The Business of Magazines

[ghostwriter10549]

Hold up, so Czech Republic and Slovakia gets a Vogue but nothing for Africa, and South America must make do with one?

Yess, thats what I have been saying for years with my friends. Vogue Argentina and Vogue Chile would be a dream come true.

 

[MissMagAddict]

Interview


source | mydigitalcopy

 

[Fiercification]

^ Much better idea for Interview to publish six issues annually, given their issues of organisation and how erratic the quality of it as a monthly mag has recently been up until this re-designed issue; I do wonder how the months will be split though?

 

[caioherrero]

Anyone know the sales number for US Vogue?

 

[caioherrero]

Jessica Diehl, Vanity Fair’s creative director, fashion and style, is leaving after 12 years at the magazine to “pursue other opportunities.”



“Working at Vanity Fair has been the most wonderful journey. Over the last 12 years I have worked with some of the greatest creative talents in fashion, film and photography and been lucky enough to be involved in the creation of some of the most memorable imagery of our time,” Diehl said in a statement revealing her departure. “As our industry evolves I feel this is the right moment to explore new areas within the business and look forward to new endeavors.”
Vanity Fair did not immediately respond when asked about plans to replace Diehl.
Diehl’s exit is the latest departure since Radhika Jones took over from Graydon Carter in December. Last month, more than a dozen staffers were let go, including managing editor Chris Garett, features editor Jane Sarkin, deputy editors Aimee Bell and Dana Brown and Carter’s longtime spokesperson Beth Kseniak.
The March issue of Vanity Fair was the first to feature an editor’s letter from Jones, and future issues will increasingly reflect the new editor’s sensibility. Earlier this month, Jones hosted her first Oscars party.

 

[caioherrero]

Xavier Romatet to Leave Condé Nast France

 

[WeberFanatic]

Jessica Diehl, Vanity Fair’s creative director, fashion and style, is leaving after 12 years at the magazine to “pursue other opportunities.”



“Working at Vanity Fair has been the most wonderful journey. Over the last 12 years I have worked with some of the greatest creative talents in fashion, film and photography and been lucky enough to be involved in the creation of some of the most memorable imagery of our time,” Diehl said in a statement revealing her departure. “As our industry evolves I feel this is the right moment to explore new areas within the business and look forward to new endeavors.”
Vanity Fair did not immediately respond when asked about plans to replace Diehl.
Diehl’s exit is the latest departure since Radhika Jones took over from Graydon Carter in December. Last month, more than a dozen staffers were let go, including managing editor Chris Garett, features editor Jane Sarkin, deputy editors Aimee Bell and Dana Brown and Carter’s longtime spokesperson Beth Kseniak.
The March issue of Vanity Fair was the first to feature an editor’s letter from Jones, and future issues will increasingly reflect the new editor’s sensibility. Earlier this month, Jones hosted her first Oscars party.

I'm sure Fabien will re welcome her back to Interview. She was such a nice presence to counteract against Karl's editorials when she was there from 2008 to 2009.

 

[caioherrero]

I'm sure Fabien will re welcome her back to Interview. She was such a nice presence to counteract against Karl's editorials when she was there from 2008 to 2009.

Oh I didn’t know she worked there. Do you know where I can find her work of that time?


So if she worked there till 2009, why they say she spended 12 years at Vanity fair?

 

[WeberFanatic]

Oh I didn’t know she worked there. Do you know where I can find her work of that time?


So if she worked there till 2009, why they say she spended 12 years at Vanity fair?

Some of her stories must surely be on the Interview Website. It was a very limited time period as the moment Fabien and Glenn O'Brien split up Jessica and Karl left with Fabien. But when Fabien returned Jessica already assumed the role as Creative Director at VF which meant she couldn't produce editorials. Some of her stories on the top of my head was Milla Jovovich by Mark Segal, a young horror actors portfolio by Terry, Lou Doillon by Terry, an Armani special by Jason Kibbler starring Magdalena F, and something else I can't recall.

As for spending 12 years she spent a couple of years doing features until she filled the role as their creative director.

 

[caioherrero]

Some of her stories must surely be on the Interview Website. It was a very limited time period as the moment Fabien and Glenn O'Brien split up Jessica and Karl left with Fabien. But when Fabien returned Jessica already assumed the role as Creative Director at VF which meant she couldn't produce editorials. Some of her stories on the top of my head was Milla Jovovich by Mark Segal, a young horror actors portfolio by Terry, Lou Doillon by Terry, an Armani special by Jason Kibbler starring Magdalena F, and something else I can't recall.

