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New York City's Media Marathon - Posted November 2, 2009
This weekend wasn't just Halloween in Manhattan, it was also the setting for the 40th Annual New York City Marathon, one of the most difficult (and longest running) endurance races in the world, and certainly one of the largest. It attracts professional athletes, celebrities, and your every day runners from around... [FishBowlNY]

Entertainment Weekly Editor Joins NYMag.com - Posted October 29, 2009
NYMag.com, the ever-expanding Web site of New York magazine, today announced the hiring of Entertainment Weekly senior editor Josh Wolk as entertainment editor for the site. In his new role, set to begin November 17, Wolk will oversee an expansion of NYMag.com's Vulture blog. The first phase of the revamped blog will... [FishBowlNY]

Digital Azbee Finalists Announced|New York Not For Sale|Fortune Plans To Cut Issues|Letterman Sex Tape - Posted October 22, 2009
WebNewser: ASBPE anoouned its digital Azbee Web Site of the Year finalists today, a list that included BusinessWeek, CIO, InfoWorld and TechRepublic. AdAge: New York Magazine is not for sale, New York Media CEO Anup Bagaria told staff in an internal memo today. Wall Street Journal: Fortune planning to publish one-quarter fewer issues... [FishBowlNY]

Remembering New York Owner Bruce Wasserstein - Posted October 15, 2009
Dealmaker, Lazard Ltd. CEO and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein died yesterday at age 61. News of his untimely death filtered through the media world yesterday afternoon, resulting in many tributes and remembrances from those on the media beat. Not surprisingly, New York magazine's Daily Intel blog had the most touching... [FishBowlNY]

Bruce Wasserstein Died At 61 | Vogue Layoffs | NYT Won't Sell Boston Globe | A Look At Jersey's Papers - Posted October 14, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cQueer and Loathing in D.C.www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview Wall Street Journal: Lazard CEO and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein has died at age 61, after being hospitalized Sunday with an irregular heartbeat. All Things Digital: More cuts at Conde:... [FishBowlNY]

Rolling Stone's Obama Cover Wins ASME Prize - Posted October 14, 2009
Today we're at the Magazine Publishers of America's Magazine Innovation Summit, where ASME President David Willey just announced the winners of its best cover of the year contest in 10 categories. The overall winner this year was Rolling Stone, which also won for the Best Obama cover category. Other category winners included... [FishBowlNY]

Rush Yanks The Media's Chain|USA TODAY Publisher Addresses Circ Decrease|Wasserstein Hospitalized|NYT Cancels Subscriptions|Letterman Still Facing Challenges - Posted October 12, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: Rush Limbaugh appeared on the "Today" show this morning, talking about how he becomes news by tweaking the media: "I know how to yank their chain. I know how to send them into insanity. I know how to make... [FishBowlNY]

Ira Glass Reveals The End Of "This American Life" TV Show - Posted September 17, 2009
What started as a casual conversation about the humble beginnings of Chicago Public Radio's "This American Life" turned into an impromptu press conference last night as host Ira Glass announced the end of the popular radio program's Emmy nominated television spinoff on Showtime. "I don't know if I can say this... [FishBowlNY]

Getting The Skinny On The BusinessWeek Deal As Bid Deadline Looms - Posted September 14, 2009
After tracking the upcoming BusinessWeek sale all summer, the magazine's own media columnist Jon Fine has compiled all the known information about the transaction and put together this helpful guide. So what do we know? The deadline for any interested parties to place a bid for the magazine is tomorrow. And... [FishBowlNY]

NYMag.com Launches Sports, TV Blogs - Posted September 9, 2009
NYMag.com is already well-known for its irreverent and detailed coverage of New York, culture, fashion and food with its various blogs. Now the site is bringing that same voice to sports and television with two new blog launches. "The Sports Section," led by New York magazine contributor and Deadspin founder Will Leitch... [FishBowlNY]

Tablet Editor Jesse Oxfeld Takes On Theatre Reviewing Duties At The Observer - Posted September 8, 2009
Jesse Oxfeld, the current executive editor for online Jewish magazine Tablet and former editor at Mediabistro.com, Gawker and New York magazine, is taking on a new title: theater critic. Last week, New York Post theater columnist Michael Riedel revealed that Oxfeld would be assuming the critic's role at The New York Observer,... [FishBowlNY]

