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Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.06.09
Changes Unfurl at Time Inc.; Shakeup at CNN
November 6, 2009 |
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Is Oprah Winfrey ready to leave CBS? Nikki Finke hears the Queen of All Media will end her syndication deal with CBS Corp. and move her daytime talk show to the Oprah Winfrey Network as soon as mid-2011. Insiders at CBS say negotiations are ongoing and The New York Times finds sources who think Winfrey might stay on broadcast television for the massive audience but move to another syndicate...
Time Inc. plans to cut 280 jobs in New York. Up to a dozen buyout packages are available at Time, while People seeks eight volunteers. Essence cuts 18 staffers, including "the entire Web team." The Lifestyle Group also takes a hit, with "dozens" gone from the Birmingham offices of Southern Progress and three let go from Real Simple in New York. Although Time Inc. said that it would not shutter any publications as part of its restructuring, Fortune Small Business was closed, and 11 employees were shown the door... Ellen Pollock and John Byrne, executive editors at BusinessWeek, will stay on despite the magazine's sale to Bloomberg LP. Managing editor Ciro Scotti will also remain, although Roger Neal, senior vice president and general manager of BusinessWeek.com, walks away. Jessica Sibley is the new publisher... Susan Plagemann, publisher of Marie Claire since 2004, jumps to the same position at Vogue. She replaces Tom Florio, who will now oversee the fashion bible along with Teen Vogue, Bon Appétit, and Condé Nast Traveler... Purpose Driven Connection, the collaboration between pastor Rick Warren and Reader's Digest, goes online-only after just four issues... Hachette promotes Dillon McDonald to CEO of the automotive group... Kyle Pope will be the next editor to try to survive at the New York Observer. The former Condé Nast Portfolio No. 2 will replace Tom McGeveran when he departs at the end of the year... At Guardian News, cuts come to the D.C. office... In an effort to attract readers, the San Francisco Chronicle goes glossy (although less so than initially anticipated). Newspaper brass hope the new paper will draw advertisers, as well. The paper's third quarter circulation dropped 26 percent from a year ago... CNN makes big changes as Mark Nelson, head of CNN Productions, leaves. Scott Matthews, previously in charge of live programming, takes over for Nelson in addition to heading the Investigative unit. More than a dozen new positions will be created in Soledad O'Brien's expanded In America franchise... Tucker Carlson hires Moira Bagley as an editor at his conservative news site, The Daily Caller... Sheila McClear scores a book deal for her memoir about working as a peep show dancer in Times Square... Kiersten Hollars leaves her job as head of PR for Digg.com to join AOL under her old Yahoo boss, Brad Garlinghouse... And there are changes at St. Martin's Press, HUGE, Inc., and more...
November 6, 2009: Ryan Lawler has been named NewTeeVee reporter at GigaOM.
He had been editor at Contentinople. (Silicon Alley Insider)
November 6, 2009: Mark Schone has been named managing editor for investigative site Blotter at ABCNews.com.
He had been executive news editor at Salon. (WebNewser)
November 6, 2009: Eric Sherling has been named producer at Good Morning America.
He had been executive producer of "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" at CNN. (TVNewser)
November 6, 2009: Christina Mamangakis has been named publicist at Scribner.
She had been publicist at Norton. (Publishers Lunch)
November 6, 2009: Kiersten Hollars has been named senior director of corporate communications at AOL.
She had been director of communications at Digg. (PRNewser)
November 6, 2009: Moira Bagley has been named editor at The Daily Caller.
She had been investigative reporter at NewMajority.com. (Politico)
November 6, 2009: Bart Feder has been named head of the "In America" franchise at CNN.
He had been senior vice president of current programming there. (TVNewser)
November 6, 2009: Scott Matthews has been named head of CNN Productions and Investigative unit at CNN.
He had been Atlanta-based head of live programming there. (TVNewser)
November 6, 2009: Kyle Pope has been named editor at New York Observer.
He had been former deputy editor at Condé Nast Portfolio. (NYO)
November 5, 2009: Dillon McDonald has been named chief executive officer of the Jumpstart Automotive Group at Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.
He had been chief operating officer there. (FBNY)
November 5, 2009: Carolyn Cramer has been named director of sales, Canada, at Tribal Fusion.
She had been national sales manager, Canada search division, at Yahoo. (release)
November 5, 2009: Karen Giangreco has been named publishing assistant at The Experiment.
She had been at DailyLit. (Publishers Lunch)
November 5, 2009: Dan Weiss has been named publisher-at-large at St. Martin's Press.
He had been publisher and packager at SparkNotes. (Publishers Lunch)
November 5, 2009: Peter Wolfgang has been named senior product strategist at HUGE, Inc.
He had been manager of product at Register.com. (mb)
November 5, 2009: Colleen Hughes has been named communications director at Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.
She had been communications director at Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute. (mb)
November 4, 2009: Eileen Conlan has been named editor, SheFinds.com at SheFinds Media.
She had been assistant editor at Marie Claire. (mb)
November 4, 2009: Susan Plagemann has been named vice president and publisher at Vogue.
She had been vice president and publisher at Marie Claire. (release)
November 4, 2009: Kurt Soller has been named assistant Web editor at Esquire.
He had been reporter at Newsweek. (mb)
November 4, 2009: Michele Wetherbee has been named creative director at Harper One.
She had been design director, public affairs at University of California at Berkeley. (Publishers Lunch)
November 4, 2009: Michael Bourret has been named head of the Los Angeles office at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.
He remains vice president there. (Publishers Lunch)
November 4, 2009: Ruwan Jayatilleke has been named senior vice president, development and planning, print, animation and digital media at Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
He had been senior vice president of strategic development, acquisitions and licensing there. (mb)
November 3, 2009: Michelle Koruda has been named advertising director at BlackBook Media.
She had been account director at Life&Style. (mb)
November 3, 2009: Denise Bennett has been named integrated sales marketing manager for Women@NBCU at NBC Universal.
She had been manager, integrated marketing at MTV. (mb)
November 3, 2009: Abigail Pesta has been named editor-at-large at Marie Claire.
She had been deputy editor there. (release)
November 3, 2009: Mary Catherine O'Connor has been named editor at Triple Pundit.
She remains principal at her own freelance business. (mb)
November 3, 2009: Brian Kroski has been named president and chief executive officer at Artinfo.
He had been general manager, online at Observer Media Group. (mb)
November 3, 2009: Elizabeth Chmurak has been named associate producer at CNN.
She had been associate producer, documentary series, at A&E. (mb)
November 3, 2009: John Rollins has been named regional advertising director at Uptown.
He had been group publisher at IMG Publications. (Reuters)
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