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Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Photograph by IRVING PENN John B. Fairchild A transformational editor and publisher who influenced how fashion and pop culture is covered today, John B. Fairchild died in [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD No. 11 Shake-ups In the Land Of Condé Big changes at the high-wattage publishing giant were heralded with the appointment of a new ceo. It's the publishing [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Photographs by MARK MANN CHUCK TODD MODERATOR OF 'MEET THE PRESS' Engrossed in a cell phone call with a source, Chuck Todd circles the set of 'Meet [...]

Byline: BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Photograph by MARK MANN JIM BANKOFF Chairman and chief executive officer, Vox Media 'WE TRY TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMBRACES AND THRIVES ON CHANGE. THAT'S [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD MEDIA PEOPLE 'THE ROLE OF THE NEWSSTAND IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IMPORTANT THAN IT USED TO BE IN TERMS OF WHO WE REACH AND HOW WE REACH THEM.' [...]

Byline: BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MANN BILL KELLER The editor adapts to media's changing times. 'WHAT WE DO IS CREATE THE CONTEXT SO THAT ADVOCATES CAN DO THEIR [...]

Byline: BY ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK MANN CHARLIE ROSE The Man Who's Interviewed Them All. Charlie Rose is on camera most days for several hours at a time. He [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Magazine Watch: Keeping Up With . . . Caitlyn Kim Kardashian may have toyed with the notion of 'breaking the Internet' when she posed buttocks-out for Paper [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Photograph by GEORGE CHINSEE JOE RIPP In a world of a thousand choices and 10 million bloggers, high-quality journalistic traditions are important because it says that this [...]

Briefs Proenza's New Partner The deal is done, now the hard part. After months of wrangling and speculation, Proenza Schouler brought in Castanea Partners as a new investor this week. [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Photograph by STEVE EICHNER BILL O'REILLY It's all a matter of presentation. My presentation has changed cable news - that's undeniable and everybody knows that - the [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Photographs by STEVE EICHNER BEN LERER When we think of investing in media, we think of investing in people we believe are going to build organizations that [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD OPRAH WINFREY We try to speak to the heart of the woman who we know is interested in growing into herself. We know that she cares about [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Magazine Watch: Instant Likes Instagram has increasingly become a sounding board for magazines to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to covers. WWD took [...]

MEMO PAD SOCIAL STANDING: Although social media popularity does not necessarily correlate to company health or, in the case of media, advertising dollars, the Magazine Media Industry released its first [...]

MEMO PAD CLINTON'S TOWN & COUNTRY TEASE: The talk may be all about whether Hillary will run, but it's her husband - former President Bill Clinton - who will appear [...]

MEMO PAD RUBENSTEIN SIGNS ON AT AD: Architectural Digest is bringing Hal Rubenstein and Cynthia Frank on board. Rubenstein, who was a founding editor of InStyle, where he later served [...]

MEMO PAD TIME INC.'S TOWN HALL: The eighth floor auditorium in the Time & Life building in Midtown Manhattan played host to a series of meetings with staff this week [...]

MEMO PAD WILDE CONSCIENCE: Hennes & Mauritz AB will unveil today the campaign for its Conscious Exclusive collection, featuring Olivia Wilde. Shot by Lachlan Bailey and styled by Ludivine Poiblanc [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Magazine Firms Wrestle Over Native Ad Rules The American society of Magazine Editors is in the process of changing its guidelines, as large, mainstream publishers continue to [...]

MEMO PAD SUNNY-SIDE UP: Louis Vuitton took to the French West Indies for its new 'Spirit of Travel' spot. Against the backdrop of azure Caribbean waters and up on the [...]

MEMO PAD SHAPING UP: Meredith Corp. is shuttering the print editions of newly acquired titles Fit Pregnancy and Natural Health, WWD has learned. The news was confirmed by Meredith, which [...]

MEMO PAD TIME FOR CHANGE: Time Inc. is shaking up its fashion publications. The publisher of InStyle and StyleWatch has promoted InStyle editor in chief Ariel Foxman to the role [...]

MEMO PAD BLOOMBERG, NOT IN VIEW: Once celebrated for its open plan and transparent, glass-enclosed conference rooms and offices, Bloomberg, back under the leadership of Michael Bloomberg , is slightly [...]

MEMO PAD ALL MEN: The New York Times wants a bigger piece of the fashion advertising pie: The paper is launching a new print section devoted to men's fashion and [...]

