Buy GQ buy clicking the above cover and type in GQ!
Joining Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, and Jon Hamm is the one and only Leonardo DiCaprio.
To read more about GQ’s selection of Leonardo DiCaprio as one of its “Men of the Year,” click here.
A week after the cancellation of MTV’s “TRL,” Damien Fahey (right) has been snatched up by “Extra” as a weekend correspondent. Is Mario Lopez concerned? (NYP)
Ted Turner’s memoir, “Call Me Ted,” for which he snagged a $5 million advance from Grand Central Publishing, will debut at No. 8 on the New York Times bestseller list that hits Nov. 30. (NYP)
Conde Nast is folding DNR, the men’s fashion trade magazine. It’s also shuttering its web site, DNRNews.com. (Gawker)
Ex-Editor Rips Time Inc.’s Layoff Plans (NYP)
Tough times for Bauer’s In Touch and Life & Style: Bauer to slash rate bases in response to slumping sales. (WSJ)
The CW Network is canceling a deal under which it outsourced its Sunday night programming to a third party, Media Rights Capital. (NYT)
Web Still Growing Despite Recession (Mediaweek)
Jailed Media Baron Conrad Black Hoping for Bush Pardon (HuffPo)
Buy GQ HERE!
Michael Phelps as well as Barack Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jon Hamm, are on GQ’s four “Men of the Year” covers.
Michael Phelps sure loves to wear his shorts low.
To buy GQ, visit Universal News online!
GQ has named Barack Obama one if its “Men of the Year” with a cover and article — written by Senator Ted Kennedy — that went to press before Election Day.
Who are the other men gracing the covers of GQ?
Bill O’Reilly tops list of favorite & least favorite campaign journalists (TVNewswer)
The Economist Group has laid off about a dozen employees in North America. (AdAge)
Conde Nast cancels holiday bash (Gawker)
Showtime is developing an hour long project from comic book icon Stan Lee that tracks the life of a gay superhero (Huffington Post)
Good planning: V Magazine editor in chief Stephen Gan had 50,000 “Obama’s in the House” red, white and blue stickers printed and affixed to magazine covers at the last minute for its Beyonce cover. (WWD)
Starbucks wins big with Election day free coffee promotion (AdAge)
Conde Nast employees fear further layoffs. (NY Post)
In other Condé Nast news, the publisher announced a partnership with video platform Brightcove to manage its video initiatives on Glamour.com, Wired.com, Portfolio.com, Parade.com and Self.com. (Folio)
MGM to post full films on YouTube. (NY Times)
Publishers Making Integrated U-Turn:As clients trim budgets, publishers put brakes on elaborate, beyond-the-page ad packages. (Mediaweek)
Google Signs a Deal to e-Publish Out-of-Print Books. (NY Times)
Financial Times website gets a facelift. (Portfolio)
Bad news for Mens’ Vogue and Portfolio Magazine.
Condé Nast confirmed it plans to scale back Men’s Vogue to twice a year frequency from 10 times.
“Men’s Vogue will be absorbed into Vogue and published in the spring and fall, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O of Condé Nast Publications. It will continue to be edited by Jay Fielden.”
Men’s Vogue publisher Marc Berger is leaving the company. The fate of the rest of the staff isn’t clear.
Condé Nast’s Portfolio will also scale back, to a 10 times-a-year frequency from a monthly schedule this year. “We’re readjusting for the economic times,” a spokesperson for the title said.
Condé Nast is also surprisingly scaling back Portfolio’s web site.
(Source: Mediaweek)
Si Newhouse defies the image of the media baron driven by love of limelight, political influence or money. But largely because of him, Condé Nast— an arm of his family’s privately held Advance Publications — is unlike any other major publisher, reports the New York Times.
The “Black Issue” of Vogue Italia hit stands on June 11 and has been selling out all over New York. To meet the demand, Conde Nast is printing another 10,000 copies, so if you haven’t picked up your issue yet, no worries.
CondeNet, the online unit of Conde Nast, acquired HotelChatter.com and Jaunted.com, which are published by SFO*Media, according to Mediaweek.
