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]

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]

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]

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]

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]