Time Inc.

Time Inc. Cuts Hit Entertainment Weekly - Posted 3 days, 22 hours ago
It didn't take long for the body count to start adding up at Time Inc. Hours after FSB folded, resulting in 11 layoffs, Entertainment Weekly reportedly started cutting staff -- letting at least 11 people go. Sources told Erin Carlson from The Business Insider that four editorial staffers and seven business-side... [FishBowlNY]

Time Warner Earnings: Growth From Networks Can't Offset Publishing Declines - Posted 4 days, 3 hours ago
As we wait to hear about layoffs coming out of Time Inc. today, we got a chance to look at the magazine publisher's parent Time Warner's third quarter earnings. The company reported a 5 percent decline in revenues compared to the third quarter of last year -- they dropped to $7.1 billion.... [FishBowlNY]

First on FBNY: Time Inc. Shutters Custom Pub Fortune Small Business - Posted 4 days, 4 hours ago
Although Time Inc. has said that it will not shutter any publications as part of the restructuring it is undergoing right now, FishbowlNY has learned exclusively that the magazine publisher has decided to close American Express-owned custom pub Fortune Small Business. A Time Inc. spokesperson confirmed that the magazine will no... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Layoffs: Sports Illustrated Hit First, More To Come - Posted 4 days, 6 hours ago
Layoff news started trickling out of Time Inc. last night: The New York Times reported that 15 to 20 sales and marketing staffers were laid off from Sports Illustrated. But, we expect many more cuts to be announced later today as the magazine publisher looks to trim $100 million from its... [FishBowlNY]

Comcast, GE Close To Deal On NBCU|WaPo Newsroom Fight|Time Inc.'s Vivek Shah Departs|Gannett's New Guidelines|Business Press Struggles|Jay Leno - Posted November 2, 2009
TVNewser: Comcast is coming close to closing its deal with General Electric over NBC Universal. An announcement might come as soon as this week. FishbowlDC: Rumble in the Washington Post newsroom: Henry Allen punched Manuel Roig-Franzia in the face last night. PaidContent: Time Inc.'s Vivek Shah is leaving the company after 15 years. Editor... [FishBowlNY]

An Inside Look At Time Inc.'s Assignment Detroit - Posted October 30, 2009
Earlier this week, we got a chance to chat with Steven Gray via Skype. Gray is a Time magazine correspondent based in Time Inc.'s new Detroit bureau, established earlier this year in a house in the Motor City. Gray is the only person living full time in the house, but many... [FishBowlNY]

This Week's Layoff News: Teen Vogue, Details and More - Posted October 28, 2009
While we await sad news of layoffs that is likely to come out of Forbes this week, Condé Nast continues to pare down its staff and there's more news on impending Time Inc. cuts and The New York Times buyouts. - Yesterday, we heard whispers of cuts among the editorial staff... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Staffers Next On The Chopping Block? - Posted October 27, 2009
Condé Nast. The New York Times. Forbes. By the end of the year, all of these media organizations will have cut their staffs to meet the challenging economic times facing the entire industry. These are just the realities of the fourth quarter, readers of the bottom line tell us. So, it was... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Staffers Next On The Chopping Block? - Posted October 27, 2009
Condé Nast. The New York Times. Forbes. By the end of the year, all of these media organizations will have cut their staffs to meet the challenging economic times facing the entire industry. These are just the realities of the fourth quarter, readers of the bottom line tell us. So, it was... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: Condé Nast Cuts, New CNN.com And The Ongoing Debate About The Future Of Print - Posted October 23, 2009
On this gloomy Friday in New York, after a particularly long week for the media world, host Matt Van Hoven, editor of AgencySpy, and special guest host TVNewser's Kevin Allocca welcomed FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst to the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu to wrap up the biggest news of the week. Of interest... [FishBowlNY]

Gawker, The Business Insider Join Forces - Posted October 22, 2009
This morning we noticed something strange: a Gawker post written by someone named The Business Insider. Some digging revealed the exact same post written by Nicholas Carlson, a former Gawker employee, on Business Insider's Silicon Alley Insider. Carlson confirmed to FishbowlNY that this article -- which cites an anonymous source claiming AOL... [FishBowlNY]

Gawker, The Business Insider Join Forces - Posted October 22, 2009
This morning we noticed something strange: a Gawker post written by someone named The Business Insider. Some digging revealed the exact same post written by Nicholas Carlson, a former Gawker employee, on Business Insider's Silicon Alley Insider. Carlson confirmed to FishbowlNY that this article -- which cites an anonymous source claiming AOL... [FishBowlNY]

