The Business of Magazines

[Chaky]

From the Arena UK Website
As you might have heard, Arena has suspended publication after 22 years.

It's a real shame. I thought Arena filled a niche in the men's magazine market. More sophisticated and aspirational than the trashy FHM but not as up themselves as GQ.

 

[MissMagAddict]

2009 Publication Dates

1. US Vogue
2. UK Vogue
3. Vogue Paris
4. Vogue Italia
5. Vogue Germany


source | screencaps by MMA from condenastinternational & condenastmediakit

 

[vogue28]

In UK Vogue April there is an ad for a new magazine, which launches 02-04-09. Called 'WIRED'
Has this already been discussed?

 

[MissMagAddict]

In UK Vogue April there is an ad for a new magazine, which launches 02-04-09. Called 'WIRED'
Has this already been discussed?

That's a computer magazine. There's a US version that's been around for a long time.



ETA: They just launched an Italian version also.

 

[vogue28]

thank you for the info MissMagAddict

I has no idea it was a computer magazine. Although the title sort of gives it away

 

[MissMagAddict]

^Yeah

It's a good magazine though. My brother used to get it & I'd look at his copy

 

[donner]

^Reads to me as though they're just making a joke of the entire economic crisis. I hardly find that funny.

Thanks for posting tigerrouge

I think they are making fun of the the fashion world which is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

[MissMagAddict]

source | prweb

VOGUE DAILY launches on VOGUE.com

VOGUE DAILY delivers updates everyday on fashion, beauty, culture, and society.

New York, NY March 11, 2009 -- Every month, readers rifle through VOGUE, scour the features, study the trends. VOGUE is a place to dream, an opinion to trust. Readers linger in the pages, savor the stories, then wait a whole month more for the next VOGUE to arrive. But, what if readers could have a taste of VOGUE everyday?

VOGUE DAILY on VOGUE.com makes more from VOGUE available online than ever before. The same editors, tastemakers, writers, and photographers now candidly serve up just enough to tide you over until that next full issue of VOGUE.

Fashion. Covet the next big label. Learn what to buy, where to find it, even how it's made. Fall for fresh designers, new colors and styles. See the latest from the runways. Hear the fervor in stores.

Beauty, Health, & Fitness. Here's to medicine and longevity. Revel in the promises of sunscreen, and take note of the poshest salons and spas. Try a new workout, new doctor, maybe even bangs.

People Are Talking About. Figure out which novel to grab next--better yet where to read it and what to sip while you do. Check this roster of culture--movies, theater, art, and food.

The Hamishsphere. Hamish Bowles, VOGUE's European Editor at Large, treks through decadent dressing rooms and delectable studios, nods to his extravagant collection of vintage gowns, and riffs on the mere indulgence of being Hamish Bowles.

The Scene. Peruse the galas and hoopla, the beauties and beaux. Fetch a touch of gossip, and see who wore what when.

Sure, the staple VOGUE features, videos, and files are still there. And, VOGUE.com's newsletter still delivers updates on sweepstakes and other in-depth content directly to the inboxes of registered email addresses. But, when you need a bit of VOGUE in your day, check out VOGUE DAILY.

 

[Cicciolina]

Maybe it's something else, but hasn't Vogue Daily been around for a while? I've been reading their blog posts for a couple of months at least it seems like.

 

[MissMagAddict]

Maybe it's something else, but hasn't Vogue Daily been around for a while? I've been reading their blog posts for a couple of months at least it seems like.

Vogue Daily was started in February 2009... but obviously they decided to issue a press release about it later since it is dated March 11th.

 

[Dark Noire]

Something else, or rather I want to bring something up again. Will Fabien Baron and Karl Templer be working for Condé Nast again? I really loved what they were doing with Vogue Paris, and like Carine Roitfeld said, you can't replace Fabien Baron!

 

[MissMagAddict]

source | edition.cnn

Roitfeld: American Vogue job 'not for me'

PARIS, France (CNN) -- The backstage gossip at recent fashion shows wouldn't be complete without rampant speculation about who is likely to replace esteemed American Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour.

