The Business of Magazines

[Xone]

WSJ Magazine Style Director Makes Abrupt Exit

 

[8eight]

RIP Time Out NYC

 

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It is the end of yet another era: Time Out New York’s print edition is no more.

Before the pandemic, Time Out was publishing — if not profitably — print editions in 40 cities. Now, Time Out Group CEO Julio Bruno tells the Financial Times, that number is down to three: After a coronavirus-induced publishing freeze, Time Out resumed print distribution in London this week, and plans to return to Madrid and Barcelona as well. As for the rest, it’s not looking great. “The group is unlikely to resume printing in the US and Portugal, with other territories under review by management,” FT reports. It seems, in at least this one case, that the doomsayers are right: New York is over. At least, the print edition.

The brainchild of Tony Elliott, who died last month, Time Out launched in London in 1968, with “a single poster-size sheet, folded four times, that functioned as a guide to the local counterculture,” the New York Times recalled. “If you were in the in crowd, you knew,” his wife said. “If you weren’t, that’s what Tony provided.”

It brought that same sensibility when it arrived in New York in 1995. The New York of Time Out New York was cool enough, but more than that, it was accessible: focused on Off–Off Broadway and hole-in-the-wall restaurants, its event listings — and the publication was, even at its peak, mostly event listings — were filled with things a regular person might actually be able to see, eat, and do. In the food world, TONY had plenty of clout, with many of the city’s high-profile editors getting their starts there and offering a useful guide to the city’s eating-and-drinking scene before the dawn of digital-only food and restaurant publications (like Grub!).

This is not, however, the end of the Time Out New York brand, which will live on both digitally and experientially. TONY will continue to publish online, while also apparently doubling down on the Time Out Market New York in DUMBO, a curated “a dining-and-culture experience,” or what is more commonly known as “a food hall.”

Time Out New York Officially Ends Its Print Edition

 

[SLFC]

Anybody know what happened to Anja Rubik's 25 magazine? I just discovered about it today. The website is pretty much defunct.

 

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[amby]

GQ announces "Change Is Good"

 

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"Change is Good" repackages social progress into something that sounds more like indoctrination from our overlords.

 

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vanityfair.com
Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones announced today that Ta-Nehisi Coates is serving as guest editor for the September issue, a special edition exploring art, activism, and power in 21st-century America.

“There’s no one better suited than Ta-Nehisi to illuminate this urgent moment in American history—to answer the question, why is this time different?” said Jones. “We are honored to collaborate with him on this project, bringing together the writers, artists, and icons whose work pushes us toward a more just world.”

Coates, a renowned journalist and writer, is an essential voice on subjects of history and American culture. He is the best-selling author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, Between the World and Me, and The Water Dancer. He is also the current author of the Marvel comics Black Panther and Captain America.

“I’m honored to be partnering with Radhika and the entire Vanity Fair staff on this project,” said Coates. “Equally, I’m humbled that so many of this country’s best writers and artists have agreed to participate. The moment is too big for any one of us to address alone.”

Working closely with the editorial and creative teams, Coates is helping oversee almost every aspect of the magazine’s production, including story assigning and editing, writer and photographer selection, art direction, design, display, and multimedia projects.

In addition to Coates, the September issue features more than 40 prominent writers, artists, and photographers, including Eve L. Ewing, Bomani Jones, Ava DuVernay, Josie Duffy Rice, Jesmyn Ward, Danez Smith, Deana Lawson, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Kiese Makeba Laymon, Jacqueline Woodson, Franklin Leonard, Kimberly Drew, Hank Willis Thomas, Diana Ejaita, Marjon Carlos, Zerina Akers, Ruth Ossai, Shawn Martinbrough, Ola Ebiti, Calida Rawles, Renell Medrano, Lynsey Weatherspoon, Jason Bolden, Dana Scruggs, Phylicia J. L. Munn, Levi Walton, Lawrence Agyei, Braylen Dion, Bruce Bennett, Paul Octavious, Shan Wallace, Djeneba Aduayom, Wulf Bradley, Miranda Barnes, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Sophia Wilson, Erik Carter, Kennedi Carter, Myles Loftin, Quil Lemons, Adrienne Raquel, Andrea Ellen Reed, John Edmonds, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, and Monica Ahanonu.

 

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Vanity Fair Names Nicole Chapoteau New Fashion Director

Vanity Fair just unveiled Samira Nasr’s successor after she departed to take the helm as editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar.

