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Time Editor Tyrangiel To Lead Bloomberg's BusinessWeek - Posted 4 days, 15 hours ago
This morning, Bloomberg LP named Time magazine's deputy managing editor Josh Tyrangiel as the next editor of the recently acquired BusinessWeek. Tyrangiel, who was also the managing editor of Time.com, was instrumental in the recent relaunch of the Web site. He will be replacing Stephen Adler who announced that he was stepping... [FishBowlNY]

Will Twitter Be Time's Person Of The Year? - Posted November 13, 2009
Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravesnthal, Barbara Walters and Tom Colicchio. Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time Inc. Last night, Time magazine managing editor Richard Stengel hosted a distinguished panel of guests to debate the question that always surfaces around this time of year: who should be Time's... [FishBowlNY]

Time Magazine Salutes "Committee To Save Detroit" - Posted November 9, 2009
We may be in Obama's post-racial America, but Time magazine is still in the middle of a debate after their article photo on their pick of the eight most influential figures cleaning up Detroit, Mich. included no African-American men on their roster. "The Committee to Save Detroit," did include two African-American women,... [FishBowlNY]

Time Magazine Salutes "Committee To Save Detroit" - Posted November 9, 2009
We may be in Obama's post-racial America, but Time magazine is still in the middle of a debate after their article photo on their pick of the eight most influential figures cleaning up Detroit, Mich. included no African-American men on their roster. "The Committee to Save Detroit," did include two African-American women,... [FishBowlNY]

Former Time Inc. Exec On Recent Cuts: Positioning For A Better Future - Posted November 5, 2009
The expected cuts at Time Inc. started this week, with layoffs at Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly and, Essence and Essence.com. The company has shuttered FSB, resulting in more staff cuts, and is seeking volunteers for buyouts at People, Time and Fortune -- which could lose as many as 40 staffers. As Time... [FishBowlNY]

First on FBNY: Time Inc. Shutters Custom Pub Fortune Small Business - Posted November 4, 2009
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 November 4, 2009
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]

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]

Social Ad Summit Report: Wikipedia Founder On Helping Kidnapped Journos - Posted October 7, 2009
Don Draper may not have been in attendance, but Monday's panels on advertising and the Internet at the Social Ad Summit at the New World Stages certainly had its fair share of slick sellers. Did you know that one in three people working in new media are developing Facebook applications? That... [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]

Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel On The Menu: "One Or Two Brands Will Always Survive" - Posted September 14, 2009
It was a big show for a Monday morning on today's mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Time magazine's managing editor Richard Stengel joined hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven to talk about the media industry, Time and surviving the recession. Despite talk of the impending death of weekly... [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 publishing’s digital transformation," said Atlantic... [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]

Time: Jay Leno Is The Future Of TV - Posted September 3, 2009
If you can't wait for Jay Leno to change the face of primetime television when "The Jay Leno Show" debuts on September 14, Time magazine has you covered. This week's cover story is about the talk show host, his new show and the future of television and NBC. Leno is the future... [FishBowlNY]

ABC Report Shows Single-Copy Sales Continuing To Drop - Posted August 31, 2009
The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its important report for the first half of the year today, and the findings are not that surprising: total paid and verified circulation, single-copy sales and verified subscriptions are down overall. However, the ABC said total paid subscriptions were basically flat in the past year.... [FishBowlNY]

More Tributes To Sen. Kennedy - Posted August 26, 2009
As the day has progressed, many media outlets have announced plans to pay tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy. Here's some of what we're getting ready to see: Time magazine is planning a commemorative issue that will feature Kennedy on the cover with tributes inside from Joe Klein, Bob Shrum, Ted Sorensen and... [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]

Time's Luscombe Weighs In On Murdoch's Pay Wall Plans - Posted August 12, 2009
David Carr of The New York Times already had his say about Rupert Murdoch's plans charge for all his newspapers' and news channels' content on the Web. Now, Time magazine's Belinda Luscombe is weighing in as well. Like Carr, Luscombe is skeptical about Murdoch's intentions. "Internet experts say that almost everybody... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Luscombe Weighs In On Murdoch's Pay Wall Plans - Posted August 12, 2009
David Carr of The New York Times already had his say about Rupert Murdoch's plans charge for all his newspapers' and news channels' content on the Web. Now, Time magazine's Belinda Luscombe is weighing in as well. Like Carr, Luscombe is skeptical about Murdoch's intentions. "Internet experts say that almost everybody... [FishBowlNY]