Wintour has yet to announce any plans to retire but her advancing age -- she's 60 this year -- has stoked speculation that after more than 20 years in the role it might be time to leave.

One name touted as a possible replacement is Carine Roitfeld, the highly respected editor in chief of Vogue Paris.

Roitfeld is accustomed to the speculation, describing it as "frustrating." She told CNN she hadn't been offered the job and even if she was she probably wouldn't take it.

"It's a bit like for an actor. Do you want to go to Hollywood or do you want to stay here in Paris and do the cinema I like to do?," Roitfeld said. "I think I prefer to stay here in Paris."

A fixture at the U.S. title since 1988, Wintour has a fearsome reputation, mostly courtesy of the 2006 film starring Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada."

The film is based on a book penned by a former assistant at American Vogue who has denied suggestions Wintour was the inspiration for the demanding and odious lead character.

Roitfeld is anxious not to create any friction between her and her U.S. counterpart, telling CNN "I think Anna does a great job... I think she's a great person."

She said she would be honored to be asked to fill Wintour's shoes, but pointed out that "it's a very different job."

"I'm very happy at French Vogue to be able to do everything -- almost everything -- I want in the magazine," she said. "It would be too political at American Vogue for me. And I'm not sure I'm talking enough good English to work there."

At Vogue Paris, Roitfeld knows her readers. They are a select group of incredibly stylish and wealthy women who are thrilled rather than alienated by unconventional ideas.

The best-selling edition so far, in August 2003, featured French actress Sophie Marceau on the cover smoking a cigarette.

At French Vogue, there's less pressure to appeal to the masses. Its circulation of some 139,000 is dwarfed by the million plus readers of American Vogue.

Fashion shoots are about fantasy. There's no imperative to make any clothes they feature wearable. If it's unusual and innovative, then it's in.

With just 25 staff, Roitfeld describes the team at French Vogue as like a family. And that's how she prefers it.

Having said that, she told CNN she wouldn't dismiss any offer out of hand.

"Of course I would consider it because it would be ridiculous not to consider such a huge position -- in terms of money and in terms of power," she said.

"But I'm very happy. It's very much a small team (in Paris). America is a huge team. I know because I've worked for them before. I think it's not for me."

Watch Revealed: Carine Roitfeld on CNN International this week at the times below:
Wednesday 18 March: 0830, 1730
Saturday 21 March: 0730, 1800
Sunday 22 March: 0430, 1730
Monday 23 March: 0300
(All times GMT)

 

[MissMagAddict]

source | edition.cnn

French Vogue to tighten its belt

PARIS, France (CNN) -- No one was expecting it, but there it was. The "f" word so rarely uttered in the world of high fashion had just slipped through the lips of one of the world's most stylish women.

"I think we need to become more frugal," says Carine Roitfeld, editor in chief of Vogue Paris. "Not on quality," she hastens to add, "just on organization."

The fashionista's favorite fashion editor is sitting on a leather chair in her sparse white office. The shelves are all but empty. There's no in tray on her desk and certainly no computer, "they're not my specialty," she shrugs.

An orange blossom candle twinkles in its glass casing and pictures stand -- some still in their wrapping -- against the wall.

She's been in this office for eight years but it looks like she moved in last week. She hasn't even had time to hang her pictures, and it's not hard to see why.

Every month, Roitfeld and her small team pull together what is considered to be the world's most fashion-forward magazine.

Vogue Paris may have a fraction of the circulation of its American stable mate -- 139,000 versus 1.3 million -- but what it lacks in numbers it makes up in prestige.

Still, Roitfeld recognizes that even the upper end of the magazine market is not immune to the deepest global recession in decades.

She's prepared to make cuts. And rather than begrudgingly canceling a coffee order or two, she's almost relishing a return to the pre-boom days when challenges were overcome with creativity rather than cash.
"It's become ridiculous," she tells CNN, explaining that where once eight people may have gathered around a table to discuss a photo shoot, now there are 25.

"Some things got too far away. There were people who were flying private jets -- we need to go back to reality.

