The Business of Magazines

[8eight]

I actually think Vogue US and UK will combine forces...

 

[Benn98]

Sally Singer has been promoted to creative director of Vogue.

 

[Benn98]

The New York Times ‘Disinvited’ From Vanity Fair Oscar Party

It seems Vanity Fair isn't too pleased with a recent Times piece on the waning insider allure of the annual Oscars party.

By Kali Hays on February 22, 2019

A window in the The New York Times’ Oscars coverage just opened up because of Vanity Fair.

The magazine, which has thrown one of the marquee post-Oscars parties since the Nineties, is said to have “disinvited” the Times from covering the event. Choire Sicha, an editor on the Times’ Styles desk, tweeted about the snub, with the explanation from Vanity Fair being: “It feels like the Times has already run their coverage of the VF party this year.”

“I guess we did!” Sicha added, linking to a recent Times article titled: “It was the Hottest Oscar Night Party. What Happened?” No doubt this is the “coverage” Vanity Fair alluded to in barring the paper, which has run “inside” coverage and photos of the event for at least 15 years, according to its archive. But Sicha joked in another tweet that the paper will still cover the party “from the pavement” if it must.

A representative of Vanity Fair could not be immediately reached for comment. A spokeswoman for the Times confirmed that a reporter and a photographer were disinvited from the party, but declined to comment further.

The crux of the recent Times story is that the party is now more of a vehicle for many, many corporate sponsorships (set to pull in $10 million this year), when for years it was an exclusive ticket where Hollywood insiders felt they could “let their hair down.” Also the fact that there are several, now more sought-after, invites in town, including a newer party thrown by Jay-Z.

It probably wasn’t these facts that irked VF, but the citing of former editor in chief Graydon Carter, the founding editor of the party, as part of Hollywood’s “inner circle” and a major draw to the soirée. His replacement Radhika Jones being dubbed “unknown to many on the Left Coast.” The inclusion of Vanity Fair’s declining newsstand sales and quotes on the obvious monetization of the event surely didn’t help. No matter that the Times story made an effort to explain that the apparent decline of the party started toward the end of Carter’s tenure as magazine revenue became scarcer and that Hollywood itself, not to mention media, is much changed from the Nineties, when the party started. Or that it handed out a compliment to the Met Gala, which an anonymous celebrity p.r. source said is “the new Vanity Fair party.”

That source also explained one of her “big clients” asked when invites were received this year if the Vanity Fair party was still a “hot invite,” and held that the question alone “tells you everything you need to know.”

But the reason she asked to be kept anonymous? Ironically, it was fear of offending Anna Wintour, the artistic director of Condé Nast who oversees all of the magazines, including Vanity Fair and is said to have chosen Jones as Carter’s replacement. Probably a good idea considering even the Times isn’t above a pulled invite.

WWD.com

 

[8eight]

The new issue of LOVE has two editors listed on the masthead, both writing an eds letter. Katie Grand says she is handing this issue (LOVE 21) over to Harriet Verney as she's 'tired and disinterested'.
I wonder if she will give it up altogether?

 

[ThatDudeOverTher]

Sally Singer has been promoted to creative director of Vogue.

I'm sad Phyllis Posnick never got her due, she would have been a formidable Creative Director and dare I say, Editor-in-Chief.

 

[reesewu]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this, but I wonder, since everyone says print is dying, does everyone think there will be a day where even US Vogue is digital only? And if so, around what time frame would someone guess something like that would happen? (year-wise)
I ask because currently I’m combing through eBay buying all the issues I wanted years ago and couldn’t find or couldn’t afford from various magazines and a lot of them are extremely cheap now. Do people generally just not care about having the printed version of magazines in their hands anymore? Even if I’ve seen every editorial on this forum from an issue, nothing feels the same as flipping the pages and seeing it for yourself, the way it’s intended to be seen.

Actually, the whole premise of print as a dying medium is sometimes exaggerated. At the end of the day, every country’s media landscape is different. The print penetration in the US may be low, but a country like Hong Kong may still have a good chunk of people who still access their information from print on a regular basis. But just because the penetration is low, doesn’t mean that print won’t automatically be able to survive. The key lies in the content. Stop trying to present print as a beacon of hope for new information because if that’s an editor’s raison d’etre, they will get royally screwed over by the internet. Start focusing on the exclusive contents that people will never get from the latter medium. This is particularly important for fashion magazines. If the fashion spreads are improved image-wise, despite their demographics being so narrow, the magazines will remain alive.

 

[caioherrero]

I'm sad Phyllis Posnick never got her due, she would have been a formidable Creative Director and dare I say, Editor-in-Chief.

I don’t know, but Sally Singer is the worst. The current team ate US Vogue is the worst ever.

 

[Benn98]

The new issue of LOVE has two editors listed on the masthead, both writing an eds letter. Katie Grand says she is handing this issue (LOVE 21) over to Harriet Verney as she's 'tired and disinterested'.
I wonder if she will give it up altogether?

Am I the only one getting red flags from this? Tired and disinterested? Please! Not at her own magazine. I reckon she's preparing herself for a bigger takeover elsewhere.....

 

[MON]

Am I the only one getting red flags from this? Tired and disinterested? Please! Not at her own magazine. I reckon she's preparing herself for a bigger takeover elsewhere.....

Porter perhaps?

You won’t use those words if you’re sucking up with CN.

And for what its worth Katie, the feeling is mutual. Readers have been tired and disinterested with LOVE since years ago

 

[caioherrero]

The new issue of LOVE has two editors listed on the masthead, both writing an eds letter. Katie Grand says she is handing this issue (LOVE 21) over to Harriet Verney as she's 'tired and disinterested'.
I wonder if she will give it up altogether?

I was looking at Harriet instagram and she’s now editor of love magazine

 

[tigerrouge]

Maybe Katie should schedule a lunch with Carine where they can talk about how they're tired about being the editors of magazines which are being carried by their 'legendary' status. Perhaps they could also pencil in a future one for mutual commiseration in case these magazines start improving under new direction.

 

[vogue28]

Perhaps Katie Grand's been tired and disinterested ever since she didn't land the British Vogue job? Everyone (myself included) just assumed with the formation of Love that she was being groomed to take over Alexandra Shulman - then came Edward Enninful.

Although fair play to Grand for being upfront and forthright about her feelings!

 

[8eight]

words attached.

 

[Srdjan]

Marie Claire launched in Argentina.
Cosmopolitan terminated in Chile.

 

[Fiercification]

I feel very funky knowing that Katie's (preparing to/in the process of?) kicking in the can atop the throne of her own kingdom when Conde denied Fabien the opportunity to have his own bi-annual going about a decade plus back.

 

[JPineapple]

Harper’s Bazaar Chile closed

 

[June]

^ Oh no, I really liked their covers!

 

[MON]

Vogue Greece is coming in 22 days

 

[Benn98]

With the other Hadid on their debut cover, presumably. Wake me up when these hyped launches are over.

 

[MON]

With the other Hadid on their debut cover, presumably. Wake me up when these hyped launches are over.

Surprise, b**** - Gigi Hadid

Lol. Gut tells me its Gigi again though. She's like the new go to for launches