People

Time Warner May Sell Off Magazines Eventually, Or Not - Posted September 28, 2009
Time Warner is completing its spin-off of AOL later this year, a deal that has led many to speculate that the media company might jettison its Time Inc. magazine division, from which its prestigious media name is derived. Adding to the speculation, last week Gordon Crawford, the managing director of... [FishBowlNY]

Parents Deputy Editor Hickey Returns To Ladies' Home Journal - Posted September 28, 2009
Mary C. Hickey, formerly the deputy editor of Meredith's Parents magazine, has returned to Ladies' Home Journal -- where she previously worked in the mid-90's -- to serve as deputy editor for the women's magazine also owned by Meredith. According to LHJ editor-in-chief Sally Lee, Hickey "will be overseeing the magazine's books... [FishBowlNY]

Former Cooking Light SVP Chris Allen Named Publisher Of Country Living - Posted September 11, 2009
Hearst Magazines today announced the appointment of Chris Allen as vice president/publisher of Country Living magazine -- America's bestselling shelter magazine on newsstands. Allen, formerly of Time Inc.'s Cooking Light, is replacing Steve Grune, who is making a move into Hearst's Integrated Media group. Allen previously worked for 17 years at Cooking Light,... [FishBowlNY]

Former Time Editor Jim Gaines: Did You Get the Memo? - Posted September 10, 2009
Jim Gaines is the editor-in-chief of FLYPmedia, the first true digital multimedia publication. Gaines was the former managing editor at People, Time and Life magazines, and also served as the corporate editor of Time Inc. An advocate of storytelling and the widespread use of technology and multimedia within publishing, Gaines blogs... [FishBowlNY]

FLYP's James Gaines Offers Old Media A New Way Of Thinking About Online Content - Posted August 13, 2009
Now it's time for something completely different. In the current era of searching for "what's next" for the media industry, James Gaines, a former managing editor at People, Time and Life magazines thinks he has found the answer in FLYP Media, an online, interactive publication that combines old fashioned journalism with... [FishBowlNY]

Jon Gosselin's Charm Makes Girls Drop Pants, Jobs - Posted July 23, 2009
Well, it's official. Jon Gosselin's love has driven the Star magazine reporter assigned to cover the "Jon & Kate + 8" star to quit her job over fears of a "conflict of interest." Star reported the news that senior reporter Kate Major had resigned this morning and Us Weekly tracked down... [FishBowlNY]

Us's Janie Min: "I don't think magazines are in my future." - Posted July 22, 2009
Yesterday, we learned that celebrity editor-in-chief Janice Min was stepping down from the top slot at Us Weekly. The question on everyone's mind is: what's next for Min? WWD scored an interview with Min and, although they couldn't get her to give a hint about whether she has a new gig... [FishBowlNY]

More Michael Jackson Tributes: Four Special EW Covers, A Hardcover Book And More - Posted July 1, 2009
Last night, thousands of Michael Jackson fans gathered at New York's legendary Apollo Theater to honor the pop stars life and work. But they aren't the only ones paying tribute to Jackson almost a week after his sudden death; more magazines are getting into the mix. Entertainment industry bible Entertainment Weekly is... [FishBowlNY]

Ladies' Home Journal Names Entertainment Director - Posted May 28, 2009
Ladies' Home Journal named a new entertainment director today: Susan Pocharski, a 20-year industry vet with experience wrangling celebrity interviews for magazines like People and Us. Pocharski most recently worked for Reader's Digest, booking their entertainment coverage. She also worked as a senior editor at People, where she produced the magazine's first... [FishBowlNY]

Ladies' Home Journal Names Entertainment Director - Posted May 28, 2009
Ladies' Home Journal named a new entertainment director today: Susan Pocharski, a 20-year industry vet with experience wrangling celebrity interviews for magazines like People and Us. Pocharski most recently worked for Reader's Digest, booking their entertainment coverage. She also worked as a senior editor at People, where she produced the magazine's first... [FishBowlNY]

People Disappears from Wal-Mart in Distribution Stand-Off - Posted February 4, 2009
One has to wonder at the logic of a magazine distribution standoff in the midst of a financial crisis that's threatening to sink the industry. Nonetheless (as threatened) Time Inc., American Media, and Bauer have pulled their magazines from Wal-Mart, the single biggest magazine retailer in the country, over a... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. in Price Hike Showdown With Burkle Company - Posted January 28, 2009
Unlike, say, Conde Nast — who amidst the outcry over the closure of Domino may be wishing very much they had invested in their web properties prior to "seeing the religion" as a result of the financial collapse — Time Inc., as we mentioned yesterday, is doing fairly well online. ... [FishBowlNY]