NY Media Gather For Cronkite|Which Journos Were Called On At Last Night's Presser?|Tribune Seeks Millions For Bonuses|National Geographic Publishes Readers Photos|Everyone Trusts Jon Stewart - Posted July 23, 2009
TVNewser: Walter Cronkite's funeral was today, and here's a peek at some of the people in attendance. The crowd included Bob Schieffer, Les Moonves, Katie Couric, Connie Chung, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Brian Williams, Barbara Walters, Charlie Gibson, Tom Brokaw, Andy Rooney, Dan Rather and Meredith Vieira. FishbowlDC: A run-down of... [FishBowlNY]

Wrapping Up At The Personal Democracy Forum - Posted June 30, 2009
The past couple days have been filled with a flurry of panels and presentations about technology, politics and new media. There's been so much information flying around, its hard to sort through all the noise. That's why we were so pleasantly surprised by Kansas State University professor Michael Wesch's presentation at... [FishBowlNY]

Wrapping Up At The Personal Democracy Forum - Posted June 30, 2009
The past couple days have been filled with a flurry of panels and presentations about technology, politics and new media. There's been so much information flying around, its hard to sort through all the noise. That's why we were so pleasantly surprised by Kansas State University professor Michael Wesch's presentation at... [FishBowlNY]

Magazines Remembering Michael Hit Newsstands - Posted June 29, 2009
Forget Jon & Kate, Michael Jackson's death may be the latest event to help resuscitate the faltering magazine industry. After news of his death broke on Thursday afternoon, magazines rushed to honor the pop star. Today, Time magazine has a commemorative issue hitting newsstands. The issue features memories of Michael from a... [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]

The Atlantic Tries To Pin Down The Economist's Success In Dying Magazine World - Posted June 18, 2009
In the most recent Atlantic contributing editor Michael Hirschorn tackles why The Economist is thriving while newsweeklies like Time and Newsweek decline. It's a hot topic for discussion recently -- and even came up during the Columbia J-school business journalism panel we attended earlier this week. Hirschorn's take: "The writing in Time... [FishBowlNY]

The Atlantic Tries To Pin Down The Economist's Success In Dying Magazine World - Posted June 18, 2009
In the most recent Atlantic contributing editor Michael Hirschorn tackles why The Economist is thriving while newsweeklies like Time and Newsweek decline. It's a hot topic for discussion recently -- and even came up during the Columbia J-school business journalism panel we attended earlier this week. Hirschorn's take: "The writing in Time... [FishBowlNY]

NY Press Club Awards Recognize Times' David Barstow, BusinessWeek - Posted May 20, 2009
The New York Press Club yesterday announced the 62 winners of its 2009 Journalism Awards. BusinessWeek led the award count with seven wins, while The New York Times' David Barstow will accept the Gold Keyboard Award for excellence in investigative journalism at the June 15 ceremony. Barstow was awarded the Gold Keyboard... [FishBowlNY]

NY Press Club Awards Recognize Times' David Barstow, BusinessWeek - Posted May 20, 2009
The New York Press Club yesterday announced the 62 winners of its 2009 Journalism Awards. BusinessWeek led the award count with seven wins, while The New York Times' David Barstow will accept the Gold Keyboard Award for excellence in investigative journalism at the June 15 ceremony. Barstow was awarded the Gold Keyboard... [FishBowlNY]

New York Times Tops Technorati Attention Index - Posted May 15, 2009
Our colleagues over at BayNewser have Technorati's list of mainstream media Web sites that get the most hits from bloggers, which they have titled the "Attention Index." YouTube is number one on the list (although we agree with BayNewser that the classification of that site as "mainstream media" is a bit of... [FishBowlNY]

U.S. Government Quitting Print Media - Posted April 23, 2009
In a cost saving measure, the Department of Homeland Security told its employees to give up subscriptions to papers such as The New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as magazines including Time. But don't worry, our government won't be wandering around blindly without its news. Why? As the AP... [FishBowlNY]

