out, in a recent letter to readers. After revealing that four members of The Advocate's editorial team were let go in order to make room for new staffers who can work across... [FishBowlNY]

Scrubs Enters Niche Magazine Market - Posted November 3, 2009
As bad as the market is right now for print, niche magazines have it a little bit easier, if only because their consumer base is made up of devotees. Why else would Condé Nast be able to keep two golf magazines afloat while having to cut Gourmet? Niche markets have niche... [FishBowlNY]

Scrubs Enters Niche Magazine Market - Posted November 3, 2009
As bad as the market is right now for print, niche magazines have it a little bit easier, if only because their consumer base is made up of devotees. Why else would Condé Nast be able to keep two golf magazines afloat while having to cut Gourmet? Niche markets have niche... [FishBowlNY]

The Last Days Of Gourmet, In Pictures - Posted November 3, 2009
Gourmet, now a casualty of the great Condé Nast reorganization of 2009, is being mourned by the foodie community -- and probably will be missed for quite some time. But for its former employees, the magazine was more than a place for lush photos of culinary treats and luxe recipes; it was... [FishBowlNY]

The Last Days Of Gourmet, In Pictures - Posted November 3, 2009
Gourmet, now a casualty of the great Condé Nast reorganization of 2009, is being mourned by the foodie community -- and probably will be missed for quite some time. But for its former employees, the magazine was more than a place for lush photos of culinary treats and luxe recipes; it was... [FishBowlNY]

GalleyCat Readers Give Back|Bon App Raises Rate Base|Boston Globe Gets New Publisher|Gawker May Hire New Women - Posted October 29, 2009
GalleyCat: GalleyCat readers band together to donate audiobooks to military personnel overseas. WWD: Gourmet's subscribers are now receiving Bon Appetit, and the surviving Conde Nast epicurean magazine will be raising its rate base 15 percent, to 1.5 million from 1.3 million, in January. New York Times: Boston Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley is... [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]

One Last Gourmet Party - Posted October 16, 2009
We'd like to end the week on a high note, but on this gloomy, cold October Friday in New York City, this story from The New York Observer about the last hurrah for Gourmet magazine seems fitting. Many braved the rain last night to toast the venerable epicurean magazine, which was among... [FishBowlNY]

One Last Gourmet Party - Posted October 16, 2009
We'd like to end the week on a high note, but on this gloomy, cold October Friday in New York City, this story from The New York Observer about the last hurrah for Gourmet magazine seems fitting. Many braved the rain last night to toast the venerable epicurean magazine, which was among... [FishBowlNY]

Report: More Than 100 Magazines Shuttered In Last Three Months - Posted October 13, 2009
Updating its numbers from a few months ago, Mediafinder.com, an online database of American and Canadian periodicals, reports that more than 100 magazines have folded in the past three months, bringing the total number of pubs tracked by Mediafinder that have been shuttered this year to 383. These latest numbers do not... [FishBowlNY]

Report: More Than 100 Magazines Shuttered In Last Three Months - Posted October 13, 2009
Updating its numbers from a few months ago, Mediafinder.com, an online database of American and Canadian periodicals, reports that more than 100 magazines have folded in the past three months, bringing the total number of pubs tracked by Mediafinder that have been shuttered this year to 383. These latest numbers do not... [FishBowlNY]

Dog Poo On Air Force One|More Mulling Over Gourmet|Classical And Spanish Radio Stations Get Ready To Swap|Time's Joel Stein Writes A Memoir - Posted October 8, 2009
Watch CBS News Videos Online FishbowlDC: How to tell if your assignment editor hates you: he asked you to fact check a story about the first dog pooping on Air Force One. Forbes New York Times Magazine columnist and food52 founder Amanda Hesser questions Gourmet's relevancy. Daily News: Tonight, classical music radio station WQXR... [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]

More Thoughts On Condé Nast - Posted October 7, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cPregnant Gourmet Bride Magazinewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview It's only natural that, in the days following the announcement of four magazine closures at Condé Nast, everyone around the industry would have something to say. (We also had our own thoughts... [FishBowlNY]

Breaking: Condé Shutters Four Magazines: Cookie, Gourmet, Two Bridal Titles - Posted October 5, 2009
We have been waiting for news of what sort of changes consulting company McKinsey & Co. will bring to Condé Nast, and this morning we have the answer. According to reports, the company is planning to shutter Gourmet, parenting magazine Cookie, Elegant Bride and Modern Bride. Although there had been speculation that... [FishBowlNY]

Layoffs On The Horizon For Condé Nast? - Posted September 23, 2009
With McKinsey & Co. wrapping up its work at Condé Nast, the vultures are out. Severe budget cuts are a given, and layoffs are not too much of a stretch. The question is: which publications will be hardest hit? Last week, we reported that publishers were likely going to be asked... [FishBowlNY]

Layoffs On The Horizon For Condé Nast? - Posted September 23, 2009
With McKinsey & Co. wrapping up its work at Condé Nast, the vultures are out. Severe budget cuts are a given, and layoffs are not too much of a stretch. The question is: which publications will be hardest hit? Last week, we reported that publishers were likely going to be asked... [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]

MSNBC.com Acquires Hyperlocal Site|FT Plans For Micropayments|Gourmet Launches Foodie TV Show|Kurtz Poo-poos Rather's Presidential Commission Idea - Posted August 17, 2009
WebNewser: MSNBC.com has acquired hyperlocal Web site EveryBlock which provides news and information "down to the neighborhood level" in 15 cities. New York Times: The Financial Times is relishing its pay-for-content model, now launching a plan to accept micropayments for individual articles as an alternative for readers who don't want to pay... [FishBowlNY]

More Trouble At Condé: September Ad Pages Drop - Posted July 21, 2009
We just can't escape the Condé Nast news today. The New York Observer is reporting that the Si Newhouse-run magazine publishing house saw September ad pages decline by 37 percent company-wide, a drop of 1,680 pages. This is depressing news because September is typically the month to top all other months... [FishBowlNY]

More Trouble At Condé: September Ad Pages Drop - Posted July 21, 2009
We just can't escape the Condé Nast news today. The New York Observer is reporting that the Si Newhouse-run magazine publishing house saw September ad pages decline by 37 percent company-wide, a drop of 1,680 pages. This is depressing news because September is typically the month to top all other months... [FishBowlNY]