ASME Launches Best Cover Of The Year Contest - Posted September 2, 2009
Yesterday was the first day to vote in the American Society of Magazine Editors' best cover of the year contest on Amazon.com. You can log on to vote for your favorite among the six finalists in ten categories: Best in Science, Technology & Nature; Best in Business; Sexiest Cover; Best in... [FishBowlNY]

NYMag.com, "MediaBytes" Share Video Content With 1Cast - Posted September 2, 2009
1Cast, the broadcast platform that delivers video clips to phones and desktops, today announced a partnership with NYMag.com and Shelly Palmer's "MediaBytes." New York magazine's Web site and Palmer have agreed to share their daily video programming with the 1Cast library, making all of their content available to people who use the... [FishBowlNY]

Observer Readies New Real Estate Trade Pub - Posted August 24, 2009
It may not prove to be the wisest decision to launch a commercial real estate trade newspaper in the midst of one of the toughest environments for papers, trade publications and real estate. But that's exactly what The New York Observer's parent company is planning to do. Observer owner Jared Kushner... [FishBowlNY]

Newsweek.com Brings On Two New Editors, Promotes Five - Posted August 24, 2009
While other pubs are cutting staff, it's always encouraging to see one that's hiring and promoting and growing. Today, Newsweek.com made us very happy by announcing two new hires and a slew of promotions. Starting on September 8, the site is bringing on Rose Palazzolo as homepage editor and Ben Adler... [FishBowlNY]

Mansueto Eyes BusinessWeek - Posted August 5, 2009
Over the past few weeks, BusinessWeek's own media columnist Jon Fine has been tracking the efforts by the magazine's owner, McGraw-Hill, to sell the business pub. Yesterday, he reported another possible bidder has entered the fray: Jon Mansueto, whose Mansueto Ventures also owns Inc. and Fast Company. Mansueto has a history of buying... [FishBowlNY]

BusinessWeek Update: There Are Interested Parties - Posted July 23, 2009
BusinessWeek media columnist Jon Fine has some excellent insight into the progress of the sale of his employer. According to Fine, OpenGate Capital, the private equity firm that bought TV Guide magazine last year, and Bruce Wasserstein, who picked up New York magazine in 2003, have both shown interest in BusinessWeek, which... [FishBowlNY]

LAT Profiles Nikki Finke|New York Profile Subject Dash Snow Dies|Thomson Reuters Looks To Buy Breakingviews.com|Next New Networks Trims Staff|Shirky Talks Jounalism Subsidies - Posted July 15, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video FishbowlLA: The Los Angeles Times' James Rainey wrote an even-handed profile about Nikki Finke -- after the Internet journo scared the crap out of him. Unbeige: New York artist Dash Snow died Monday from a drug overdose. He gained notoriety in the New York art scene thanks to... [FishBowlNY]

With Froelich On The Way Out, Is Page Six Slipping Up? - Posted July 14, 2009
This morning, we were directed to a fairly standard item on the New York Post's Page Six gossip page about Condé Nast chief Si Newhouse. "Si Newhouse knows how to hold his liquor, according to Graydon Carter," Page Six said, referring to an article published Sunday in the British pub The Observer.... [FishBowlNY]

Observer Owner Kushner Laments The State Of The Media In NY Mag - Posted July 14, 2009
This week, New York magazine takes an in-depth look at New York Observer owner Jared Kushner and his relationship with his ex-con father, Charlie Kushner. Although the profile sticks mainly to the father and son's stories, it comes at an interesting time for the salmon-colored broadsheet, which recently lost long-time editor... [FishBowlNY]

New NYMag.com Feature Product Of New Media Deals - Posted June 12, 2009
At last week's Mediabistro Circus, Magnify.net CEO Steve Rosenbaum and NYMag.com GM Michael Silberman discussed the kind of multi-platform deals that media companies are seeking out in order to be competitive. In today's digital world, many of these deals involve new media concepts like video integration. Now you can check out... [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]

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]

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]

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