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Good Riddance To The Mainstream Media? Not Quite Yet - Posted October 28, 2009
The New York Times' David Carr stole the show at last night's Intelligence Squared debate on the merits of the mainstream media, when he pulled out a print out of fellow debater Michael Wolff's Web site Newser all full of holes. Carr had cut out every story on Newser that came... [FishBowlNY]

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 starts out with some pretty pitiful statistics: "At this moment, there are more females serving on the United States Supreme Court than there are writing for "Late Show with David Letterman," "The Jay Leno Show," and "The Tonight... [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]

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]

Vanity Fair, GQ Latest Casualties Of Condé 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 Condé Nast bloodletting. Hey, if Anna Wintour has to do it, so does Graydon Carter. Except, according to Keith Kelly, Graydon didn't even stick around for the bloodbath, instead... [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 best cover of the year contest in 10 categories. The overall winner this year was Rolling Stone, which also won for the Best Obama cover category. Other category winners included... [FishBowlNY]

What's Left At Condé Nast? - Posted October 8, 2009
Condé Nast is one of the largest magazine publishers in the U.S., and the news earlier this week that it was shuttering four titles really didn't change that. Condé still has 18 consumer magazine titles, plus two trades -- WWD and Footwear News -- under its Fairchild Publications arm. But the... [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 Fulenwider. Fulenwider, who will start in her new role on October 13, previously worked at Vanity Fair as contributing project editor, Fanfair editor and then senior articles editor. Before joining Vanity Fair, she had worked as senior editor at... [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: Al Roker spotted veteran CBS Washington correspondent Phil Jones in the crowd outside the "Today Show" this morning. Jones and his wife were holding a sign announcing their 40-something son's engagement. Joked Roker, "Too bad there isn't a morning show on CBS that you could've announced that on." Nieman Lab: Journalism... [FishBowlNY]

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's death, we thought it only right to pay tribute to him here. Dunne's Vanity Fair column, which focused on the glamorous and seedy... [FishBowlNY]

Mourning The Loss Of Condé 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 examine the changes McKinsey & Co. hath wrought at Condé Nast. After interviewing anonymous sources on the edit and business side of the company, as well as editors like Glamour's Cindi Leive and The New... [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 University to discuss the challenges of the industry. WWD: Preliminary newsstand sales numbers are in for the first half of 2009 -- and they're not good. Just take a look at these women's magazines numbers: In Style's single copy sales dropped 20 percent decline while Vogue... [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," features a 1989 Annie Leibowitz photo, while Farrah Fawcett's "Fallen Angel" cover shows the model and actress in her... [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 Thomas Kaplan is going to watch 32 hours of cable news over four days next week. Torture? Or actual work? WWD: O The Oprah Magazine is getting a new look along with it's new editor-in-chief. Design director Kerry Robertson has departed the magazine and will be replaced --... [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 Peter Jennings world -- so we don't have any... [FishBowlNY]

A Good Pre-Weekend Read: WWD's Michael Wolff Profile - Posted July 2, 2009
Today, WWD takes a look at author, Vanity Fair columnist, media critic and all around character Michael Wolff, his Newser.com aggregator that houses his blog and his recent affair that was splashed all over Page Six. Journalists typically don't like to talk about themselves, so when a good profile of a media... [FishBowlNY]

ABC News' Rick Klein Checks In To The Menu - Posted July 1, 2009
ABC News senior political reporter Rick Klein joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu today, talking about the week's big political headlines with GalleyCat's Jason Boog and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven. Today's political topics included Al Franken's new Senate seat and the new Vanity Fair profile of former VP candidate Sarah Palin. You can... [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]

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. Beckman has brought on former Men's Vogue publisher Marc Berger as publisher of trade pub Footwear News. Berger has replaced Jay Spaleta, who was named publisher of WWD in... [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, Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research (nominated twice for her work for the Huffington Post) and The New York Times' David Carr (who... [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 today. Kaplan, formerly the managing editor at Travel + Leisure Golf, will start work at the Conde Nast pub on June 1. The move is bringing Kaplan back to her roots: she started her career... [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, and author of "Medical Myths That Can Kill You," Dr. Nancy Snyderman will anchor an MSNBC midday show focusing on health issues starting next month. GalleyCat: HarperCollins' revenue was down 20 percent last quarter. MediaJobsDaily: Is Google good for journalism? Silicon Alley Insider: CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is... [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 hit back at the New York Post over their coverage of his alleged affair and marriage break-up, via a column in Vanity Fair. Should make for some good reading! In the meantime we bring you Wolff's column from today's... [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 profile on Arthur Sulzberger Jr. His letter in full below (via Romenesko): To the Editor Vanity Fair If you strip away the bombast, the recycled anecdotes and the mistakes an elementary fact-checking should have caught ("1300 reporters" is off by... [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 piece in the upcoming Vanity Fair on Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.? It's a good long one -- despite the fact Sulzberger refused to talk to... [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 piece in the upcoming Vanity Fair on Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr.? It's a good one -- despite the fact Sulzberger refused to talk to Cuban,... [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. Specifically, newspaper Web sites fail to integrate social media tools effectively. As a result, while 49 percent of those... [FishBowlNY]

Conde Nast Cuts Website Launches but Still Hopeful About Magazines! - Posted December 4, 2008
Conde Nast: Always looking to the future! Agency Spy is saying that a spy has told them that Conde Nast has decided to put all its website launches on hold for the time being. Maybe not all that surprising considering not that long ago they decided to downsize Portfolio...in... [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]

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, Associated Press states. VF editor Graydon Carter says this... [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 Huffington Post — it seems Brown never misses the chance to subtly point the differences. This Sunday Brown was a guest on Howie Kurtz's... [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% decline in ad pages in the third quarter as a result... [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) forthcoming book, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch. Judging from the excerpt the secret world involves, perhaps not surprisingly, a whole lot of family dysfunction, except that Rupe doesn't like... [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 is reporting that all the editors and... [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 posed naked and pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair? Those were the days. The cover of this month's W features Angelina Jolie breastfeeding. The "intimate" photos... [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") Maria Bartiromo. Of course, Wall Street bailout aside, what would a profile of a smart, attractive woman be if it didn't include a catfight?!As for their rivalry...The rumors, both women say, have... [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 that you don't like. Was it that whole Judy Miller thing? ... [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 Vanity Fair who will publish this year's round-up in its Sept. issue. Not surprisingly Michelle Obama and (VF cover-girl) Carla Bruni both made the top ten. ... [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:Heaven knows we've published our share of scandalous images, on the cover and otherwise. So we've been watching the kerfuffle over... [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 article on Bill Clinton. In the uproar that followed much of the Clinton camp's criticism centered around the fact that almost all... [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]

FBLA 20 Questions: Bruce Feirstein - Posted June 25, 2007
Bruce Feirstein, contributing editor, Vanity Fair and screenwriter answered our 20 questions without a moment's hesitation, unlike others with fewer accomplishments. Why? Because he's a lady. 1. What newspapers do you read? Dead Tree Editions: New York Times, L.A. Times, The Economist (which, you'll note, defines itself as a newspaper.)... [FishBowlLA]

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 Sunshine is doomed.... [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 buy a newspaper, but also giving the guy advice. Wolff tells one of the great man's aides on his way out:... [FishBowlNY]

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