Parade Names New Publisher - Posted October 19, 2009
Brett Wilson, senior vice president of advertising sales at USA TODAY, has been named publisher of Parade magazine. Wilson joins the largest circulation magazine in the U.S. with more than two decades of experience in publishing, including more than 20 years at Time Inc. where he held various positions including the post... [FishBowlNY]

Parade Names New Publisher - Posted October 19, 2009
Brett Wilson, senior vice president of advertising sales at USA TODAY, has been named publisher of Parade magazine. Wilson joins the largest circulation magazine in the U.S. with more than two decades of experience in publishing, including more than 20 years at Time Inc. where he held various positions including the post... [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]

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]

Is Ebony For Sale? - Posted September 28, 2009
Is Johnson Publishing, the owner of Ebony shopping around its flagship publication? That's the news coming out of Newsweek today. Citing "media and investments executives familiar with the developments," Johnnie L. Roberts reports that Linda Johnson Rice, chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing and daughter of its founder John H. Johnson,... [FishBowlNY]

Time, Fortune Put Detroit On The Cover - Posted September 24, 2009
As if buying a house in Detroit to house a bureau there wasn't enough, Time Inc. is featuring the Motor City on the upcoming issues of both Time and Fortune. Time Inc. Editor-in-Chief John Huey explained the move in his letter to readers, featured in both magazines: "Not all that long ago, Detroit... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Launches Assignment Detroit - Posted September 21, 2009
Our colleagues have a story today about Time Inc.'s newest initiative Assignment Detroit. According to the company, the project is year-long commitment to living in and reporting from the city of Detroit with reports from the Motor City appearing in various Time Inc. publications and Web sites, including Time magazine, Time.com, Fortune,... [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]

Fortune Recognizes Media Mavens On 50 Most Powerful Women List - Posted September 11, 2009
It's no surprise that some media movers and shakers made their way onto Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women List. Oprah Winfrey, who topped ForbesWoman's list of of the most influential women in the media earlier this summer, was the top media leader on Fortune's list as well. The Harpo chair ranked sixth... [FishBowlNY]

One Last Thought On Robert Novak|Newsday Rejects Ad Chastising Parent Co.|Time Inc. Buys Detroit Home|More Reaction To Reader's Digest Ch. 11 News|Is Anyone Profiting From Gawker's Threesome Video? - Posted August 18, 2009
FishbowlDC: One final thought about Robert Novak's death today: "There's no question if you walked out of here and I dropped dead, my obit would probably have [the Plame affair] in the lede." New York Times: Cablevision-owned Newsday has rejected an ad by the Tennis Channel chastising the cable provider for not... [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]

Former Time Inc. Staffer To Launch "My Little O" - Posted August 12, 2009
Our sister blog MediaJobsDaily has stifled a laugh to bring us news of a new local news network with a name that suggests something more than just local interest stories. The new online venture is the brainchild of former Time Inc. staffer Michael Locke, who was laid off by the media... [FishBowlNY]

Another Magazine Death: Time Inc.'s Southern Accents Shuttered - Posted August 6, 2009
Time Inc. announced today that the upcoming September/October issue of Southern Accents will be the magazine's last. Its Web site, SouthernAccents.com, will still operate, the company said. Time Inc. subsidiary Southern Progress Corp. purchased Southern Accents in 1985. The 32-year-old magazine was published six times a year. A rep for Southern Accents... [FishBowlNY]

Another Magazine Death: Time Inc.'s Southern Accents Shuttered - Posted August 6, 2009
Time Inc. announced today that the upcoming September/October issue of Southern Accents will be the magazine's last. Its Web site, SouthernAccents.com, will still operate, the company said. Time Inc. subsidiary Southern Progress Corp. purchased Southern Accents in 1985. The 32-year-old magazine was published six times a year. A rep for Southern Accents... [FishBowlNY]

Hachette's Parent: No Talks With Hearst Over Elle - Posted July 29, 2009
An incendiary story in today's New York Post has prompted Lagardère Active, the parent company of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., to issue a staunch denial. In today's "Media Ink" column, the Post's Keith Kelly said an unnamed source had told him Lagardère was in talks with Hearst Corp. about possibly taking... [FishBowlNY]