Nicole Chapoteau has been promoted to fashion director at the Condé Nast publication. She joined Vanity Fair in 2019 as market director, styling the likes of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patricia Arquette and Jonathan Majors. She was also instrumental in producing the magazine’s recent Viola Davis cover and styling its yet-to-be-revealed September issue, according to editor in chief Radhika Jones, who made the announcement Thursday in a staff memo.

Previously, Chapoteau was fashion director at Allure and worked as a freelance stylist and brand consultant for Elle, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, The Cut, Out, Ebony and others. Before pursuing a career in fashion, Chapoteau worked in architecture at Rafael Vinoly Architects.

Jones also said Jessica Pressler is joining Vanity Fair as a special correspondent, covering the intersection of money and culture. She was previously a contributing editor at New York magazine for more than a decade, and her 2015 story “The Hustlers at Scores” served as the inspiration for the movie “Hustlers” starring Jennifer Lopez. Her 2018 story on grift queen Anna Sorokin is being developed for Netflix by Shonda Rhimes.

There have also been four other promotions. After leading VF.com for five years, Matt Lynch is now executive editor. In his new role, he will continue to oversee the Vanities vertical and coedit the new VF Weekly newsletter while expanding his editing duties in print. Elsewhere, Keziah Weir has been promoted to senior editor, Abigail Tracy is now national political reporter and Alyssa Karas is associate director of audience development.

Not done with the staff announcements, Jones further revealed that she has added several new contributing editors to the masthead, including award-winning author and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, film executive Franklin Leonard, investigative journalist Katherine Eban, political adviser Jen Palmieri and novelist Jesmyn Ward.

As for the upcoming September issue, Coates, who is guest editing, previously said: “I’m honored to be partnering with Radhika and the entire Vanity Fair staff on this project. Equally, I’m humbled that so many of this country’s best writers and artists have agreed to participate. The moment is too big for any one of us to address alone.”

Ward, Coates, and Pressler are great additions on the writing side.

 

[amby]

Vogue Singapore is launching on Sep 23rd according on their Instagram post dated Aug 11th

 

[Benn98]

Much anticipated from my end, can't wait to see what Norman Tan have in store for us!

 

[8eight]

Laura Weir is leaving the London ES magazine.

 

[8eight]

So ES, Style and Harpers Bazaar UK have no editors.

 

[Benn98]

Yikes, it can't be that hard to get a supplement editor, come on! Lorraine's connections didn't even pay off in the end (Style has been without blue-chip advertising for weeks now). Just fill the position inhouse. I swear even I could fast-talk my way into that position, it's not rocket science.

Verity Parker clearly seems to have come a long way since her not so impressive stint at British Vogue. Make her EIC.

 

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Justine announced her resignation on 9th September 2019, so it's been almost a year without a firmly appointed editor. Regardless of the current output of the magazine, why not just appoint Lydia Slater, the person who has been overseeing UK Bazaar and Town & Country since then, and be done with it? At least it would represent stability. Does the magazine think it'll get a better offer? Does Lydia not want to be tied down to the titles?

 

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Accusations of toxic workplace and humiliations inside Vogue Brasil.

Former Vogue Brazil Employees Describe Culture Of Abuse

 

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Accusations of toxic workplace and humiliations inside Vogue Brasil.

Former Vogue Brazil Employees Describe Culture Of Abuse

Even Monica Salgado former EIC of Glamour talks about it.

 

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The Sunday Time Style new editor is Laura Atkinson:

 

[Benn98]

Thanks for posting this update! Keen to see in which direction she'll take the magazine because as a whole it is already solid. Not much shakeup needed if you ask me. ES Magazine, however....

Hopefully Hearst will appoint Justine's replacement soon because this is very embarrassing. It could also be that they don't want Lydia as EIC. I recall they did the same with Lotte Jeffs, who did a cracking job as acting editor of Elle before Anne Marie took over. She appeared to have wanted it, but Hearst was looking elsewhere.

 

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Vanity Fair editor on America's racial reckoning
Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones talks with Brian Stelter about how magazines are meeting the moment and documenting the Black Lives Matter movement. "For me, making the magazine itself more diverse is just a reflection of modernity," Jones says. "And I think that it's important for magazines to try to take a leadership position in these circumstances."
Source: CNN