Vanity Fair

Watch a Test Drive of the 'Netflix for Magazines' App Next Issue - Posted May 1, 2012
Next Issue, which has been described as "Netflix for magazines," is a partnership between five major magazine publishers that aims to make reading magazines on your tablet easier by bundling together digital subscriptions for titles like Va... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Memorializes Christopher Hitchens - Posted April 23, 2012
On Friday afternoon, Vanity Fair and a slew of guests gathered to celebrate the late and great Christopher Hitchens. According to WWD, a few of those in attendan... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Loses Vicky Ward to PR Firm - Posted April 4, 2012
Vicky Ward, the best-selling author and veteran Contributing Editor for Vanity Fair, is leaving her post for a job at the PR firm, MWW Group. Ward had been with ... [FishbowlNY]

Paul Goldberger Named Vanity Fair Contributing Editor - Posted April 2, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker Architecture Critic Paul Goldberger is joining Vanity Fair as a Contributing Editor. He will write about architecture and design for... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair's Nina Munk, Husband Buy Townhouse for $3.7 Million - Posted March 20, 2012
[Via StreetEasy] N... [FishbowlNY]

Promotions Abound at Vanity Fair - Posted March 8, 2012
Vanity Fair vice president and publisher Edward J. Menicheschi announced a number of sales-management promotions at the magazine. Amber ... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Tops March Fashion Monthlies - Posted February 22, 2012
Vanity Fair's annual "Hollywood Issue" was a big success this year, pushing it to the top of March fashion magazines, in terms of ad pages gained compared to last year. Vanity Fair posted 261 ad pages this y... [FishbowlNY]

GQ's Art Director Joins New York - Posted January 13, 2012
New York has named Thomas Alberty as its new Design Director. Alberty comes to New York from GQ, where he had been since 2004. WWD reports that Alberty was most recently the GQ's Art Director. Alberty succeeds ... [FishbowlNY]

Christopher Hitchens' Last Vanity Fair Piece: A Look at Dickens - Posted January 5, 2012
For his last piece in Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens shows his appreciation for Charles Dickens... [FishbowlNY]

In 2011 Mila Kunis Moved Magazines, Justin Bieber Did Not - Posted December 27, 2011
If you're into big names, WWD has a great roundup of the best (and worst) selling magazine covers featuring celebrities this year. While some celebrities made for an up and down impact -- Kim Kardashian... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair's Naked Lady Gaga Drawing Fetches $30,000 - Posted December 23, 2011
Remember that Lady Gaga Vanity Fair auction we told you about earlier this month? Well it's over, and the grand prize -- a draw... [FishbowlNY]

If You Work for Graydon Carter He Will Buy You Lunch - Posted December 21, 2011
Apparently Graydon Carter treats his assistants quite well. The New York Post reports that he recently took several former attendants out to lu... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Adds Hollywood Blogger - Posted December 20, 2011
Vanity Fair has named Julie Miller, formerly a Movieline contributor, as its new Hollywood Blogger, at VanityFair.com. At the site Mil... [FishbowlNY]

Your Dream to Own a Drawing of Lady Gaga Naked Can Come True - Posted December 13, 2011
(Via Vanity Fair) If you're a bit obsessive about your Lady Gaga fand... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted December 9, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. NFL Magazine's Inaugural Issue Catches Tebow Fever, December 5 ... [FishbowlLA]

New York Times Style Magazine Vet Departs for Vanity Fair - Posted December 8, 2011
Judith Puckett-Rinella, the New York Times Style Magazine Senior Photographer Editor since 2005, is leaving in January to join Vanity Fair as its new Photography Director. Puckett-Rinlla is succeeding Susan White, who is now working at Trunk Archive, a photo licensing agency. "Judith has the right combination of experience in photojournalism and... [FishbowlNY]

Lady Gaga Graces Cover of Latest Vanity Fair - Posted December 2, 2011
Anyone sick of Lady Gaga yet? Yes? Well, too bad. She's not going anywhere. Her latest stop is on the cover of the January Vanity Fair, and inside the magazine she talks about a variety of things. ... [FishbowlNY]

