Media
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Condé Nast Shuttered Blog Platform NowManifest
Bloggers under the NowManifest umbrella will have to seek solace elsewhere: The Condé Nast-owned platform, which hosted blogs by the likes of BryanBoy, Derek Blasberg, Anna Dello Russo, and Susie Bubble, has been shuttered, according to a report by The Business of Fashion. So what does this mean for the slew of influential bloggers? They’ll have
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Exclusive: Former NYLON Associate Publisher Karim Abay Makes His Next Move
Former NYLON associate publisher Karim Abay, who resigned from the publication in May after nearly a decade, has found his next gig. PAPER has announced that Abay will become their senior vice president of sales and marketing and associate publisher. In his new role, he will oversee business development and marketing for PAPER, Papermag.com, as well
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Ask The Newsstand Guy!
Ready for some quality chit-chat with our old pal Manish Golchha from 37th Street’s Magazine Café? Who’s selling? Who’s too skinny? Who should have been cast as Christian Grey? Our man-at-the-’stand expert has all the answers. Nice to see you! What are you wearing today? A Calvin Klein sweater, Louis Vuitton belt, and Cole Haan shoes.
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Lisa Armstrong, The Telegraph’s Strong Arm
Lisa Armstrong serves as the resounding voice of reason over the London fashion realm, which she surveys from her perch as fashion director at The Daily Telegraph. So does she like what she’s seeing? The Telegraph was hit with a massive round of layoffs this past October. How were you affected? We lost a few
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The Daily Media: 44 Moves To Discuss
Thessaly LaForce, formerly editor at New York‘s “Seen” art blog, has been named senior editor at Travel + Leisure. Maura Egan, formerly senior editor at T: The New York Times Style Magazine, has been named editor-at-large at Travel + Leisure. Flora Stubbs, formerly senior editor at Vogue, has been named senior editor at Travel + Leisure.
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Condé Nast Traveler’s Fashion Director, Sarah Meikle, On Traveling In Style
Sarah Meikle landed at Condé Nast Traveler in October as the rejiggered, wanderlust-inducing title’s new fashion director. Meikle dissects her stylish travel uniform, her new gig, and other chic matters over tea and ricotta toasts at one of her local haunts, Tribeca’s Smith & Mills. Backstory, please! I’ve been at fashion magazines my entire career,
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CR Fashion Book Hires Sheena Smith
A new talent has joined Carine Roitfeld‘s chic glossy: Sheena Smith has been named market and beauty director at CR Fashion Book. Smith spent three and a half years at Teen Vogue, most recently as the petite glossy’s accessories director. From 2011 to April 2012, Smith was senior associate accessories editor at the publication. Prior to joining Teen
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Total Slideshow: A Sitdown With Style.com’s Dirk Standen
Dirk Standen’s decade-long tenure at style.com happened by accident, but it’s been a lengthy stint that has rarely proven boring. Standen talked us through the site’s defunct seven-issue print mag, being an early arbiter of street style shots, and his new boss lady (hint: her name rhymes with Shmana Lintour). How did you end up
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The Daily’s Media Issue Is Here!
Dishy, dishy! The Daily‘s Media Issue has arrived, and it’s particularly packed with delicious features this season. To wit: a slew of editors anonymously spilled about the perils (and the occasional perks) of native advertising, top talent recruiters let us grill them on what it really takes to get a covetable glossy gig, and we’ve analyzed Cathy Horyn‘s best morsels
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It Takes Two: Condé Nast Traveler’s Pilar Guzman And Vanity Fair’s Chris Mitchell
Pilar Guzman, Condé Nast Traveler’s turnaround artist of an EIC, and husband Chris Mitchell, Vanity Fair’s newly minted VP and publisher, have hopscotched from Condé title to title—never in tandem—for more than a decade. We popped by their Park Slope brownstone to learn how they kill it in the glossy grind (without killing each other).
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Elevating ELLE: Catching Up With Creative Director Alex Gonzalez
He’s an industry veteran who has lent his golden touch to a wide array of glossies, from L’Uomo Vogue to Marie Claire. Now, Alex Gonzalez is tackling the world’s biggest fashion magazine as its new creative director, just in time for Elle’s 30th anniversary. Does the March issue feel like it’s 100 percent Alex? I wouldn’t say that,
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Dan Wakeford Becomes A PEOPLE Person
Dan Wakeford will be joining PEOPLE as deputy editor, effective immediately. In a memo to staffers sent yesterday obtained by The Daily, editorial director Jess Cagle said: “Wakeford will oversee all human-interest, service, and royals content for the brand. Deputy editor JD Heyman will continue to oversee all entertainment content—including the Picks and Scoop sections, which
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New York Puts Joni Mitchell On Its Spring Fashion Issue
The season of the seasoned leading lady continues! This time, it’s a cover cameo, not another campaign: Joni Mitchell fronts New York‘s biannual fashion issue. Check out the full feature here; Carl Swanson penned the story, and Mitchell was shot by Norman Jean Roy (who did that epic Harper’s Bazaar March subscriber cover of Rihanna cavorting in the mouth of a shark). The septuagenarian is
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Encore, Encore! Have You Devoured The Latest Daily Media?
Between the Grammys’ tapis rouge and the latest roster of BAFTA winners, you may have forgotten to check on the most recent moves in the media realm. Fret not, we’ve got your recap, filled with all the details you need to know. Which mod got tapped for an editorial role at Refinery29? Who was chosen as the
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LuckyShops.com Makes Its Debut Today
There’s been six months of speculation about what Lucky‘s new e-comm standalone site would look like since the shopping glossy was spun off by Conde Nast into The Lucky Group, a new venture with BeachMint. The site, LuckyShops.com, has finally arrived. On tap for the blend of e-comm and edit content? Around 1,000 products from approximately 200 brands (Eva
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The Daily Media: 35 Moves To Discuss
Elettra Wiedemann, currently model and founder at Impatient Foodie, has been named executive food editor at Refinery29. Sierra Tishgart, formerly associate editor at New York‘s Grub Street, has been named senior editor at the publication. Jim Windolf, formerly editor at M, has been named editor of Men’s Style at The New York Times. Henry Goldblatt, formerly
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Layoffs And Masthead Changes At Lucky
On the eve of Lucky‘s imminent e-commerce foray (part of The Lucky Group, Condé’s new publishing venture with BeachMint), the glossy has announced a handful of editorial layoffs. Just shy of LuckyShops.com’s launch, which is slated for early next week, eight staffers have been let go. Production director Donna Sollecito is among the crop of laid-off staffers, along with two fashion assistants, two
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Caroline Palmer Leaves Vogue For Amazon
Adieu, 1 WTC: Caroline Palmer has left her post as Vogue‘s online editor to join Amazon Fashion as director of editorial and social. In her new gig, Palmer will curate the e-comm (and much more) behemoth’s clothing, chaussures, and accessories offerings by trend on the site as well as corresponding social media channels, according to WWD. Palmer has been with Vogue as
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Catch Mercedes-Benz’s NYFW Shows, Livestreaming Right Here!
We’re just three days away from the flurry of runways that is NYFW, darlings. Be sure to check out our livestream of the catwalks at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week’s plethora of shows at the tents, right here, all week, beginning Thursday morning. See you in the front row!
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Who Will Edit The New York Times’ Men’s Style Section?
The New York Times is a few months away from debuting their first-ever Men’s Style section, and according to Capital New York, Jim Windolf will decamp from his role as editor at M to edit the section. Men’s Style will bow on April 3rd; it will be the paper’s first section dedicated solely to fashion and lifestyle for hommes. Stuart Emmrich, the Styles editor,
