The Business of Magazines

[callmejaeden]

Hopefully they fire Arnaut and give the job to someone who isn’t as tacky

 

[callmejaeden]

Condé Nast in court fight over Vogue Arabia​

Ben Smith


Jan 10, 2025, 1:18pm GMT+1
GULFMEDIA MIDDLE EAST

THE SCOOP​

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch will host local partners on Jan. 30 at a party in Dubai (“Dress: A touch of gold!”) — amid a bitter dispute with the Emirati company that ran Vogue Arabia for the last eight years.



The company, Nervora, filed a previously unreported lawsuit in US federal court in New York last summer, claiming that the way in which Condé Nast ended their licensing arrangement and took over the title violated the terms of their contract, which expired at the end of last year. Nervora shut down the magazine’s website and laid off local staff.



“This is a brazen and bad faith attempt from Condé Nast to wholesale steal a business that we heavily invested in and consciously built for more than eight years,” Nervora founder and CEO Shashi Menon told Semafor. “In trying to change the facts on the ground, Condé Nast may have thought that we’d just roll over and die, which clearly we haven’t and won’t.”




A Condé Nast spokesperson responded that the company is “thankful for the work and dedication of our license partners, including Nervora” but that it has “no doubt that the law fully supports our publishing of Vogue Arabia.”

KNOW MORE​

The companies are currently in arbitration as well as in federal court, but the lawsuit highlights Condé Nast’s scramble to find its footing in what has been a difficult century for the dominant 20th century company. The international business — partly owned and partly licensed — has at times been a bright spot for the publisher, but the luxury companies who make up its advertising have seen their businesses in the US, Europe, and China struggle in recent years, leaving the Gulf almost alone among booming markets.



Menon said Vogue Arabia is “one of the most successful licensed editions in the world,” and its covers have included the model Bella Hadid, the tennis player Ons Jabeur, and Kim Kardashian. The title also sparked the occasional, inevitable controversy in Condé’s New York home turf: Some objected to a 2018 cover featuring a Saudi princess in the driver’s seat of a convertible, and others a map in which all of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories were labeled “Palestine.”


The lawsuit focuses largely on technical issues. Nervora presented a contract indicating that Condé Nast had agreed in 2016 to buy them out of the license if they wanted to take the brand back. Condé Nast Chief Content Operations Officer Christiane Mack complained in one document that Nervora had not made enough progress on digital, video, and event products.

Condé Nast told Business of Fashion that it would retain Vogue Arabia Editor, Manuel Arnaut, who raised some eyebrows over the holidays with an Instagram post perhaps in the spirit of his new employer, complaining about “being forced to be ‘nice,’” and pledging to stop

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[NYLA22]

Hopefully they fire Arnaut and give the job to someone who isn’t as tacky

He really is. They traded a literal Middle Eastern princess (Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz) for that dude. Lol.

 

[Xone]

He really is. They traded a literal Middle Eastern princess (Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz) for that dude. Lol.

But the magazine didn't perform well with him as EIC? Why so much hate towards him?

 

[blueorchid]

Middle Eastern princess (Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz)

Are we supposed to be impressed by this? Oh, a princess...

 

[marsnoop2]

What do we think about this . . .

 

[vogue22]

What do we think about this . . .

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That's insane, but that must be a smaller or licensed edition of Vogue, so I understand why they would pay her more for it.

 

[marsnoop2]

I think you misunderstood, they are asking Coco to PAY 45,000 euros for her to be on the cover (that is not how much they will give her) . . .

Essentially this Vogue edition is selling their covers to the cover star.

 

[vogue28]

That's looking like someone is trying to scam Coco Rocha out of 45k, as opposed to her actually getting a Vogue cover... surely.

 

[Xone]

it's a scam....they should talk to her management not directly to her....even the subject is sketchy....crazy 2025

 

[NYLA22]

Are we supposed to be impressed by this? Oh, a princess...

It was a joke, relax. Don't take it so seriously!