Adweek Unveils Annual Hot List Next Week; CBS and MTV Early Winners - Posted December 2, 2011
New York-based Adweek has named the finalists for this year's Hot List. For the first time, the list expands from best in magazines to include television, print, and digital banners. The winners will be revealed next week, but FishbowlNY has learned exclusively about several of the honorees. CBS h... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Publishes Special Hollywood Scandal Issue - Posted November 16, 2011
Everyone loves reading about scandals and gossip, so to satisfy that hunger, Vanity Fair has published "The Best of Vanity Fair: Hollywood Scandal, Sex, and Obsession," a special issue available today, for $10.99. Inside readers will find classi... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Names Paul Mazursky Online Film Critic - Posted November 11, 2011
Paul Mazursky, a veteran director and actor, has been named VanityFair.com's new Film Critic. Mazursky has been nominated for an Academy Award five times, four for his screenpl... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair December Cover Scarlet Johansson Has Wide-Ranging Interview - Posted November 1, 2011
Scarlet Johansson is the Vanity Fair's December cover. The actress spoke to contributing editor Peter Biskind about her recent nude photo scandal, and her relationships with men such as Ryan Reynolds, Woody Allen and Sean P... [FishbowlNY]

Johnny Depp Apologizes for Vanity Fair Comment - Posted October 5, 2011
Well, that was fast. Less than 24 hours after an excerpt of his Vanity Fair was published online, actor ... [FishbowlLA]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted September 16, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. October Issue of Playboy Price is 60 Cents, September 13 ... [FishbowlNY]

New York's Design Director Moves to Vanity Fair - Posted September 14, 2011
Chris Dixon, the man responsible for the wonderful look of New York magazine, is moving on to Vanity Fair. Dixon has been with New York since 2004, and almost instantly brought the magazine recognition for the changes he implemented. At... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: 'Vanity Fair's List; the 'Rookie' Launch; Rev. Al Sharpton, and More - Posted September 1, 2011
As predicted by The OutCast Agency's TJ Snyder, the Vanity Fair annual ... [PRNewser]

Vanity Fair Releases its Annual New Establishment List - Posted September 1, 2011
Vanity Fair has an updated New Establishment list debuting in today's October issue, so we thought we'd share some of it with you. Once again, Mark Zuckerberg grabs the top spot in a gathering of 50 "buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneu... [FishbowlNY]

New York Loses Senior Web Editor to Vanity Fair - Posted August 17, 2011
Chris Rovzar, the Senior Editor of New York's fantastic Daily Intel blog, is leaving for Vanity Fair. WWD reports that Rovzar wi... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted August 12, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. Fred Imus, Brother of Don Imus, Dies at 69, August 8 ... [FishbowlNY]

Cond Nast Sued for $10 Million Over Vanity Fair Piece - Posted August 9, 2011
Cond Nast is being sued for $10 million by Marianne Nestor-Cassini, a "secret wife" that is written about in a Vanity Fair story on designer Oleg Cassini. ... [FishbowlNY]

September Vanity Fair Features Jennifer Lopez - Posted August 2, 2011
The September issue of Vanity Fair features Jennifer Lopez (or is it J. Lo still? Or maybe Jenny from the block? We can't keep up) on the cover and her fist interview since divorcing Marc Anthony. Lopez talks to Contributing Editor ... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Launches New E-Book on Rupert Murdoch - Posted July 29, 2011
Everything Rupert Murdoch is in vogue right now. Profiles in magazines, TV talking heads examining his health, Rupert Bobblehead Night - if you've got something about News Corp.... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Launches New E-Book on Rupert Murdoch - Posted July 29, 2011
Everything Rupert Murdoch is in vogue right now. Profiles in magazines, TV talking heads examining his health, Rupert Bobblehead Night - if you've got something about News Corp.... [FishbowlLA]

