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HuffPost Introduces Nominees For Game Changers In Media - Posted October 30, 2009
The Huffington Post has asked its readers to help pick the top 100 "game changers": people who are "using new media to reshape their fields and change the world." But as the site has revealed two new lists each week, we were surprised not to see founder Arianna Huffington on any... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic Becomes Latest Publication To Trumpet Digital Ad Sales Program - Posted October 26, 2009
It's a baffling recent development to receive daily press announcements from publishers that are "proudly introducing" a new digital ad structure or employee. We've seen the Meredith Corporation promote Andy Sareyan to "brand officer...in charge of online platforms", Josh Stinchcomb and Alice McKown take over Conde Nast's new online advertising structure,... [FishBowlNY]

Feminist Press Honors Huffington|Mother Jones Focuses On Climate Change|More On The Vanity Fair Layoffs|Latina's Special Mexico Issue Brings In Ads - Posted October 23, 2009
GalleyCat: Arianna Huffington was among the women honored by the Feminist Press at its 39th Annual Women Write the World Gala last night. BayNewser: Mother Jones is gathering a group of publications to work collectively to report on climate change. The group may eventually include Slate, Grist, The Atlantic, Wired, ProPublica and... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic Publisher Jay Lauf Talks Digital Content And "Airport Cred" On The Menu - Posted October 16, 2009
On this gloomy day in New York City, today's media-bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast was brightened by a very special guest, Jay Lauf, publisher of The Atlantic. Jay joined hosts Matt Van Hoven of AgencySpy and FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst (filling in for GalleyCat's Jason Boog) to discuss the 152-year-old magazine's decision... [FishBowlNY]

Jon Stewart Mocks CNN|LAT Mag Names New Editor|Star-Ledger Faces More Cuts|The Atlantic Names Brave Thinkers - Posted October 13, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cCNN Leaves It Therewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview TVNewser: Jon Stewart gave CNN some pretty harsh criticism last night on "The Daily Show," mocking the news net's anchors' favorite parting phrase, "Let's leave it there." FishbowlLA: LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine,... [FishBowlNY]

Atlantic Wire Launches With (Media) Star-Studded Fete - Posted September 23, 2009
All of the (op-ed) stars were out last night to celebrate the launch of Atlantic Wire, the opinion aggregating sister site to TheAtlantic.com. Writers for The Atlantic and TheAtlantic.com like Corby Kummer, Marc Ambinder, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Megan McArdle sipped champagne or checked out the incredible view from the balcony at... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Technology|CNBC Cancels Kneale|A Newspaper Bailout Bill?|Atlantic.com Blogger's Plea Could Save Magazine|Times Co. Corrects SEC Filing - Posted September 21, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy WebNewser: The Huffington Post launched its new technology section today. It's being edited by former Washington Post national reporter Jose Antonio Vargas. TVNewser: CNBC canceled former Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale's "CNBC Reports," but he'll still anchor the network's "Power Lunch." Toledo... [FishBowlNY]

Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches - Posted September 16, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media has launched a new stand alone site The Atlantic Wire, to aggregate some of the best opinions and debates on the Web. The Atlantic has long been a source for well-thought out opinions and discussions, and some of the voice from the magazine and its Web site, like columnist... [FishBowlNY]

Slate Founder Michael Kinsley To Lead New Digital Launch For Atlantic - Posted September 11, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media, which publishes The Atlantic, has brought on Slate founder Michael Kinsley as a media columnist and the editor of an upcoming digital property that will launch early next year. "As both an editor and a columnist, Michael has long been at the vanguard of publishing's digital transformation," said Atlantic... [FishBowlNY]

Slate Founder Michael Kinsley To Lead New Digital Launch For Atlantic - Posted September 11, 2009
Atlantic Media Company, which publishes The Atlantic, has brought on Slate founder Michael Kinsley as a media columnist and the editor of an upcoming digital property that will launch early next year. "As both an editor and a columnist, Michael has long been at the vanguard of publishingâ€™s digital transformation," said Atlantic... [FishBowlNY]

Runner's World Credits Web Site For Sub Increase|LA Weekly Writer Responds To Criticism|Ivanka To Wed Jared|Brill & Crovitz Discuss Journalism Online|Praise For Andrew Sullivan - Posted July 17, 2009
WebNewser: Runner's World's Web site drove an 89 percent increase magazine subscriptions during the first half of the year, compared to 2008. Overall, the magazine saw a 5 percent increase in subscriptions during the first six months of the year. FishbowlLA: LA Weekly writer Daniel Heimpel responds to a blogger's negative commentary... [FishBowlNY]

Arthur & Janet Explain NYT's $1B Debt In Memo To Staffers - Posted July 15, 2009
Yesterday, New York Times staffers received a memo in their e-mail inboxes from publisher Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson. The memo is the second in a promised series that will keep the Times's internal workings more transparent for its staff. In light of yesterday's announcement that the Times had sold classical... [FishBowlNY]

Before The Scandal, WaPo Publisher Weymouth Talked New Revenue Streams At Aspen Ideas Fest - Posted July 6, 2009
While we were immersed in the Personal Democracy Forum in New York last week, the Aspen Ideas Festival was underway out west. The conference, hosted by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic was chock full of media movers and shakers discussing weighty topics (that we love) like the future of journalism.... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Reminds World That Hirschorn Said It'd Be Dead By May - Posted June 25, 2009
New York Times Co. chairman Arthur Sulzberger and CEO Janet Robinson have put out a memo celebrating The New York Times' survival until June -- despite the grim predictions of The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn last year. "The month of May came and went and, contrary to the prediction of one writer, we... [FishBowlNY]

