When Time Warner Inc. purchased Turner Broadcasting in late 1996, executives were careful not to use the word “synergy,” a rarely seen byproduct of the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Brothers about seven years earlier. Nonetheless, much was made of the possible offspring of a Time -CNN union. Alas, all is not perfect in Read More
On Jan. 12, The New York Times ran a business feature on the new, supposedly subdued Washington Post . The subheadline: “Seeking ‘Cruising Speed,’ Washington Post Editors Prefer Stability to Sizzle.” Many at The Post detected a patronizing tone in the article-that the Washington paper was a nice, successful city paper, but when it came Read More
The Wall Street Journal’s corporate parent, Dow Jones & Company, has been skewered in the press in recent years for mismanagement of its technology-driven market data unit. But its technical problems don’t stop with the old Telerate division. In the past two weeks-on Jan. 8 and Jan. 15-the computer editing system for the national edition Read More
After five years as the No. 2 editor at The New York Times Magazine , Adam Moss is being handed its reins. As of April 1, Jack Rosenthal, the magazine’s current editor and an assistant managing editor of the daily newspaper, will have the title of editor in chief of the magazine, as well as Read More
Every summer, the editors and writers who work at GQ magazine go on a retreat at the Connecticut country home of the magazine’s editor in chief, Art Cooper. None of them fears the savage round-robin tennis tournament or the sometimes intense work sessions. But they do get a little nervous about the … cheese course. Read More
“Meet Miranda Devin. Independent film producer, editor and screenwriter,” reads part of a special advertising section in the September 1996 issue of Mademoiselle. But the Miranda Devin who offers readers “words of wisdom from a starving artist” and then extols the virtues of the Discover card, is not who she appears to be. And that Read More
Johnnie Cochran has been on the receiving end of much harsher words than the ones that spewed from Andrea Peyser’s New York Post column on Aug. 29, in which she bemoaned his inclusion in the Abner Louima defense team.
Take, for instance, Mr. Cochran’s ex-wife, Barbara Cochran, who used her autobiography to accuse him of Read More
When it comes to joint ventures, the Walt Disney Company has not proven very adept. Clumsy would be a better word, although some would argue arrogant. Take, for example, the soon-to-be-defunct partnership between Disney and computer magazine publisher Ziff-Davis Inc. on Family PC. On Dec. 3, Disney’s acting publishing chief, Tom Conforti, announced in a Read More
Vanity publishing update: John F. Kennedy’s George and David Lauren’s Swing both are on the far side of two years old, and they still don’t have their audits. But-by law-they do have to file year-end documentation with the United States Postal Service, and curious observers can glean some interesting factoids about how both magazines are Read More
The merger of the legendary editor Harold Evans and the would-be benevolent press lord Mortimer Zuckerman looks like the natural consummation of a beautiful friendship. In providing a shelter for Mr. Evans, who was nudged out of Random House, Mr. Zuckerman brings some instant flash and cachet to his four less-than-sparkling publications, U.S. News & Read More