Revolving Door: 'LA Times' Cuts, New Outlets, and Journos on Google+ - Posted July 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25006" align="alignleft" width="317" caption="Wintour, Stoudemire, and 'Vogue' editor Hamish Bowles during spring Fashion Week 2010. Photo: Getty Images"][/caption] Bad news to report from the West Coast: ... [PRNewser]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted July 8, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. Gwyneth Paltrow Goes Topless for Vanity Fair, July 1 ... [FishbowlNY]

Help Vanity Fair Find a New Hairdo for Trump - Posted July 7, 2011
Vanity Fair proposed a unique question to its iPad users in its July issue: Could you style Donald Trump's hair? Inside the issue users found an illustration of Trump, along with several tools to paint a new 'do onto Trump's head. Now, Vanity Fair's blog has posted the 10 fi... [FishbowlNY]

Justin Bieber Vanity Fair: On Pace to be Worst-Selling Issue in 12 Years - Posted July 5, 2011
Apparently Vanity Fair readers are not Beliebers. When we learned back in December that the magazine was going to put Justin Bieber on the cover, we were curious to know what i... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: A New Food Magazine, Changes at 'Bridal Guide,' and More - Posted June 16, 2011
For those looking for another food outlet to pitch, news this morning is that famed pork chef David Chang, he of the delicious Momofuku restaurants, is launching a new quarterly magazine called Lucky Peach on June 22. Big names like ... [PRNewser]

Michael Hogan Leaves Vanity Fair for AOL - Posted June 13, 2011
Michael Hogan, who has been with Vanity Fair since 1998, is leaving the magazine to become the new Editor-in-Chief of Moviefone and AOL TV. Hogan will also be the Executive Features Editor of AOL Huffington Post Media Group. Hogan was most recently Executive Digital Editor for ... [FishbowlNY]

Latest Vanity Fair Cover Features Prince William and Kate Middleton - Posted May 31, 2011
This is the cover of the July Vanity Fair, and as you can tell, it's all Prince William and Kate Middleton, all the time. The magazine hits newsstands nationally on June 7th, but here's ... [FishbowlNY]

National Magazine Awards Roundup: New York, National Geographic Among the Big Winners - Posted May 10, 2011
Last night's ASME National Magazine Awards had more than a few surprises. The evening began with a cocktail hour for a change, where FishbowlNY had drinks with Graydon Carter, ... [FishbowlNY]

Academy Awards Boost Magazine Website Traffic - Posted May 2, 2011
Thanks to Anne Hathaway being arguably the most boring person on the planet and James Franco being (shockingly!) not as smart as the media would like him to be, the Academy Awards were largely unwatchable this year. However, according to... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Leads The 'Balders' Movement - Posted April 28, 2011
Some say it's too easy to make fun of Donald Trump's hair. We say it's too fun. Apparently Vanity Fair feels the same way as us, because it's leading the Balders movement, a push to have Trump verify that his hair i... [FishbowlLA]

Vanity Fair Leads The 'Balders' Movement - Posted April 28, 2011
UPDATE: According to Andy Borowitz, the "balders" idea is his, as he posted about it on his blog before Vanity Fair wrote about it. Just so you know. Some say it's too easy to make fun of ... [FishbowlNY]

Graydon Carter: Nicer Than Tina Brown - Posted April 28, 2011
Bob Colacello, a Vanity Fair contributor, got somewhat gossipy with Daily Intel last night at a party for the Tribeca Film Festival (our invite must have been lost... [FishbowlNY]

Cond Nast to Raise Prices of iPad GQ and Vanity Fair - Posted March 4, 2011
In an effort to push consumers toward eventually purchasing subscriptions rather than single issues of its iPad magazines, Cond Nast is going to raise the price of GQ and Vanity Fair in the next few weeks. Peter Kafka says that GQ will go from $2.99 to $4.99... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Gets Jack Dorsey Talking - Posted March 3, 2011
In the April issue of Vanity Fair, David Kirkpatrick shares a rarity: an in-depth look at ... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Profiles Mel Gibson - Posted February 23, 2011
In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Peter Biskind takes a look at the tumu... [FishbowlNY]