Time Publisher Fries Steps Down - Posted March 22, 2009
More changes at Time Inc. The WSJ is reporting that Time publisher Donald Fries is stepping down from his post. No word on what motivated the move, though the Journal does note Time Inc. "is at a crossroads." According to the story "Mark Ford, president of Time Inc.'s newsmagazine group,... [FishBowlNY]

Arianna Huffington: 'The Most Upwardly Mobile Greek Since Icarus' - Posted March 19, 2009
Time has turned its attentive eye on Arianna Huffington this week and the view, which is very smart and worth the read, is not entirely rosy: "Open the site on any given day and you will be greeted with copy from the Associated Press, contributions from unpaid writers, stories whose legwork... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. To Let You Make Your Own Magazine - Posted March 18, 2009
We all remember a few years back when Time named 'You' the person of the year. Well, now it looks like Time Inc. is experimenting with something called 'Mine.' The AP is reporting that the company is experimenting with a customized magazine entitled 'Mine,' which will combine "reader-selected sections... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. To Let You Make Your Own Magazine - Posted March 18, 2009
We all remember a few years back when Time named 'You' the person of the year. Well, now it looks like Time Inc. is experimenting with something called 'Mine.' The AP is reporting that the company is experimenting with a customized magazine entitled 'Mine,' which will combine "reader-selected sections... [FishBowlNY]

Gleaming Your Job Cube - Posted March 13, 2009
According to a piece in this week's Time, jobs are the new assets. Should you be looking to bulk up on yours -- or hand them out! -- don't forget to check out our job page! We have plenty coming and going. ... [FishBowlNY]

Gleaming Your Job Cube - Posted March 13, 2009
According to a piece in this week's Time, jobs are the new assets. Should you be looking to bulk up on yours -- or hand them out! -- don't forget to check out our job page! We have plenty coming and going. ... [FishBowlNY]

Bill Keller Responds to Time's Cover Story: What About a Voluntary Pay Model? - Posted February 6, 2009
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has been doing the "Talk to the Newsroom" feature all week and it's made for some interesting reading. The other day he said that a "lively, deadly serious discussion continues within The Times about ways to get consumers to pay for what we... [FishBowlNY]

Time to Help Save Your Newspapers - Posted February 5, 2009
The newspaper crisis is no longer just an industry conversation for those of us who work in and follow the media. Time's new cover story 'How to Save Your Newspaper' is penned by former Time managing editor Walter Isaacson, who is arguing for paid-content of an iTunes-like variety —... [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 Names Michael Scherer White House Correspondent - Posted January 27, 2009
Time has named Michael Scherer its new White House correspondent. Scherer, who joined Time in December of 2007, covered the Romney campaign during the primaries before moving over to report on John McCain during the election season. He is a regular contributor Time's political blog Swampland and according to... [FishBowlNY]

Shots From Today's Daily Beast Inaugural Brunch - Posted January 18, 2009
The Daily Beast and Morning Joe crews jointly hosted a well-attended (though tricky to-get-to courtesy of a myriad of road blocks) brunch this morning at the Council on Foreign Relations building. While plenty of bold-faces mingled the room imbibing "Obamimosas" and quiche, the star of the hour had to be... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Post-Obama Election Issues Shatter Newsstand Records - Posted January 13, 2009
Time has announced that newsstand sales of newsstand sales for its commemorative election issue (dated November 17, 2008) and its 2008 Person of the Year issue (dated December 29, 2008) are hitting "record highs."Estimates of the election issue show record sales of 575,000 newsstand copies — nearly five times as many... [FishBowlNY]

Ana Marie Cox Joins Air America - Posted January 13, 2009
Ana Marie Cox has a new gig. The former Wonkette, Time and Radar contributor, online fundraiser, and current columnist for The Daily Beast can now add radio host to her resume. Air America has announced it has hired Cox as their D.C.-Based correspondent. According to the release Cox... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Continues to Save Print, Leap Tall Buildings, Etc. - Posted January 7, 2009
Maybe at the inauguration someone should give the man a cape. The sales numbers are in for various post-election magazine issues and perhaps not surprisingly they are good! According to the NYO The New Yorker's 'O' moon rising was the the second biggest in Remnick history and the... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Ignatius to Harvard Business Review - Posted January 6, 2009
We mentioned earlier that in announcing Adi Ignatius' departure from Time managing editor Rick Stengel had failed to say what the "other challenges" Ignatius was moving on to were exactly. Now we have the answer. The Harvard Business Review has told us that Ignatius has been named their new... [FishBowlNY]

