By Drew Grant 6/01/12 4:21pm

Mayoral Race

Tom Allon runs for his birthday (NY1)

Mayoral Candidate/Media Person Tom Allon Doesn’t Want to be Boris Johnson Or Berlusconi On His Birthday

Last night The Observer cornered Manhattan Media CEO and mayoral candidate Tom Allon at an apartment on Spring Street, where the savvy New Yorker was managing to combine his special day with some work stuff.

We had arrived in the middle of one woman’s speech about why Mr. Allon’s views on teachers was inspiring. (Mr. Allon had taught English at Stuyvesant High School after graduating from Columbia, after all.)

After the woman had tearfully finished, we approached Mr. Allon. “As someone who has to balance a media and political career, who is your inspiration?”

“Boris Johnson,” he said, laughing. And to clarify: “Wait, I’m just kidding!” Read More

By Elizabeth Spiers 12/07/11 5:37pm

Migrations

AVENUE Magazine Staffers Leave to Form New Lifestyle Title Backed By Jared Kushner

AVENUE magazine publisher Julie Dannenberg, editor-in-chief Peter Davis and creative director Cricket Burns are leaving the 35-year-old Manhattan Media-owned glossy to form their own title, which will be backed by Jared Kushner (who is also the owner of Observer Media Group, which owns The New York Observer). The yet-to-be-named lifestyle magazine will target an audience beyond AVENUE’s traditional Upper East Side domain.

“Manhattan is an ever-evolving island, especially when it comes to real estate,” e-mailed Ms. Dannenberg, who will serve as the new publication’s CEO and publisher. “In the days of Henry James, the social set lived in what is now known as Greenwich Village and from there they moved to Edith Wharton’s Chelsea and onward to the Upper East Side.  [But] we are no longer defined by where we live. We are not an Upper East Side magazine, but a magazine for the affluent household, not defined by neighborhood or by age but by mutual interests and similar demographics. What Manhattan needs is a magazine written and styled for the affluent, stylish, intelligent and savvy man or woman who can and does only exist in New York.” Read More

By Matt Haber 10/24/08 6:59pm

02138 Suspending Publication

Radar isn’t the only magazine whose staff finds itself out of work today. According to an e-mail Manhattan Media CEO Tom Allon sent to an undisclosed group of recipients, 02138, the Harvard-centric lifestyle magazine launched in 2006 and acquired by Manhattan Media in May, will be suspending its publication.

From the e-mail: Read More