As Business Magazines Stuggle, Fortune Revamps - Posted July 16, 2009
Yes, business magazines are in trouble. This week there's been news of BusinessWeek going up for sale and Forbes.com's CEO stepping down. Now, The New York Post's Keith Kelly says Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey has turned his attention towards Fortune. Kelly reports that Huey has put together "a high-level SWAT team... [FishBowlNY]

AllYou.com Relaunches|Roker Ready To Set Alarm Hour Earlier|Murdoch To Buy Daily News?|Tips For Freelancers|Consumers May Be Willing To Pay For Web Videos - Posted July 14, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cRemembering Remembering Michael Jacksonwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJeff Goldblum WebNewser: Time Inc. has relaunched the companion Web site for All You magazine. With the recession in mind, the site now features a "Coupons and Deals" channel powered by Coupons.com and the "All You Daily... [FishBowlNY]

Two Magazines Lose Top Talent After Short Tenures - Posted July 2, 2009
This week, we learned of two top magazine staffers, one publisher and one editor-in-chief, leaving their posts after just a few months on the job. First came word that Susan Reed is leaving her spot as editor-in-chief at O, The Oprah Magazine after less than a year at the helm of the... [FishBowlNY]

TV Networks Rely On White Supremacist "Expert"|Daily News Cans Columnist|OK! Losing Major Money|Popular Science Augments Reality On Cover|Should Time Warner Dump Time Inc.? - Posted June 12, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: As part of their coverage of the Holocaust Museum shooting, television networks and other news organizations have turned to a well-documented white supremacist as an "expert." Gawker: The New York Daily News has laid off Sean Evans, one half... [FishBowlNY]

More Layoffs At Southern Progress? - Posted June 5, 2009
Here it is, a rainy Friday afternoon and more bad news about layoffs falls into our inbox. We almost don't want to report it, it's all so depressing. The Media of Birmingham is reporting that Time Inc. subsidiary Southern Progress, which publishes Southern Living, laid off five to seven staffers today. Publicists... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Hits Top 20 Online, CEO Doesn't Foresee Further Layoffs - Posted January 26, 2009
In an interview running over at MediaWeek Time Inc., chairman/CEO Ann Moore talks a bit about the "uncharted waters" the company finds itself in these days and whether employees should expect more layoffs.We're expecting 2009 to be a rough year. It's pretty gloomy in the first quarter. It's very hard to... [FishBowlNY]

Cottage Living Magazine and Website Shuttered - Posted November 19, 2008
The fallout from the sweeping Time Inc. layoffs continues with last night's announcement that the company intends to shutter four-year-old Cottage Living and close down its accompanying website CottageLiving.com. The November/December issue of the shelter magazine will be its last. In a statement that accompanied the news a Time... [FishBowlNY]

People Magazine To Cut LA Jobs - Posted November 10, 2008
Per LA Observed: Staffers at People's LA office are being asked to volunteer to be bought out before someone else makes the decision for them. Here's the letter the aptly named Larry Hackett sent his people at People: From: Hackett, Larry -- People Sent: Mon Nov 10 09:41:28 2008 Subject: Staff Memo As part of a... [FishBowlLA]

Hearst the Latest to Layoff Staffers Company-Wide - Posted November 6, 2008
Back to reality! After record-breaking sales of newspapers across the country due to Barack Obama's historic election we are back to talking about lay-offs. This time at Hearst. Folio: is reporting that Hearst has "Hearst has confirmed that layoffs have been made company-wide." No word yet on... [FishBowlNY]

People Magazine Scandal - Posted October 6, 2008
According to Page Six, staffers in People magazine's Los Angeles office are peeved that a former intern got a promotion because she's "dating high-ranking male editor." "The celebrity weekly's West Coast deputy bureau chief, Bryan Alexander, is said to be taking an extended vacation while his bosses figure out how to handle... [FishBowlLA]

Tiki To Today | Time Inc. | MTV | Libby | 24 | Westminster - Posted February 13, 2007
Time Inc.: Launching in-house video studio. [USA Today] Tiki: To Today. [NYT] NYT's David Sanger: Take stand at Libby trial. [E&P] MTV Memo: Staff cuts across five business units. [Mediaweek] ESPN's Latest Brand Extension: Books. [WSJ] Does 24: Encourage detainee torture? [CSM] Sneak Preview: Of ex-Wallpaper* founder Tyler Brule's Monocle.... [FishBowlNY]