The Business of Magazines

[aracic]

But I’m good at visualizing and coming up with ideas for shoots.

Who told her this vicious lie? She had like five different concepts she recycled over and over for the entire time she stayed there.

 

[Benn98]

An oldie but a goldie....Lynn Hirschberg on Kate Betts:

“Over Christmas (of 2000), I wrote a column about underwear, and I mentioned that I have all these matching sets, and some of them are browns and beiges. Kate was recovering from some minor surgery at the time, but she called me from her hospital bed. ‘Lynn,’ she said. ‘Three words: Earth tones, no!’
“‘You mean you want them out of the piece?’ ” Hirshberg asked. “‘No,’ Betts said firmly. ‘I want you to throw yours out. Now.’"

 

[MON]

"I always say good is the biggest enemy of great because I always wanted to produce the extraordinary, otherwise why bother?"

Oh, Glenda.

The lack of self-awareness.

 

[SophiaVB]

ANOTHER piece about this EIC search.

WSJ. Magazine Deputy Editor Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, HarpersBazaar.com's Executive Editorial Director Joyann King and former Vanity Fair Fashion Director Jessica Diehl are among those said to still be under consideration.

People with knowledge of the search told BoF that the publisher is looking for an editor with a high-fashion sense of personal style, the gravitas to stand against Vogue’s Anna Wintour, digital experience and the charm to woo advertisers.

Hearst Is Still Searching for an Editor for Harper’s Bazaar. Here’s Why.

 

[caioherrero]

Where is the first issue of Bazaar Italia?

 

[Bertrando3]

Where is the first issue of Bazaar Italia?

Le foto del party di Harper's Bazaar Italia

Italian Harper’s Bazaar Aims to Become Fashion’s TV Broadcast

 

[dodencebt]

ANOTHER piece about this EIC search.

Now with even less experienced names. This is getting hilarious.

 

[MON]

This EIC search is pathetic tbh. The fact that no one wants the job is indicative of the prestige of both the magazine and the position.

Nina's appointment was fast.

I don't think it has to do with what they're offering as compensation, but more on the job itself.

 

[tigerrouge]

If a company was offering a wage of $1 million a year to empty septic tanks, people would be queueing up to take the job.

The terms they're offering must be terrible.

 

[Benn98]

Jessica Diehl was the Tonne Goodman of Vanity Fair. And when she left she took all the glamour and provocative cover edits with her. Can you imagine Lady Gaga sprawled in an artist studio wearing only a pair of Chanel sunglasses and court shoes? Or Kristen Stewart in couture clutching a chihuahua? Radhika's team cannot even dream that up.
I believe Diehl's got a lot of advertiser contacts, a lot of experience on how to court and finesse big names, and she was exceptionally fond of M&M. But I can't imagine what she would be like as an editor. Although if Hearst wants to rile up Anna Wintour, then they should install her there. Jessica was a key figure in the Graydon Carter circle which Anna never particularly cared for because they kept a tight lid on all their work and never fully submitted to her. I believe the Caitlyn Jenner exclusive which she knew nothing about which was the final straw, lol.

 

[MissMagAddict]

T Style Men’s Spring 2020

 

[MissMagAddict]

Jessica was a key figure in the Graydon Carter circle which Anna never particularly cared for because they kept a tight lid on all their work and never fully submitted to her.

Graydon Carter was a Condé Nast Brat who would never fully submit to Anna.

 

[MissMagAddict]

WSJ Men’s Spring 2020 out this weekend in the states.

 

[aracic]

I've never not been attracted to ASAP... until this picture.

 

[Benn98]

Maybe he will talk about his excruciating experience being banged up in a Swedish slammer, for something which he caused btw. Definitely not someone I'm remotely keen to read about. WSJ is really scraping the bottom of barrel with him.

 

[caioherrero]

Omg, Elle Brazil is back

 

[Benn98]

Omg, Elle Brazil is back

You're joking! Hope they'll get the same EIC as before.

 

[caioherrero]

You're joking! Hope they'll get the same EIC as before.

Yes, the same team.
EIC, publisher, creative Director, I know it’s all the same

 

[caioherrero]

^^^ fashion editor too.

So the same team. It will focos on digital and it will be only 4 issues a year, with a premium content.

 

[MissMagAddict]

The New Yorker Spring Style 2020

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Tomer Hanuka’s “Blown Away”
The Israeli artist, known for his striking use of color, discusses his new studio, his process, and what he likes about working digitally.

The cover for this year’s Spring Style Issue is the fourth by Tomer Hanuka, an Israeli artist known for his striking use of color. (Hanuka’s identical twin brother, Asaf, is also a highly regarded illustrator.) Hanuka recently moved back to New York, from Tel Aviv, and we talked to him about his new studio, his process, and what he likes about working digitally.

We like the gestural quality of the woman’s pose. How does body language factor into making an image like this?
I start with a gesture, just a line, and build a story around it. There are so many rules about drawing anatomy, and sometimes you need to break all of them to make a pose work. An image like this begins with a realistic sketch of a body, but in the end I want the physicality to disappear. I want the reader to be left only with an idea or a feeling.

This image was done digitally. Would your approach have been different if you had used a different medium, say, watercolor?
I’ve been working digitally for fifteen years, so it’s hard to remember working with wet media. It seems so romantic. But I’m interested in color choices more than textural qualities. When you work in digital media, your setup is like a color lab. I can endlessly go through different color combinations—that takes up the lion’s share of my work time, just changing colors around.

You recently moved back to New York from Tel Aviv. How do the two cities compare?
A perfect day in Tel Aviv would climax at the beach. A similar day in New York would end in a dark theatre. And the energy is different. In Tel Aviv, it’s like we’re all cousins trying to survive; in New York, it’s like we’re strangers who agree to respect spatial boundaries. But, all things being equal, food is better in Tel Aviv.

Your studio is in the garment district, a historic area filled with showrooms, warehouses, production facilities, and shops. Do you get a sense of the fashion world’s energy during your day-to-day life in the neighborhood?
Yes, there is definitely a sense of industrious energy. There’s a bronze sculpture by Judith Weller that I love—I walk by it every day. It’s called “Garment Worker.” It depicts an older Jewish man with a yarmulke hunched over a sewing machine. It embodies the story of immigrants at the turn of the last century, who worked in the neighborhood as machine operators. Though our circumstances couldn’t have been more different, on good days, as I’m hunched over my computer trying to match colors, I feel like I picked up where he left off.