Adi Ignatius Leaves Time - Posted January 6, 2009
Time managing editor Rick Stengel sent out a company-wide email yesterday to announce that deputy managing editor Adi Ignatius is leaving the company and "moving on to other challenges." Ignatius was previously responsible Time's international coverage before taking on the role of deputy managing editor. There is no mention... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Media Menu: December 17 - Posted December 17, 2008
Today on Morning Media Menu — our newly-launched audio podcast based around the mediabistro.com Morning Newsfeed and mediabistro.com blog network — Brian Stelter joins us to discuss Oprah's deal with HBO, Time's surprise Person of the Year pick, and a new way to sell Super Bowl ads. You can listen... [FishBowlNY]

Time Names Barack Obama 'Person of the Year' - Posted December 17, 2008
Color us shocked. Time has tapped President-elect Barack Obama as their 'Person of the Year.' You may recall back at the luncheon last month held to discuss the matter there was some talk that the U.S. economy or the American consumer should get the nod, but really, who are... [FishBowlNY]

Jay Carney Departs Time for Biden Post - Posted December 16, 2008
Is this the media equivalent of going through the looking glass? Jay Carney, Time's Washington bureau chief, contributor at Swampland, and regular guest on This Week (along with his wife Claire Shipman. Question: will she be allowed to cover the White House for ABC after his switch?) has announced... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Media Menu: December 12 - Posted December 12, 2008
Today on Morning Media Menu — our newly-launched audio podcast based around the mediabistro.com Morning Newsfeed and mediabistro.com blog network — it's Friday! Steve and I talk about Sean Hannity going solo, Time shuttering its Canadian edition, and what new things we learned this week (hint: bluh-GOY-uh-vich). Also(!) apparently... [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]

Ana Marie Cox Leaves Swampland - Posted December 8, 2008
Ana Marie Cox announced in a post on Friday that she is leaving the Time political blog Swampland.You may have noticed I haven't been around much lately. I'm popping my head in to let you know that will continue to be the case: Swampland is a mature news blog now and... [FishBowlNY]

I Want Media's 'Media Person of the Year' - Posted December 1, 2008
A the year draws to a close get prepared for the usual onslaught of lists! We all know Time's Person of the Year is a non-compete, but I Want Media, which has just launched its yearly Media Person of the Year poll may provide a slightly more open playing field.... [FishBowlNY]

Not Your Typical Power 40 From Details - Posted November 26, 2008
Details Power 40 list didn't have the cachet of a Vanity Fair, Time or Newsweek list. But with an anonymous Secret Service Agent, bailout czar Neel Kashkari and the Palin family leading the list, the mag makes it clear that they're doing their list their way. Yes, to keep up with the naysayers... [FishBowlLA]

Obama, Jon Hamm and Leo DiCaprio Are GQ Men of the Year - Posted November 18, 2008
GQ Magazine, always looking to one-up the newsweeklies because it as a rule doesn't break news, came out with its Man of the Year award. Oh sorry, they're calling them Men of the Year. Way to waffle, GQ. Of course, first up was Barack Obama. How could he not be man of... [FishBowlLA]

Does Rupert Murdoch Have an Obama-Shaped Hole in his Heart? - Posted November 17, 2008
Today's New York Times is speculating whether Rupert Murdoch has a soft spot for Barack Obama. Anyone who keeps up with the New York Post can't help but be aware that the Senator and now President-elect has rarely been subject to the infamous (and endlessly entertaining) lacerations of the Post's... [FishBowlNY]

Time Person of the Year Luncheon: Let's Talk About the Economy - Posted November 14, 2008
Obviously Barack Obama is the Person of the Year, for Time and probably anyone else for that matter. Who knows, considering the state of the country he is about to take over he may very well turn into the Person of the Century. At yesterday's Time Person of the... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Person of the Year Award - Posted November 13, 2008
So FBNY is off to the annual Time Person of the Year luncheon today, where a panel of distinguished guests including Elizabeth Edwards, Seth Meyers, Suze Orman, John Slattery (Roger Sterling!), and Brian Williams will discuss who most deserves to be named Person of the Year. I think we can... [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]