Justin Bieber Hurting Magazine Sales - Posted February 18, 2011
Adweek is reporting a curious trend: When magazines feature Justin Bieber on their covers, that issue doesn't sell well. When People had the teen sensation on its cover last Spring it sold few copies, and now Vanity Fair i... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Names James Cameron as Hollywood's Biggest Earner - Posted February 2, 2011
The March "Hollywood Issue" for Vanity Fair contains a number of interesting things, including a piece about how it might be more trendy to be fat than buff (we said in... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Readers Prefer Women - Posted January 31, 2011
When it comes to buying Vanity Fair, it's all women, all the time, according to a MIN online report. The magazine's best-selling issues from 2010 all featured women on the cover, with August 2010 (featuring a profile of Angelina ... [FishbowlNY]

Mary Connelly Promoted at Vanity Fair - Posted January 6, 2011
Stop looking into Justin's eyes. Just stop it for one second! We have some news: Vice President and Publisher Edward Menicheschi has promoted Mary Connelly... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Probes Julian Assange - Posted January 6, 2011
Sarah Ellison, former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has a sprawling, in-depth look at Julian Assange and his relationship with The Guardian... [FishbowlNY]

Sales for iPad Magazines Fall - Posted December 29, 2010
John Koblin of WWD has a report today that iPad magazines from popular titles like GQ, Wired, Glamour, and Vanity Fair are hitting a rough ... [FishbowlNY]

Kate Reardon Leaving Vanity Fair To Return Overseas - Posted December 20, 2010
After 11 years as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, ... [FishbowlLA]

Justin Bieber to Appear on the Cover of Vanity Fair - Posted December 15, 2010
OMG and IDK and LOL and all of that. Just thought we'd get that out of the way since we're about to talk about Justin Bieber. According to Fashionista, the pop star is going to grace the cover of Vanity Fair in either February or March of... [FishbowlNY]

Cond Nast Taps Adobe Digital Publishing Suite - Posted October 25, 2010
Publishing giant Cond Nast will debut digital replica editions across its portfolio of magazine brands using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

iPad vs. Newsstand Sales for Six Magazines - Posted October 22, 2010
AdAge.com examined the iPad ap... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cond Nast Reveals Five Best Practices for Advertisers Eyeing iPad Magazine Apps - Posted October 13, 2010
Cond Nast conducted more than 100 hours of one-on-one interviews with users of its GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and Glamour iPad apps, along with more than 5,000 in-app surveys, to determine ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cond Nast Editors Get Opportunity to Win Sales Prize - Posted September 28, 2010
Cond Nast editors have earned a new opportunity to grab a company award, as the magazine publisher has decided to reward its editors for thinking up a great business idea. Now, the publisher or editor that thinks of the best idea will get credits for tr... [MediaJobsDaily]

Conde Nast's First iPhone App Teams Up with Loreal - Posted February 4, 2010
It took this long for Si Newhouse to come up with an iPhone application for one of his Conde Nast titles? (edit: Conde has 10 other apps out for various other magazines, but this will be the first for Vanity Fair.) Well, no one is going to accuse the media titan... [FishbowlNY]

Eater Founder, Vanity Fair Blogger Make Post's Eligible Bachelor List - Posted January 26, 2010
We were surprised to see two members of the media rounding out today's New York Post's list of the twelve most eligible bachelors in New York.... [FishbowlNY]

Couric And The duPont|Guardian Sheds Staff|Sklar Not Leaving|Oprah Bio|Kentucky Creation Museum - Posted January 22, 2010
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c... [FishbowlNY]

Annie Leibovitz Unloads Debt With Tiger Woods Pic - Posted January 5, 2010
Yesterday we made mention of Vanity Fair's shirtless Tiger Woods cover, with the photo taken by famed VF photographer ... [FishbowlNY]

