Yesterday, Advertising Age‘s Nat Ives broke the news that Alpha Media is folding Blender and moving Joe Levy, the magazine’s editor in chief, over to Maxim. This move is displacing James Kaminsky, who’s held the job as capo di laddie since 2007.
Being editor in chief of Maxim seems a bit Read More
Martin Dunn had only been on the job for a few hours when the Staten Island Ferry-the vessel on which thousands of New Yorkers travel to and from the island of Manhattan-crashed into a concrete pier at the St. George Terminal on Oct. 15, violently killing 10 people.
For the newly minted editorial director of Read More
Shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday, July 21, staffers at the Daily News , most of whom had left the office for the evening, received a message via e-mail from News editor Ed Kosner announcing his retirement from the position.
As departures go, Mr. Kosner’s seems like children’s hour compared to the weeks-long soul-thrashing that Read More
Business does not appear to be slowing down at the Chelsea Commons, the favored restaurant and bar on West 24th Street for staff going-away parties at the New York Daily News .
“Every time you log onto the computer you see another farewell party,” said one newsroom source. “It gets a little dispiriting to start Read More
Newly installed Daily News editor in chief Ed Kosner hasn’t reached his May 1 deadline for studying the newspaper, but one of the first moves is elevating former Time magazine star and Brill’s Content editor Michael Kramer, who had been overseeing the editorial pages of Mr. Kosner’s Sunday edition, to oversee all of the News’ Read More
Ed Kosner’s semi-independent Sunday Daily News is getting its own gossip columnist to cover more upscale scoop. Mr. Kosner has hired New York magazine’s Deborah Mitchell. “She’s going to be doing more items relating to publishing, politics and real estate,” said Mr. Kosner. “She’ll do some show business, but not as much as Mitchell [Fink] Read More
