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Gabriel Sherman

The Devil Goes Gaga: Wintour Blasts WWD

Anna Wintour was not pleased with what she saw on the cover. The Vogue editor is famously choosy about her covers, but this was someone else’s: the front page of the May 3 Women’s Wear Daily.

Two days before, she had hosted the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—the annual live, Read More

Dear Arthur Jr.: Here’s Your Shot– Buy Back Times!

Does The New York Times need a change of ownership? On April 18, Morgan Stanley portfolio manager Hassan Elmasry launched a shareholder protest against The Times’ corporate structure, calling for the abolition of the two-tier stock system that gives the Sulzberger family control of the company.

Over the last several months, a different version Read More

Dear Arthur Jr.: Here’s Your Shot– Buy Back Times!

Does The New York Times need a change of ownership? On April 18, Morgan Stanley portfolio manager Hassan Elmasry launched a shareholder protest against The Times’ corporate structure, calling for the abolition of the two-tier stock system that gives the Sulzberger family control of the company.

Over the last several months, a different version of Read More

Can Village Voice Make It Without Its Lefty Zetz?

On April 18, The Village Voice’s music editor Chuck Eddy was fired by Village Voice Media. Mr. Eddy is the 17th employee to leave the paper, either by resignation or termination, since Village Voice Media—then called New Times—assumed control in November. The paper lists 60 editorial positions on its masthead.

Last week, on the Read More

Can Village Voice Make It Without Its Lefty Zetz?

On April 18, The Village Voice’s music editor Chuck Eddy was fired by Village Voice Media. Mr. Eddy is the 17th employee to leave the paper, either by resignation or termination, since Village Voice Media—then called New Times—assumed control in November. The paper lists 60 editorial positions on its masthead.

Last week, on the April Read More

Times Assesses Its Relationship To Discovery TV

The New York Times is considering pulling up stakes in its great venture into television.

Though the award-winning but ratings-deficient Discovery Times channel is a 50-50 partnership with Discovery Communications, Discovery currently controls four of the seven seats on its board. According to sources at The Times and the Discovery Channel familiar with the negotiations, Read More

Times Assesses Its Relationship To Discovery TV

The New York Times is considering pulling up stakes in its great venture into television.

Though the award-winning but ratings-deficient Discovery Times channel is a 50-50 partnership with Discovery Communications, Discovery currently controls four of the seven seats on its board. According to sources at The Times and the Discovery Channel familiar with the Read More

Times Brushes Up On Hillary Races With New Beat Star

How can you tell how seriously to take Hillary Clinton’s Presidential aspirations? Gamblers have the London bookmakers, who gave the junior Senator from New York 5-to-1 odds as soon as the 2004 election ended—better than all the other potential candidates, including Rudolph Giuliani.

Or there’s The New York Times, which is laying its own Read More