The Barack Obama Election Windfall Continues Online and in Print - Posted November 7, 2008
Turns out President-Elect Obama isn't just selling newspapers he's selling magazines and websites, too! The New York Post is reporting that Time and Newsweek, both of whom rushed election issues to the newsstands following Obama's win on Tuesday, are selling out in metropolitan markets and are in the process of... [FishBowlNY]

Covering President-Elect Barack Obama: The Newsweek Edition, So Nice They Used it Twice? - Posted November 5, 2008
Earlier today we posted a (juicy) excerpt from Newsweek's special election issue. On Brian Lehrer this morning Newsweek editor Jon Meacham said the team there had been chanting "Yes we can...get this issue closed by 9am!" Over at Mixed Media Jeff Bercovici points out that it appears Newsweek, unlike... [FishBowlNY]

Covering President-Elect Barack Obama: Time Rushes Out Commemorative Issue - Posted November 5, 2008
Get ready for a whole lot of face-time with President-Elect Barack Obama at your newsstand. Time is early out of the gate with a special commemorative issue that will hit stands Thursday — a full day early. The magazine apparently worked through the night in order and closed at... [FishBowlNY]

Vote for Time's Person of the Year - Posted October 29, 2008
The show must go on! They may be laying off and restructuring but apparently Time still has the ability to nominate the Person of the Year...with your help. Time managing editor Rick Stengel has posted this video on YouTube asking for your recommendations. Depending on the outcome of... [FishBowlNY]

Time.com Relaunches: Podcasts, Archives, Video, Oh My - Posted September 15, 2008
Frequent visitors to Time.com may already have noticed that the page looks a bit different this morning. That's because the magazine has officially relaunched their website today. FBNY stopped by the Time offices last week to get a quick preview of the site — did you know that Time's... [FishBowlNY]

John McCain Does Not Want to be Barack Obama's Mirror - Posted July 21, 2008
File this under another headline that prior to this election we might have attributed to The Onion. Drudge is reporting that the New York Times turned down an op-ed written by John McCain because it didn't "mirror" the one penned by Barack Obama last week. Obama's piece, which ran... [FishBowlNY]

Time Gives Neglected Candidates a Regular Column - Posted July 18, 2008
Time magazine has announced that it is launching a new weekly feature called "In Their Words" in which Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain will each write a column on a subject of the magazine's choosing.Two weeks ago, we presented dueling essays by the presidential candidates on the nature of... [FishBowlNY]

Vote for Time's Most Influential, and Please Let Nikki Finke Beat Perez Hilton - Posted April 4, 2008
Time has a poll--the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Go on, vote for Nikki Finke. We did. She's ahead of John McCain, Nicholas Sarkozy, and Vladimir Putin. Perez Hilton is at # 5, which is a sign of the end times. On the bright side, Nick Denton, at #204, beats Eliot... [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]

Time Inc., Essence Launch Internet Television - Posted August 20, 2007
While noone was looking, Essence and parent company Time Inc. pulled off a move that could have major ramifications down the line. Essence is launching an internet television division headed up by former MTV VP Lesley Pinckney and magazine vet Jen Doman. It appears their agenda is based around creating long... [FishBowlNY]

Rising Star Finalists - Posted February 6, 2007
After the jump, you'll find the finalists for FishbowlDC's Rising Star competition. Congrats to everyone for being nominated and making it into the 2nd round in our first "Rising Star" competition. The winners will accompany mediabistro.com and FishbowlDC to the National Press Foundation Dinner, with a seat next to a high-profile... [FishBowlDC]

Larry King Celebrated @ 50 | Katie 'Still Perky' @ 50 | Time Redesign Not Done | Jeanine Pirro's $1M Talk Show Deal - Posted January 10, 2007
Larry King: CNN preps 50-year-celebration. [Daily News] Time: Not done with design changes. [NYO] Katie Couric: Still 'perky' at 50. [NYO] NBC: Earns rare ratings victory with NFL playoffs. [City News Service via LAT] Jeanine Pirro: Signs $1 million deal to host her own talk show. [Daily Intel]... [FishBowlNY]