As for spending 12 years she spent a couple of years doing features until she filled the role as their creative director.

Oh that’s cool. I would love to see her at Interview or assume a position at Bazaar. She’s a good fashion editor

 

[nyc_art_style]

I'm not surprised Diehl is leaving Vanity Fair. End of an era for sure. Just when I was about to subscribe too.

And I highly doubt she'll go to Interview. They can't even afford their rent. How are they going to pay for one of the most prominent stylists from Conde Nast?

 

[caioherrero]

I'm not surprised Diehl is leaving Vanity Fair. End of an era for sure. Just when I was about to subscribe too.

And I highly doubt she'll go to Interview. They can't even afford their rent. How are they going to pay for one of the most prominent stylists from Conde Nast?

They pay Karl and Fabien, so they have big budget.

 

[caioherrero]

I wish Melissa Rubini would go to Vanity Fair, she did a good job at Instyle. But I think one of some Anna`s pets go there, maybe Jorden Bickham (one of the worst stylist ever) or even Lucinda Chambers.

 

[axiomatic]

Wintour has overseen some high-profile misfires, including:

Closing the print editions of Teen Vogue, Self and Details (which also shut down online and was subsumed in the GQ site), as well as the digital site, Style.com.
Dealing with an almost musical-chairs-like changing of editors-in-chief, a number that stands at 11.
Despite bringing in leaders with a new vision, the company is still about $100 million a year in red ink, sources said.

“Anna’s got a gun to her head,” said a Condé insider, who noted the string of Wintour misses.

Critics at Glamour have already noticed Barry’s “complete lack of strategy” and knowledge regarding “how to put together a magazine.”

https://nypost.com/2018/03/30/after-three-decades-on-top-anna-wintour-facing-her-biggest-challenge-yet/

 

[Benn98]

While Anna can generally do very little wrong, I completely agree with the article! Her stint as artistic director never bore any proper fruit. Yes the odds weren't stacked in her favour, but I think the direction she chose made each situation worse. Lucky, Self, TeenVogue, Allure, VF, and now Glamour. I'm not sure if she's just too helicoptering, or whether she suffers from tunnel vision in terms of what the magazine should be like. The charge that she's trying to Vogueify all these magazines is correct. It's her one great career highlight, but she must remember Vogue's brand differs vastly from that of VF or Allure.

If the death bell is beckoning for Glamour, why not get Social Sam just to focus and expand on the digital component of the magazine? Get a cheaper, smaller scale EIC for the main magazine.

 

[caioherrero]

I think the problem of Conde Nast titles is Anna Wintour. Every magazine is different, but she wants to transform every single one into Vogue.

Hearst still doing good, not closing any title bc they don’t try to chance the essence of the magazines.

The EIC of every title has the power to choose who is gonna be on the cover and etc

 

[Deleted member 141523]

L' Officiel arrives in Argentina in the next days. Their editor in chief is Ana Torrejón, former ELLE and H.Bazaar.

 

[tigerrouge]

I don't see the point in trying to govern a range of magazines with a generic iron fist. Surely a better strategy would be to allow - within reason - each editor to cut loose with their title/brand to see who can create a successful formula for their own particular readership.

She's been very successful in creating a world - Vogue - in which she is perceived as operating with absolute success. But that reputation is no guarantee of results once you move beyond the world of Vogue.

 

[dodencebt]

I have to agree with everyone regarding Anna, it really seems that she has been trying hard to morph every single magazine under the Condé Nast sun into Vogue. Even Architectural Digest resembles Vogue nowadays, and while the written content is still good, there is so much fashion inside that it makes me wonder whether I'm learning anything new or just reading about the same circle of fashion insiders and celebrities month after month.

 

[Sensation]

From WWD:

Are more changes in store for Condé Nast’s print titles?

As second-term budgets and business strategies for 2019 are hammered out, the inevitable rumors are swirling about the perennial problem children that are W and Brides. According to a source, there was a draft of an internal memo that put the fates of both those titles into question. The memo, the source said, outlined Condé’s plan to pull funding for the print editions of W and Brides within the 2018 calendar year.

But not so fast, according to a Condé Nast spokeswoman, who emphatically denied the speculation, saying, “There are no plans to make any changes with either title,” she said.

http://wwd.com/business-news/media/could-conde-nast-be-plotting-more-changes-to-print-1202642344/