Sexy Tiger Photos Grace Vanity Fair Cover - Posted January 4, 2010
In a preview of their February cover issue, it looks like Vanity Fair has exclusive pics that will drive every tabloid mag crazy: topless photos of a sinewy Tiger Woods -- taken pre-scandal by ... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY's 2009 Lists: In Memoriam - Posted December 28, 2009
Our favorite part of any award show is the memorial montage commemorating the lives of all those who passed away in the past year. While this year's headlines were populated by the tragic deaths of celebrities and other bold-faced names -- from Michael Jackson and ... [FishbowlNY]

New Magazine Pays Homage To Old Magazines - Posted November 16, 2009
Vintage magazine hopes to inspire readers to remember a time when high fashion wasn't about cutting corners. Inspired by the short-lived Flair magazine (founded by ... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Embraces Blog Culture - Posted November 13, 2009
With the Internet soundly kicking print magazines' asses lately, how can publications win back some of their online audiences? That seems to be the question on every publisher's mind, none more so than S.I. Newhouse, who has spent a great chunk of change hiring staffers to develop... [FishbowlNY]

Good Riddance To The Mainstream Media? Not Quite Yet - Posted October 28, 2009
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Former Letterman Writer Reveals Late Night's Dirty Secret: No Women Writers - Posted October 27, 2009
Today's Vanity Fair article by former "Late Night with David Letterman" writer Nell Scovell star... [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
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On The Menu: Conde Nast Cuts, New CNN.com And The Ongoing Debate About The Future Of Print - Posted October 23, 2009
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Vanity Fair, GQ Latest Casualties Of Conde Nast Cuts - Posted October 23, 2009
Yesterday, the axe fell hard at Vanity Fair, which had already cut a handful of business-side staff last week as part of the Conde Nast... [FishbowlNY]

Rolling Stone's Obama Cover Wins ASME Prize - Posted October 14, 2009
Today we're at the Magazine Publishers of America's Magazine Innovation Summit, where ASME President David Willey just announced the winners of its ... [FishbowlNY]

What's Left At Conde Nast? - Posted October 8, 2009
Conde Nast is one of the largest magazine publishers in the U.S., and the news earlier this week th... [FishbowlNY]

Remembering Dominick Dunne - Posted September 29, 2009
In its November issue, Vanity Fair, where Dominick Dunne contributed countless articles since the mid-1980's, has ... [FishbowlNY]

Fulenwider Named Exec Editor Of Marie Claire - Posted September 23, 2009
Hearst Magazine's womens' magazine Marie Claire has named a new executive editor, Anne ... [FishbowlNY]

Roker Spots CBS Correspondent In "Today" Crowd|Journalism Online Reveals Business Plan|Bloomberg Vies For BusinessWeek|Vibe Editor Smith Finds New Gig|Graydon Carter Avoids McKinsey Meetings - Posted September 10, 2009
TVNewser: ... [FishbowlNY]

On The Menu: Mourning Dominick Dunne And VH1 Reality Content - Posted August 27, 2009
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Vanity Fair Columnist, Prolific Author Dominick Dunne Dies - Posted August 26, 2009
Sadly, news that journalist and author Dominick Dunne had died last night has been eclipsed by the story of Sen. Edward Kennedy's passing. However, having just learned of Dunne... [FishbowlNY]

Mourning The Loss Of Conde Nast's "Gilded Age" - Posted August 12, 2009
The New York Observer's John Koblin has gone deep within the depths of 4 Times Square to ... [FishbowlNY]

Media Rivals Meet|Preliminary Mag Newsstand Sales Numbers Roll In|Another Look At Olbermann-O'Reilly Truce|Dan Rather Calls For Pres Commission On Media - Posted August 10, 2009
TVNewser: Media rivals met at Columbia Un... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair's Two September Covers - Posted August 3, 2009
To commemorate the passing of two American icons on the same day last month, Vanity Fair is producing two covers for its September issue. The Michael Jackson cover, with the title "Fallen King,"... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Intern Prepares To Watch Nonstop Cable TV|O Gets A New Design Director|Carr Leaves Greenspun|Ad Agencies Can See The Bottom Nearing - Posted July 24, 2009
TVNewser: Vanity Fair intern ... [FishbowlNY]