 

[thenewclassic]

well she already had the email in the trash at least 😂

 

[DK92]

Vogue Paris/France sales archive (2007-2024)

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Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2007

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February - Doutzen Kroes and Gaspard Ulliel: 130.870
March - Natasha Poly: 132.001
April - Lara Stone: 117.468
May - Sophie Marceau: 120.918
June/July - Catherine McNeil: 139.992
August - Claudia Schiffer: 157.853
September - Natasha Poly: 153.868
October - Gisele Bündchen: 123.101
November - Carolyn Murphy and Andre J.: 115.733
December/January - Charlotte Gainsbourg: 154.964

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2008

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February - Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss: 142.904
March - Lara Stone: 142.521
April - Kate Moss: 125.330
May - Julianne Moore: 122.054
June/July - Laetitia Casta and Noémie Lenoir: 149.933
August - Daria Werbowy: 171.324
September - Anna Selezneva: 150.748
October - Christy Turlington: 130.455
November - Vanessa Paradis: 127.290
December/January - Princess Stéphanie of Monaco: 150.218

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2009

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February - Lara Stone: 144.783
March - Iris Strubegger: 148.208
April - Scarlett Johansson: 131.127
May - Daria Werbowy: 131.084
June/July - Anja Rubik: 167.665
August - Daria Werbowy: 187.136
September - Lara Stone: 163.496
October - Kate Moss: 144.979
November - Isabeli Fontana: 138.105
December/January - Laetitia Casta: 157.603

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2010

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February - Daria Werbowy: 155.177
March - Rose Cordero: 145.801
April - Natasha Poly: 133.422
May - Penélope Cruz, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bono: 138.702
June/July - Kate Moss: 172.772
August - Freja Beha Erichsen: 198.255
September - Marion Cotillard: 163.042
October - Lara Stone: 208.707
November - Natasha Poly: 137.990
December/January - Daphne Groeneveld and Tom Ford: 165.752

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2011

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February - Lara Stone: 176.468
March - Saskia de Brauw: 157.003
April - Gisele Bündchen: 144.830
May - Kate Moss: 143.022
June/July - Isabeli Fontana: 177.497
August - Lara Stone: 180.180
September - Charlotte Casiraghi: 189.442
October - Sasha Pivovarova: 157.284
November - Arizona Muse: 146.097
December/January - Kate Moss: 150.999

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2012

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February - Daria Werbowy: 162.315
March - Natalia Vodianova: 156.028
April - Doutzen Kroes: 139.983
May - Laetitia Casta: 146.380
June/July - Gisele Bündchen: 206.492
August - Marion Cotillard: 175.685
September - Daria Werbowy, Kate Moss and Lara Stone: 179.706
October - Kate Moss and George Michael: 139.450
November - Daria Werbowy, Stephanie Seymour and Lauren Hutton: 144.073
December/January - Carla Bruni: 150.391

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2013

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February - Milla Jovovich: 144.305
March - Suvi Koponen: 141.730
April - Isabeli Fontana: 150.505
May - Freja Beha Erichsen: 134.369
June/July - Andreea Diaconu: 186.123
August - Daria Werbowy: 168.035
September - Saskia de Brauw: 165.237
October - Edita Vilkevičiūtė: 126.561
November - Gisele Bündchen: 130.219
December/January - David and Victoria Beckham: 168.534

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2014

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February - Emily DiDonato: 139.317
March - Lara Stone: 148.825
April - Cameron Russell: 137.004
May - Sophie Marceau: 157.671
June/July - Natasha Poly: 173.788
August - Anna Ewers: 148.893
September - Natalia Vodianova: 167.697
October - Natasha Poly and Aleksandra Kristin: 128.946
November - Adriana Lima: 119.538
December/January - Inès de La Fressange: 151.397

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2015

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February - Anna Ewers: 148.374
March - Daria Werbowy, Kate Moss and Lara Stone: 145.402
April - Charlotte Casiraghi: 140.534
May - Liya Kebede: 118.244
June/July - Daria Werbowy: 172.495
August - Anna Ewers: 129.972
September - Natasha Poly: 141.127
October - Christy Turlington, Gisele Bündchen, Kate Moss and Kendall Jenner: 130.009
November - Mica Argañaraz: 117.693
December/January - Vanessa Paradis: 160.656

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2016

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February - Edie Campbell: 139.047
March - Gigi Hadid: 137.683
April - Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber: 118.835
May - Lottie Moss and Lucky Blue Smith: 105.420
June/July - Iselin Steiro: 185.214
August - Luna Bijl: 142.922
September - Taylor Hill and Bella Hadid: 114.935
October - Luna Bijl: 125.439
November - Gigi Hadid: 108.434
December/January - Karl Lagerfeld and Lily-Rose Depp: 146.671