People in the Tank for 'Scary Smart' Brangelina? - Posted November 21, 2008
According to the New York Times People — one of the few magazines still doing well in this economy, by the way — agreed to give Angelina Jolie and family positive coverage (no using the term Brangelina!) as part of a package deal that included photos of her newborn twins and... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Looking For Buyout Volunteers Before Commencing Mandatory Layoffs - Posted November 10, 2008
We're beginning to get more details about where the 600 layoffs Time Inc. announced last month will land. Over at All Things D Peter Kafka is reporting that managing editors at Time, People, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money — all of which employ Newspaper Guild members — will send out... [FishBowlNY]

Todd and Sarah Palin Revisit People - Posted October 22, 2008
Sarah Palin is making a second appearance in People (they point do out that this is not the Sarah Palin of five weeks ago!) in what is turning out to be Sarah Palin Embraces the Media week! (Lately she's been speaking more frequently with the press and even has an... [FishBowlNY]

People: For All Your Pressing Political Questions - Posted September 11, 2008
Has People gone all political? Last week the magazine featured Sarah Palin on its cover, this week it's John McCain and family — perhaps post-Palin we are going to have to redefine what actually qualifies as a "celebrity" candidate. ... [FishBowlNY]

People: For All Your Pressing Political Questions - Posted September 11, 2008
Has People gone all political? Last week the magazine featured Sarah Palin on its cover, this week it's John McCain and family — perhaps post-Palin we are going to have to redefine what actually qualifies as a "celebrity" candidate. ... [FishBowlNY]

Magazine Sales Numbers Released for First Half of 2008 - Posted August 12, 2008
We're going to focus on the positive. The Audit Bureau of Circulation released their numbers yesterday for the first half of 2008 and In Style and People are doing fine (though the Brangelina cover may not be as big as they'd hoped numberswise, if numbers were actually what they were... [FishBowlNY]

People Covers the Golden Children - Posted August 4, 2008
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's three week old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline hits newsstands today. People paid upwards of $14 million to nab the first cover shots of the dynamic newborn duo, and the issue features "19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad... [FishBowlNY]

People Covers the Golden Children - Posted August 4, 2008
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's three week old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline hits newsstands today. People paid upwards of $14 million to nab the first cover shots of the dynamic newborn duo, and the issue features "19 pages of intimate family photos and the full interview with Brad... [FishBowlNY]

Unconfirmed: People Gets the Golden Children - Posted July 31, 2008
Looks like People has scored the right to pay between $10 and $15 million to publish pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. This news comes to us via Just Jared, and has yet to be confirmed (so, sort of similar to John... [FishBowlNY]

Unconfirmed: People Gets the Golden Children - Posted July 31, 2008
Looks like People has scored the right to pay between $10 and $15 million to publish pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. This news comes to us via Just Jared, and has yet to be confirmed (so, sort of similar to John... [FishBowlNY]

Celebrity Magazines: Some of US Are Struggling - Posted July 11, 2008
We know the saying goes "As GM goes, so goes the country" but considering our celebrity saturated climate maybe it would also be fair to say that as tabloids go, so goes the magazine industry. If that's the case than today's report that Us Weekly is having problems meeting its... [FishBowlNY]

HollyShorts Parties at Murano and We're There. Kinda. - Posted May 29, 2008
FBLA spies infiltrated the HollyShorts party at Murano last night and had this to report: start-up film makers are pretty rad. A host of former journalists (a few from E! and a couple from People were spotted by our spies) have gotten into the short film-making, and from all accounts their... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch: The British Are Coming — Tomorrow! - Posted March 19, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE We're still exhausted from hob nobbing with last week's overflow of A-listers, so we were almost glad things were a bit more subdued at 55th & Fifth today. It gave us a chance to catch up and chat with some our favorite regulars. Imagine my chagrin when I stopped... [FishBowlNY]

Most Thankless Job Ever? - Posted May 7, 2007
We weren't sure who had it worse, the marketing department at E! where the network is gearing up for the next season of the Paris Hilton reality show The Simple Life, or Elliot Mintz, Hilton's longtime publicist. Well, allow Mintz to clarify: He's got it much, much worse. Or did, anyway. Mintz... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset -- The Oscars Edition - Posted February 23, 2007
It's a cross between the Westminster Dog Show and your high school prom, but for whatever reason, we all go ga-ga over the Oscars. Here's a roundup of this week's Oscars coverage: The Envelope put out an Oscars preview issue that included too much Elizabeth Snead... which is to say any at... [FishBowlLA]