Economist Group Has A Good Year - Posted June 22, 2009
As other media companies struggle to survive, at least one seems to be doing very well: the Economist Group. Last week, The Atlantic compared The Economist to Time and Newsweek, pointing out that the Economist had seen "advertising revenues increase last year by double digits -- a remarkable 25 percent," while the... [FishBowlNY]

Matt Cooper Joins The Atlantic|Fox News' Father-Son Team|Jazz Times In Trouble|Glenn O'Brien Leaves Interview|Bonnier's Rapid Growth Surprising In Tough Times - Posted June 9, 2009
FishbowlDC: Former Portfolio staffer Matt Cooper recently got a new gig at The Atlantic but is maintaining his title as editor-at-large for TalkingPointsMemo.com. TVNewser: Peter Doocy, a recent grad and son of Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy, is joining Fox News. Folio: Jazz Times has ceased publication but may not be completely... [FishBowlNY]

Web Voters Award Sklar Two Mirror Award People's Choice Prizes - Posted May 21, 2009
Former Huffington Post contributor Rachel Sklar nabbed two People's Choice awards following online voting for Mirror Award nominees. 2009 marks the third year that Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has presented its Mirror Awards, which honor media reporters. The finalists were first announced last month and members of the... [FishBowlNY]

Dylan Ratigan Stays On NBC|ABC News Launches YouTube Channel|Amazon PItches Kindle To Students|Portfolio's Havens Finds A Home At The Atlantic|Gawker Advertises - Posted May 6, 2009
TVNewser: Dylan Ratigan will return to the air next month on MSNBC, anchoring the 9-11 am EST spot FishbowlDC: ABC News announced a YouTube channel, YouTube.com/ABCNEWS, which features breaking news and highlights from shows like "Good Morning America," and "World News with Charles Gibson," as well as ABC's "Quick Fix" webcast GalleyCat: Amazon... [FishBowlNY]

TheAtlantic.com Expands With Host of Correspondents - Posted May 5, 2009
The Atlantic's Web site -- faithfully chronicled by former FishbowlNYer Glynnis MacNicol -- is continuing to expand upon its impressive coverage. The site just announced a new slate of correspondents, covering everything from "energy and medicine to the arts and the economy." The section features dozen new voices, each of whom... [FishBowlNY]

Why I Followed Andrew Sullivan to the Financial District - Posted April 21, 2009
It's sort of fitting that my last FBNY post should be about The Atlantic dinner/conversation I attended earlier this evening, which featured Michael Hirschorn and Andrew Sullivan, since this post was actually my first foray into this whole blogging thing (and remains my top Google result). The talk — the... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic Talks to Rich People About the Economy - Posted March 4, 2009
And we mean that quite literally. The Atlantic threw some sort of Not State of the Union Address party last week and asked attendees their thoughts on the economy. Just to give you a sense we're told guests included: Andre Balazs, Marc Ecko, Frederik Fekkai, Gayle King, Joel Klein,... [FishBowlNY]

Newsweek to Overhaul Appearance, Focus Less on News - Posted February 9, 2009
The future is now! After years of speculation and talk about 'The Future of Magazines' it would seem we are living it, and it's not pleasant. Six months ago word that Newsweek was essentially going to give up chasing the news would have been shocking, now it merely seems... [FishBowlNY]

TheAtlantic.com Launches Business Channel - Posted January 22, 2009
TheAtlantic.com appears to be continuing its march to online dominance with the announcement that it has launched a business channel. Business.TheAtlantic.com, which went live today (Bank of America is the launch sponsor) will be edited by Megan McArdle and focus on business and economics featuring "original posts, dispatches, interviews and... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic Responds to The New York Times - Posted January 14, 2009
The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn responds to The New York Times response to his article 'The End' (on a side note: at this rate these two could keep us all in business until at least May):The analysis in my column was based on the New York Times Company's public statements. As Catherine... [FishBowlNY]

Let's Talk More About the End of The New York Times - Posted January 8, 2009
The likelihood that the New York Times is suddenly going to cease printing by May, even in this accelerated bad economy, are none, to less than none. However(!) that isn't going to stop everyone from talking about it endlessly — apparently it's the new 'web is killing print' and/or 'Google... [FishBowlNY]

All the News That's Fit to Imitate?* - Posted November 18, 2008
Apparently there is not enough news to go around. Twice already this week someone has brought to our attention similar articles being published in different papers by different writers. The first example comes to us from former fishbowlNY'er Neal Ungerleider who points out that both USA Today and... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic Redesigns Both Online and in Print - Posted October 8, 2008
The Atlantic, the 150 year old magazine that has managed to make itself relevant online, has a new look! The Atlantic's online relevance is, in our opinion, largely due to its line-up of stellar bloggers (our affinity for Andrew Sullivan is no secret, however, Marc Ambinder is also a staple... [FishBowlNY]

New York Times' Mike Nizza Moves to The Atlantic - Posted October 3, 2008
One of the major forces behind the New York Times' impressive reinvention of itself online is decamping to The Atlantic. Mike Nizza, who currently writes the blog The Lede for the Times and for the seven years prior to that was Web producer there, will, according to a memo picked... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic:October Issue - Posted September 7, 2007
The Atlantic celebrates October with a Values issue, complete with Bill Clinton on the cover. Inside, Jonathan Rauch finds out how Clinton is reinventing charity--and himself. Rauch writes: To Clinton, profit is necessary and entirely legitimate, a point he makes to anyone who will listen. "I think it's wrong to... [FishBowlLA]

The Atlantic: July/August Issue - Posted June 6, 2007
The Atlantic crosses the Pacific, for a China-themed issue. National correspondent James Fallows, who moved to Shanghai in 2006, has a cover story on China's riseas a manufacturing is good. Fallows writes: Here is an uncomfortable truth I'm waiting for some Chinese official to point out: The woman from the... [FishBowlLA]

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