"I don't want to take the money out of the beauty of the picture, I don't want to change the paper of the magazine, I don't want to change the materials, but we can do it another way."

"When it's more difficult you have to be more creative."

CNN's Revealed joined Roitfeld and five members of her team as they gathered round a glass table to choose the cover of the April edition of French Vogue.

It doesn't happen often -- usually the cover is a fait accompli -- but this time U.S. actress Scarlett Johansson has confused the issue by unexpectedly dying her hair.

"This cover, it was very difficult," Carine explains, "because we want people to recognize Scarlett and then she changed her hair color."

Three mock-ups lie on the table; different fonts, colors and wording cover Johansson's lascivious poses. It's clear which one Carine prefers and, rather predictably, it's her choice that will hit news stands this week.

"I think this is a Vogue image and I want to stick to being Vogue," she says of her decision. "The cover is like the publicity for your magazine. It's very important. We need the more appealing one, the more visible one."

Carine Roitfeld was a highly respected and well-connected fashion stylist with no experience in magazine editing when she took the job as editor-in-chief at Vogue Paris in early 2001.

She was already an old friend of renowned photographer Mario Testino; they met 25 years ago when both were yet to make their names. He's now Godfather to her two children, Vladimir and Julia, who are 28 and 27 respectively, and who both now live in New York.

Roitfeld and Testino later teamed up with U.S. designer Tom Ford during his first years as creative director at Gucci to reinvigorate the brand with an innovative advertising campaign.

Roitfeld was approached by Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of Conde Nast International to take the role at French Vogue.

During her time there, advertising revenue has increased almost 10 percent and circulation is up 27 percent. "It is probably a 'Carine effect'," concludes Xavier Romatet, the president of Conde Nast Publications, which owns Vogue magazine.

"Carine's probably the most creative person I've met in my life," he told CNN, describing her as a savvy business woman with a finely-tuned intuition as to what her readers want.

Roitfeld scoffs at suggestions that she has an acute business mind, saying "I think I'm a terrible business woman."

Still, what she's doing at French Vogue is obviously working and despite persistent rumors that she may soon announce her departure, she insists she has no plans, as yet, to leave.

"I'm very happy here," she tells CNN, before adding cryptically, "but I'm sure something new is going to happen in the next year."

Many in the industry have tipped Roitfeld to replace Anna Wintour in New York, should the esteemed editor of American Vogue choose to retire.

Roitfeld says she hasn't been approached about the job and if she was she probably wouldn't take it.

"Of course you'd be proud to be offered a job at this Vogue, because it's the biggest Vogue.

"But I'm not sure I'd be happy to work at the biggest Vogue. It's too big; you have to talk to too many different people. I'm very happy at French Vogue to be able to do everything -- almost everything -- I want to do in the magazine.

"Anyway my husband doesn't want to go," she adds later with a smile.
Roitfeld is anxious not to feed any speculation of a competitive rift between her and Wintour, referring to her U.S. counterpart as the "First Lady" of fashion.

"Anna does a great job... I respect her a lot," Roitfeld says.

 

[ysljunkie]

Only 25 on staff at French vogue? Kinna makes since I guess.

 

[MissMagAddict]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn3c45IXftU

 

[MissMagAddict]

Carine Roitfeld Revealed is up on CNN

 

[xhommex]

^ Oh thank you!! yay

 

[MissMagAddict]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET3QW7pz32w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTzDtQuyhmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgVznSFA1zA

Many thanks to sethii

 

[Manuva]

Things really don't look good for Interview at the moment...

Media Crack
Yet another fruitful update! Yesterday we heard that Interview magazine was slow paying freelancers because of money problems. Now we hear more evidence it's true—one freelancer says that after weeks of non-payment, they were told by an Interview editor that checks are being "held" because it's really a "bad time" for the magazine, financially speaking, but that every other freelancer there is in the same boat, and they do sympathize. How quaint. Pay up.
-gawker.com

 

[nyc_art_style]

Interview is just going to end up crashing and burning if they don't pull it together.