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2017

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February - Anna Ewers: 115.807
March - Valentina Sampaio: 99.324
April - Christy Turlington: 99.380
May - Vittoria Ceretti: 100.143
June/July - Gisele Bündchen: 145.932
August - Gisele Bündchen: 141.664
September - Edie Campbell: 109.272
October - Cara Delevingne: 118.720
November - Rianne van Rompaey: 92.079
December/January - Rihanna: 137.514

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2018

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February - Kaia Gerber: 100.230
March - Grace Elizabeth: 93.759
April - Alma Jodorowsky: 101.174
May - Anna Ewers: 87.639
June/July - Edie Campbell: 135.824
August - Iselin Steiro: 115.815
September - Christy Turlington: 125.312
October - Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell: 100.328
November - Natasha Poly: 100.980
December/January - Jane Birkin, Lou Doillon and Charlotte Gainsbourg: 124.643

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2019

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February - Erika Linder: 86.582
March - Rianne Van Rompaey: 94.199
April - Adut Akech, Andreea Diaconu and Raquel Zimmermann: 88.732
May - Rianne Van Rompaey: 101.379
June/July - Gisele Bündchen: 136.645
August - Kate Moss: 119.071
September - Rianne van Rompaey: 114.567
October - Laurijn Bijnen: 94.576
November - Erika Linder: 79.378
December/January - Virginie Efira: 108.201

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2020

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February - Jill Kortleve: 78.364
March - Vittoria Ceretti and Rebecca Leigh Longendyke: 84.326
April - Marion Cotillard: 71.661
May/June - Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid: 85.128
July - Mica Argañaraz and Natasja Madsen: 128.607
August - Natalia Vodianova: 120.515
September - Malika Louback: 92.358
October - Rianne Van Rompaey: 75.269
November - Rianne Van Rompaey: 87.189
December/January - Léa Seydoux: 85.038

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2021

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February - Anna Ewers: 83.140
March - Quinn Mora: 81.605
April - Nora Attal: 88.068
May - Hailey Bieber: 85.729
June/July - Imaan Hammam: 101.277
August - Mica Argañaraz: 110.985
September - Tindi Mar: 91.057
October - 100 Ans: 130.959
November - Aya Nakamura: 83.300
December/January - Isabelle Huppert: 97.853

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2022

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February - Mika Schneider, Lola Nicon and Malika Louback: 78.652
March - Laetitia Casta: 84.833
April - Akon Changkou: 78.602
May - Hailey Bieber: 81.822
June/July - Raquel Zimmermann: 107.454
August - Mona Tougaard and Ugbad: 117.905
September - Kate Moss: 91.622
October - Lous and the Yakuza: 91.627
November - Grace Elizabeth: 77.756
December/January - Lily Collins: 96.681

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2023

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February - Angèle van Laeken: 86.643
March - Jisoo: 99.782
April - Beyoncé: 90.235
May - Mona Tougaard: 86.937
June/July - Vittoria Ceretti: 103.842
August - Ajok Daing: 95.848
September - Dua Lipa: 86.585
October - Malika El Maslouhi: 86.869
November - Victoria Beckham: 78.608
December/January - Ida Heiner: 97.431

Vogue Paris/France Sales for 2024

February - Chloë Sevigny: 79.249
March - Liu Wen: 81.969
April - Sophie Marceau: 87.823
May - Céline Dion: 110.031
June/July - Gigi Hadid: 122.870

Source: acpm.fr

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

Both the fashion director AND editorial director of WSJ Magazine were laid off yesterday according to Lauren Sherman

 

[GivenchyAddict]

^ Fisher is out?

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

Yep

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

From Puck:

 

[GivenchyAddict]

Good riddance. He did not bring anything interesting. WSJ has seriously in terms of fashion content and he did not commission the right people imo.

Wonder what will be next. Very informative. Thanks!

 

[blueorchid]

February - Chloë Sevigny: 79.249
March - Liu Wen: 81.969
April - Sophie Marceau: 87.823
May - Céline Dion: 110.031
June/July - Gigi Hadid: 122.870

Aside from the Gigi Hadid issue with the epic misattribution of the Meisel editorial to the OTHER Steven, I can't even recall the other covers in this list... what a dud of an edition now.