Us Weekly

NYT's New Bay Area Blog|Playboy Cuts Rate Base|Us Weekly Officially Names Min's Successor|Condé Nast Traveler Pairs With Gilt Groupe - Posted October 21, 2009
BayNewser: The New York Times has launched a Bay Area blog to go along with its recently launched Bay Area section in its local print edition. Mediaweek: Playboy will cut is rate base starting in January from 2.6 million to 1.5 million. New York Post: Jann Wenner has made it official: Michael Steele,... [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]

Four Vie For 2009 Thurber Prize|FBDC Founding Editor Graff Takes Over Washingtonian|NYT Columnist Buys New Home|Us Weekly Thrives|Economist Sells Single Copies In U.K. - Posted August 13, 2009
GalleyCat: The organizers of the Thurber Prize for American Humor couldn't narrow their short list down to the usual three candidates -- so this year there are four authors competing for the $5,000 prize: Sloane Crosley, Ian Frazier, Don Lee and Laurie Notaro. FishbowlDC: FBDC's founding editor Garrett Graff has been named... [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]

Janice Min Set To Depart Us Weekly - Posted July 21, 2009
Janice Min, longtime editor of celeb magazine Us Weekly said yesterday that she will be leaving her post when her $2.5 million contract expires at the beginning of next month. Min told The New York Times she didn't know what she would do next, "But I'm 39 and I'd like to have... [FishBowlNY]

Newsweek Redesign Hasn't Paid Off Yet|Min Looking To Leave Us?|September Ad Page Numbers May Not Be So Bad|Cox Sells More Papers|It's Not Looking Good For Business Journalism - Posted July 20, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThreatDown - Uighurs & Donald H. Crosbywww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJeff Goldblum New York Observer: Newsweek's recent redesign has yet to improve newsstand sales. Sales for the first six weeks after May's revamp were flat compared to the previous 18 issues in 2009, and the... [FishBowlNY]

Bonnie Fuller Returns To Editor-In-Chief Spot at Celeb Web Site - Posted July 17, 2009
She once helped celebrity magazine Us Weekly become a must-read and guided American Media, which publishes Star. Then Bonnie Fuller left the world of magazines last year to launch her own company, Bonnie Fuller Media. But now she's put those plans on hold, returning to a role as editor-in-chief -- of... [FishBowlNY]

Mediaite Launches To Server-Crashing Traffic - Posted July 6, 2009
The hotly anticipated Mediaite.com, the media blog brainchild of consulting company Abrams Research, launched early this morning. The site, which has sections for TV, online and print media news and criticism in addition to columns from media heavy weights like former Us Weekly and Star editor-in-chief Bonnie Fuller and ex-Portfolio deputy... [FishBowlNY]

As Jon & Kate Head Toward Divorce, Is It Time To Back Off? - Posted June 23, 2009
After proclaiming that the "Jon & Kate + 8" marriage scandal was single-handedly helping to bring a dying media back to life, we thought it only fitting to add our voice to the cacophony of opinions making noise after last night's "J&K" episode revealed the couple's plans to divorce. While watching last... [FishBowlNY]

As Jon & Kate Head Toward Divorce, Is It Time To Back Off? - Posted June 23, 2009
After proclaiming that the "Jon & Kate + 8" marriage scandal was single-handedly helping to bring a dying media back to life, we thought it only fitting to add our voice to the cacophony of opinions making noise after last night's "J&K" episode revealed the couple's plans to divorce. While watching last... [FishBowlNY]

"Jon & Kate + 8" Scandal Helps Bring Life Back To Dying Media - Posted May 29, 2009
Confession: We were one of the 9.8 million viewers who tuned in to watch the season premiere of "Jon & Kate + 8" on TLC Monday night. Although we have long found control freak Kate Gosselin and henpecked husband Jon a bit difficult to watch, the train wreck of a... [FishBowlNY]

US Weekly Draws ASME Fire for Faux Cover - Posted April 17, 2009
Turns out that even though times are as desperate as they are in the magazine world, you still can't do whatever you want to make money. ASME has just slapped US Weekly on the wrist for violating the very rules they have set up, which are "designed to protect magazines'... [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]

Sarah Palin Meets the Press Whether She Wants to or Not - Posted September 8, 2008
So much Palin! We're going to do a round-up: She will meet the press! Looks like ABC's Charlie Gibson has landed the first interview with the Sarah Palin, to take place at the end of this week in Alaska. Perhaps he promised to be deferential? Speaking of the deferential thing.... [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]

Wenner is Keeping US to Himself - Posted July 23, 2008
After months of (sometimes confusing) rumors, the New York Post is reporting that Jann Wenner is no longer interested in selling US Weekly. Wenner was rumored to be offering up the celeb mag at a price of $750 million, with the idea that at some point the celebrity market was... [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]

FBLA Exclusive: Face of Us Weekly, Ken Baker, Leaves The Mag - Posted January 13, 2008
Ken Baker, the editorial director of Usmagazine.com, and quite possibly the most senior employee of Us Weekly (he's been there eight years -- longer than Janice Min) sent a surprising e-mail to friends. The e-mail: Friends, I've decided that Golden Globes weekend is a good time to join the Hollywood writers and go on... [FishBowlLA]

The Toll "Real News" Takes - Posted April 19, 2007
The folks at Us Weekly, OK!, Star and E! must be taking some long lunch breaks this week. Whenever "real" news strikes (read: tragedy that happens in the U.S. -- that Iraq stuff is so played out), the appetite for celebrity dish tends to go way, way down. How far down? Thirty-three... [FishBowlLA]

James Brown | Jared Kushner | Mr. Rogers Redux? | Ex-Us Weekly Ed Convicted - Posted December 29, 2006
James Brown: Last Apollo gig loud, proud. [NYT] Jared Kushner: NYO owner plans free paper for NJ. [NYP] Another: Mister Rogers? [NYP] Ex-Us Weekly Editor: Convicted on sex charge. [AP] Studio 60: NBC's Ishtar. [NYT]... [FishBowlNY]