Cronkite Tells It Like It Is - Posted July 22, 2009
Since learning of the death of broadcasting legend Walter Cronkite last week, we have been trying to find the right way to pay tribute to him here. Unfortunately, Cronkite's heyday was a bit before our time -- we grew up in a ... [FishbowlNY]

A Good Pre-Weekend Read: WWD's Michael Wolff Profile - Posted July 2, 2009
Today, WWD takes a look at author, Van... [FishbowlNY]

ABC News' Rick Klein Checks In To The Menu - Posted July 1, 2009
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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, ... [FishbowlNY]

Ex Men's Vogue Publisher Finds A New Home At Conde Nast - Posted June 18, 2009
Three months after Richard Beckman took over as CEO of Conde Nast-owned Fairchild Fashion Group, he has made his first big hire. Beckma... [FishbowlNY]

New Magazine Launch: Jewish Online Mag Tablet - Posted June 10, 2009
In the midst of recent magazine closures and more layoffs, it's always heartening to see a new pub launch. And even online only content p... [FishbowlNY]

With Future Of Media Uncertain, Mirror Awards Honor Journalists Covering Media - Posted June 9, 2009
Today's Mirror Awards luncheon at the Harmonie Club uptown was swarmed by all manner of media types. Media critics who were nominated for Mirrors like Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff, ... [FishbowlNY]

Allure Names New Managing Editor - Posted May 27, 2009
Linda Wells, the editor-in-chief of beauty magazine Allure, named Felice Kaplan the title's new managing editor to... [FishbowlNY]

Journalists, Celebs Swarm DC For WHCD Weekend - Posted May 11, 2009
Nothing gets New Yorkers to jump on a bus faster than a party, especially a party where the guest of honor is the Barack Obama. For the second time this year, journalists and celebrities flocked to the Beltway to party it up with the prez--this time for the White House Correspondents'... [FishbowlNY]

Dr. Nancy Snyderman To Host MSNBC Show|HarperCollins' Revenue Declines|Google Could Save Journalism|CNBC Host Mad Over Kindle DX|Toby Young Hit By Car - Posted May 7, 2009
TVNewser: NBC News chief medical editor, an... [FishbowlNY]

Michael Wolff: 'What Do Men in Their Fifties and Sixties Know About Girls in Their Twenties? - Posted April 3, 2009
Yesterday Jeff Bercovici reported that Michael Wolff is set to h... [FishbowlNY]

Bill Keller Responds to Vanity Fair's 'Bombast' - Posted April 1, 2009
Bill Keller is not such a fan of Mark Bowden's Vanity Fair write-around ... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair on Arthur Sulzberger Jr: People Are Rooting for Him - Posted March 31, 2009
Speaking of The New York Times, which is pretty much all we've been doing these past few days, have you read Mark Bowden's ... [FishbowlNY]

Newspapers Failing Social Networking 101 - Posted March 31, 2009
According to a report from Gartner Inc., newspapers need to do much, much more to engage the social side of their readers if they hope to compete in the increasingly difficult marketplace. Specifica... [FishbowlNY]

Conde Nast Cuts Website Launches but Still Hopeful About Magazines! - Posted December 4, 2008
Conde Nast: Always looking to the future! Agency Spy ... [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 ... [FishbowlLA]

Vanity Fair Comes Back With A Smaller, Better Edited Party - Posted November 25, 2008
The Vanity Fair Oscar party, which loves to turn people away in droves, canceled last year because of the Writers' strike. But the see-and-be-seen soiree is set to return on Feb. 22 not at the usual place, Morten's, but rather at the Sunset Tower, ... [FishbowlLA]

Tina Brown on The Daily Beast: 'I Spend a Hell of a Lot of Time in My Pajamas' - Posted November 24, 2008
One sometimes wonders if Tina Brown's The Daily Beast would have had such an easy time defining itself if not for the sprawling presence of the ... [FishbowlNY]

