New York

New York Magazine Cuts Rate Base, Ups Sub Price - Posted May 22, 2009
In an effort to increase revenue and reduce production and distribution costs, New York magazine said yesterday that it will be cutting its rate base by 6 percent while raising subscription price by 25 percent. "We believe that our magazine is valuable and worth paying for, and history has shown that our... [FishBowlNY]

Portfolio.com Media Blogger Moving On - Posted May 21, 2009
Earlier this month, we noticed that Portfolio.com media blogger Jeff Bercovici had posted an item on NYMag.com's Daily Intel shortly after the Condé Nast business magazine folded. Since then, we've spotted Bercovici's byline on a handful of Daily Intel posts, including one yesterday discussing a meeting between Rolling Stone owner... [FishBowlNY]

Portfolio.com Media Blogger Moving On - Posted May 21, 2009
Earlier this month, we noticed that Portfolio.com media blogger Jeff Bercovici had posted an item on NYMag.com's Daily Intel shortly after the Condé Nast business magazine folded. Since then, we've spotted Bercovici's byline on a handful of Daily Intel posts, including one yesterday discussing a meeting between Rolling Stone owner... [FishBowlNY]

New York Review of Magazines Celebrates Its Spring Issue - Posted May 15, 2009
Thursday evening, we stopped by B. Smith's in Midtown for the party celebrating the Spring 2009 issue of the New York Review of Magazines, which is produced by students at the Columbia School of Journalism. In his speech during the festivities, NYRM's advisor Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation... [FishBowlNY]

New York Review of Magazines Celebrates Its Spring Issue - Posted May 15, 2009
Thursday evening, we stopped by B. Smith's in Midtown for the party celebrating the Spring 2009 issue of the New York Review of Magazines, which is produced by students at the Columbia School of Journalism. In his speech during the festivities, NYRM's advisor Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of The Nation... [FishBowlNY]

Five Percent of New Yorkers Support Higher Taxes to Save the NYT - Posted April 10, 2009
One way to save The New York Times would be to raise taxes. But would New Yorkers support that plan? Not according to 100 people polled by New York. While 69 would be okay with a tax increase to support universal health care and 67 said sure to provide better funding for... [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]

More Signs of the Times: NYT Suspends Dividend, MPA Loses More Members - Posted February 20, 2009
There are weeks when it feels as though the demise of print suddenly accelerates and this might be one of them. After more than a year of refusing to cut its dividend — it finally did so back in November — the New York Times Co. has decided to do away with... [FishBowlNY]

New York Taps Nussbaum to be TV Critic - Posted January 22, 2009
New York has named Emily Nussbaum to be its new television critic, filling a role that has been vacant since last November when longtime critic John Leonard passed away. Nussbaum has been at the magazine since 2005 — most recently she penned the article about the "renegade cybergeeks" at the NYT. ... [FishBowlNY]

Lesser of Two Evils: Media Companies Explore Alternatives to Laying Off - Posted January 15, 2009
Not that long ago news that major media companies were mandating unpaid weeks off and significant salary cuts would have been greeted with outrage. These days, while not great news, one is tempted to breathe a sigh of relief: it's better than being laid off! And it certainly seems... [FishBowlNY]

Today's NYT News Round-Up - Posted January 12, 2009
Let's talk more about The New York Times, which lately seems to be filling in as some sort of representative for the state of journalism everywhere, both good and bad. First up rumors of Bill Keller's demise are apparently untrue. Gawker called Keller about the recent newsroom chatter that... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Top Ten Magazine Covers 2008 - Posted December 9, 2008
It's that time of year: lists! Time has released their top ten magazine covers for 2008. The New Yorker takes top spot (no that New Yorker). Spitzer's 'Brain,' New York's March cover gets number two, and one of the many covers featuring Barack Obama but nothing else —... [FishBowlNY]

NYMag.com Goes Mobile - Posted December 2, 2008
Unlike, say, Conde Nast no one can ever accuse New York magazine of being afraid to embrace the Internet. They have more blogs over there than we know what to do with. And now you can get them all on the move! NYMag.com has just launched a beta... [FishBowlNY]

Worth Repeating: Kurt Andersen on New York's Whiplash - Posted October 21, 2008
It's pretty rare that we feel the need to quote heavily from New York, however, we read this (in this week's HSBC sponsored issue — there are things you just can't make up) on the train home last night and thought it was just about right.So seldom do we motley millions... [FishBowlNY]

Liz Smith Lunches With FishbowlNY! - Posted October 1, 2008
Well, sort of, anyway (we can dream!). In this week's New York profile of the gossip doyenne Liz Smith is lunching at (where else) Michael's with magazine scribe Jonathan Van Meter when she spots our very own Diane Clehane:Smith points out a woman sitting at the bar right now who... [FishBowlNY]

The Clay Felker Memorial: Tom Wolfe, Gloria Steinem, and Others Remember - Posted September 23, 2008
Last night the New York magazine world literati turned out for a memorial celebration for Clay Felker, the legendary editor of New York who passed away over the summer. A red-socked Sir David Frost hosted the event, which was held at the New York Ethical Society and featured such Felker... [FishBowlNY]

New York Numbers on the Rise - Posted August 7, 2008
Good News! Literally, we have some actual good magazine news to report. The folks at New York have informed us that the magazine has achieved a "3.4% increase in single copy (newsstand) sales for the first half of 2008." Not only that, they achieved it after raising their cover... [FishBowlNY]

Bronson and Merryman Talk to FBLA About How Not To Talk to Your Kids - Posted February 16, 2007
New York magazine's cover story, How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise by Po Bronson with Ashley Merryman, paints an all-too-common picture of kids so showered with praise that they're drowning, not swimming. FBLA asked Merryman how the story came about and she generously wrote... [FishBowlLA]

Bronson and Merryman Talk to FBLA About How Not To Talk to Your Kids - Posted February 16, 2007
New York magazine's cover story, How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise by Po Bronson with Ashley Merryman, paints an all-too-common picture of kids so showered with praise that they're drowning, not swimming. FBLA asked Merryman how the story came about and she generously wrote... [FishBowlLA]