Condé Nast to Cityfile: Please Return Our Editors’ Domain Names

Since its inception, the gossip Web site Cityfile has been buying the domain names of powerful New Yorkers, accumulating more than 100 names, including those of Bruce Wasserstein, Jonathan Tisch and Kelly Cutrone. (When a someone tries to go to ronaldlauder.com or richieakiva.com, they are directed to Cityfile‘s profiles of the billionaire and the nightclub Read More

The Rising Cost of Launching a Magazine

Earlier today, Media Mob looked at Richard Pérez-Peña’s New York Times Sunday Business article about Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse.

In that article, Mr. Pérez-Peña noted:

Last year, Condé introduced one of its most expensive new titles, Portfolio, its first business magazine, which company executives predict will lose $150 million or more before Read More

Portfolio Editor Bob Roe Fired

Portfolio senior editor Bob Roe was fired this week, and his last day was today, Media Mob has learned. It’s the first major firing this year in what has been a relatively quiet year for the magazine.

Mr. Roe, a senior editor, was a frequent critic of Joanne Lipman, and staffers said that he Read More