MEMO PAD MIKE IS WATCHING YOU: In another sign that he's firmly retaken the helm of his namesake media company, Michael Bloomberg this week quietly reinstated its practice of tracking [...]

MEMO PAD THE TIME HAS PASSED: The bloodletting is over at The New York Times for the year. The paper, which earlier this week indicated that it would begin layoffs [...]

MEMO PAD SHARING OR SWALLOWING?: Employees from Vogue.com will be sharing a floor with Style.com in Condé Nast's new headquarters at One World Trade Center, WWD has learned. This follows [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Ad-Edit Boundaries Blur As Publishers Go Native Is the American Society of Magazine Editors about to bend the church/state rules on native advertising? The pressure appears to [...]

Byline: Alexandra Steigrad Truth in Advertising The company's focus in marketing has been on simple styles and real women. Over its 30 YEARS in business, Eileen Fisher has stayed true [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Glamour Editor in Chief Cindi Leive Cindi Leive is Glamour magazine's editor in chief, a role she has held since 2001. Under Leive, Glamour runs its Women [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Michael's McCarty and Millington There are a handful of restaurants in New York that are media hangouts, but Michael's in Midtown is perhaps the king of them [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Fox News' Chris Wallace Chris Wallace is the host of 'Fox News Sunday.' Celebrating 50 years in the media, the 67-year-old Wallace began his career as Walter [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Meredith Corp.'s Stephen Lacy Stephen Lacy is chairman and chief executive officer of Meredith Corp. He was appointed ceo in 2006 and became chairman four years later. [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD The New Yorker's David Remnick David Remnick has been the editor in chief of The New Yorker since 1998. Prior to The New Yorker, he spent 16 [...]

Byline: Alexandra Steigrad The Camera Loves You, Darling Chronicling DVF's love affair with the media. It's not quite the classic rags-to-riches story of a poor immigrant landing in America with [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Carine Roitfeld of Harper's Bazaar Carine Roitfeld is the founder and editor in chief of CR Fashion Book and the global fashion director of Hearst's Harper's Bazaar. [...]

Byline: - ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD The Wolves of White Street The Notion of media mogul as restaurateur is kind of like celebrity-turned-designer - it's not new and often not taken very [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Code and Theory's Brandon Ralph and Dan Gardner Brandon Ralph and Dan Gardner are the 34-year-old cofounders of Code and Theory, a digital creative agency that designs [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD CNE's Dawn Ostroff Dawn Ostroff is the president of Condé Nast Entertainment, which focuses on the development, production and distribution of original television, feature film and digital [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Penske Media to Buy WWD and Fairchild WWD will soon have a new owner. Penske Media Corp. is acquiring Fairchild Fashion Media from Condé Nast, in a [...]

MEMO PAD HEARST TRIES TO TREND: At a time when most publishers are shying from new print products, Hearst is readying to launch another one. Called TrendingNY, the newspaper-magazine hybrid [...]

Byline: - ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD The Other Mother of Dragons From a booth at the Empire Diner in New York, Bertha Gonzalez Nieves, the chief executive officer of tequila brand Casa [...]

MEMO PAD AD'S FASHIONABLE SPREAD: Architectural Digest's September issue is feting fashion with a look inside the homes of designers and photographers. The issue, which hits newsstands Tuesday, includes a [...]

Time Inc.'s Norman Pearlstine NORMAN PEARLSTINE, 72, is executive vice president and chief content officer of Time Inc., where he is charged with the development of new content experiences, consumer [...]

MEMO PAD HELP WANTED: Details magazine has more than one job to fill since its publisher Kevin Martinez jumped ship two weeks ago to join rival Maxim in the same [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Hearst's David Carey Editor's Note: This is the debut of Media People, a periodic Q&A with executives, editors, publishers and creative forces in the media sector. WWD: [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA STEIGRAD Alibaba Raises Valuation to $130B Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce giant, has increased its valuation ahead of its initial public offering. According to a filing [...]

MEMO PAD MOTION PICTURE: In February, Donna Karan introduced her 30th anniversary show with an atmospheric video created by Steven Sebring . In time for the clothes to begin to [...]

MEMO PAD CONDé HITS THE MOTOR CITY: Condé Nast executives, editors and publishers took an unlikely trip to the city of Detroit to celebrate Bruce Weber 's new exhibition at [...]