Fashion Magazines Hit Hard by Economic Downturn - Posted November 14, 2008
We're starting to get a sense of how bad a hit the mag industry has taken this year. WWD is reporting that fashion and luxury titles have borne the brunt. The industry as a whole saw a 10% decl... [FishbowlNY]

Michael Wolff on Rupert Murdoch's Family Ties - Posted October 31, 2008
Vanity Fair is excerpting Michael Wolff's much talked-about (much criticized by Rupe, himself) fort... [FishbowlNY]

Conde Nast Cuts Five Percent of All Staff, Men's Vogue in Jeopardy - Posted October 30, 2008
The long slippery slope to demise that the print world has been on for the last year or so just got a whole lot steeper and slippier this week. Whoosh! Today's bit of bad news comes from Conde Nast. The Observer... [FishbowlNY]

W Cover Features Angelina Jolie Breastfeeding - Posted October 13, 2008
Remember way back in the early nineties, before the Internet and the end of capitalism, how the world almost ended because Demi Moore ... [FishbowlNY]

Maria Bartiromo in Vanity Fair: 'Living in a Fishbowl' - Posted September 29, 2008
Vanity Fair couldn't have asked for better timing with regards to their upcoming feature on CNBC's ("money honey") ... [FishbowlNY]

When Print is Just an Afterthought: Vanity Fair's Lance Armstrong Scoop Gets Scooped - Posted September 11, 2008
At some point we imagine that the magazine world is going to figure out how to do advertising so that prices reflect more accurately how much views, or traffic, or just all-around attention any given page, or post, or article is getting. At which point printed magazines will become the... [FishbowlNY]

Enough About the News, Let's Talk About Us — Why Don't You Like Us? - Posted August 7, 2008
Wow, so the New York Times seems to be doing its own peculiar impression of Woody Allen at his most neurotic. A recent reader's survey from the Times wants to know what it is exactly about them ... [FishbowlNY]

Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Something - Posted July 30, 2008
Probably before the Internet, and its pesky quota-filling bloggers, it was a lot easier to borrow magazine images without drawing a lot of attention. No longer! In the past few months it's been similar images of Barack Obama that have garnered the most attention. However, today we bring... [FishbowlNY]

VF's Best-Dressed: Political Wives All the Rage - Posted July 29, 2008
We had come to the conclusion that the Sartorialist had made "International Best Dressed Lists" obsolete. But apparently not so according to Vanit... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair's Selfless Act of Solidarity - Posted July 22, 2008
Well, if nothing else at least the folks at Vanity Fair have a sense of humor (or does this also count as liberal bias?). Per their Politics & Power blog:... [FishbowlNY]

Who Are You?: Adventures in Anonymous Sourcing - Posted July 16, 2008
You may remember the kerfuffle that took place last month (also know as ancient history in this election cycle) when Vanity Fair published Todd Purdum's long and not-so-flattering articl... [FishbowlNY]

Barry Diller: "Editorship Is Going To Emerge As the Real Value-Add" - Posted January 30, 2008
IAC chairman Barry Diller introduces Tina Brown at today's MPA/ASME awards Though we snuck in sometime between the salad and the sea bass at today's Magazine Lifetime Achievement Awards Luncheon at Manhattan's Gotham Hall, we still managed to squeeze in some QT with the F.O.T's* and the S.O.B's* at today's Magazine Publishers... [FishbowlNY]

Ain't No Little Miss Sunshine for Johnny Lopez - Posted January 31, 2007
Vanity Fair might want to rethink having the office boy write the Oscar blog. Julian Sancton tries to sell us the old canard that comedies can't win Best Picture, and then tosses most of those that have won aside, so he can make his point that Little Miss S... [FishbowlLA]

Michael Wolff Interviews Billionaire, Promised 'Consultations' - Posted January 9, 2007
Vanity Fair's media writer must have had flashbacks of his dot-com days. Michael Wolff finds himself not only in an "off-the-record" interview with a billionaire who would like to ... [FishbowlNY]