Media Mix: Jeff Zucker Goes Downtown For New York Mag

“I don’t really go south of 42nd Street without a visa" sounds like a line from Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, but is actually a quote from CNN president Jeff Zucker.

Jeff Zucker (Getty Images)
Jeff Zucker (Getty Images)

“I don’t really go south of 42nd Street without a visa” sounds like a line from Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City, but is actually a quote from CNN president Jeff Zucker. But he did venture down to Waverly Place, sans visa, for the sake of Gabriel Sherman’s New York mag profile of the former wunderkind. The two met at Babbo to talk about the perception that Mr. Zucker “failed upwards” and  (New York)

The Washington Post is back in the game, according to David Carr. Sure, maybe not Watergate-level game, but still. (The New York Times)

In Touch used drones to aerially cover George Clooney’s wedding. “We have begun using a drone, but we plan to use it only within the proper legal and privacy guidelines. It’s a great newsgathering tool,” a rep from the magazine told Confidenti@l. (The Daily News)

Beauty blog Into The Gloss is getting into the beauty product game with a Glossier, an independently operated sister brand of products. (Fashionista)

Bloomberg Politics has finally launched. (Bloomberg Politics)

Media Mix: Jeff Zucker Goes Downtown For New York Mag