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    By John Koblin 11/03/08 7:06pm

    Empty Nast Syndrome: At Last Week’s Condé Nast Executive Meeting, Several Titles Were in Doubt

    Early last week, the survival of several Condé Nast titles was in doubt.

    According to sources familiar with the situation, when Condé Nast executives walked into a weekly meeting last Monday, October 27th at their headquarters at 4 Times Square, it was not clear whether chairman Si Newhouse and C.E.O. Chuck Townsend would decide Read More

    By John Koblin 10/30/08 6:23am

    Empty Nast Syndrome: Condé Nast Cutting Five Percent of All Magazine Staffs; Future of Men’s Vogue In Doubt

    Call it the Five Percent Plan.

    The Observer has learned that all Condé Nast publishers and editors have been told they have to cut their staffs by 5 percent and their budgets by 5 percent within weeks, according to five Condé Nast sources.

    It will affect every title, including the company’s most successful: The Read More

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