IfOnly Sells 2,000 Experiences in Its First Year
While most of the online retail space focuses on selling goods, IfOnly offers adventures ranging from hanging out during Paul McCartney's soundcheck to watching a baseball game with San Francisco 49er...
View ArticleCondé Nast Entertainment Debuts The Scene
Condé Nast Entertainment isn't just making a splash in the digital video space. The magazine publisher is making The Scene, a new platform that will curate video content from its brands and partners,...
View ArticleMajor Executive Shake-up at Condé Nast
Condé Nast is in the midst of a major shake-up in its executive ranks that has president Bob Sauerberg greatly expanding his role and two major figures—COO and CFO John Bellando and editorial director...
View ArticleMixed Bag for Condé September Paging
The September ad pages are continuing to roll in as fashion’s biggest month inches closer, and perennial winner Vogue has once again taken the top spot. The news was bittersweet for the Condé Nast...
View ArticleWith a Redesigned Website, The New Yorker Hires an Ad Agency
The New Yorker has a redesigned website, a new paywall system in the works and now an ad agency to promote it all. SS+K in New York has landed the assignment after a review, outstripping a handful of...
View ArticleDetails Launches Display Ad Network
In a first for Condé Nast, Details magazine is launching its own male-targeted digital display ad network. The Details Ad Collection, currently in beta mode with more than 20 members, offers men’s...
View ArticleBon Appétit Joins Reality Foodie Fray With New Bravo Show
For the first time in its 58-year history, Condé Nast’s Bon Appétit is hitting the airwaves. This January, the magazine will partner with Bravo on a new competition series, Best New Restaurant, which...
View ArticleLucky Spins Off From Condé Nast as The Lucky Group
For years, Condé Nast shopping bible Lucky has been dogged by rumors that it will eventually go all-digital or even shut down completely. Now, Condé Nast is dispelling both of those scenarios with a...
View ArticleCondé Nast Sells Fairchild Fashion Media to Penske
In an effort to refocus on its consumer brands, Condé Nast is selling Fairchild Fashion Media—owner of B-to-B publications Women’s Wear Daily, Footwear News and Beauty, Inc.—to Penske Media...
View ArticleCondé Nast Names Vanity Fair Publisher Menicheschi President of Media Group
It’s been a busy month for Condé Nast. In the past few weeks alone, the company announced that it would be spinning off Lucky magazine, reorganizing its food properties and selling WWD owner Fairchild...
View ArticleWired Names Kelleher as New Publisher
As reported by The New York Post, Wired magazine is expected to offer its publisher job to former Say Media president Kim Kelleher. Condé Nast, owner of Wired, has not confirmed the offer, but sources...
View ArticleNext Issue Media Hires a Creative Agency
Next Issue Media, a start-up technology company founded by publishers such as Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith and Time Inc., has hired Eleven to lead its creative efforts. Next Issue offers an app across...
View ArticleNilou Motamed Is Out as Epicurious Editor in Chief
Epicurious editor in chief Nilou Motamed has been let go less than a year after she was hired by Condé Nast to take the online recipe hub in a more lifestyle-focused direction. A spokesperson for the...
View ArticleEpicurious Hires New Executive Director
Following Bon Appétit’s recent takeover of Epicurious and the ensuing departure of editor in chief Nilou Motamed, the site’s director of product, Eric Gillin, has been promoted to the newly created...
View ArticleGeneral Electric, Marriott and Condé Nast Weigh in on Digital Storytelling
As social media channels continue to grow, with mobile feeds dominating storytelling, brands like General Electric, Marriott and Conde Nast have had to work out the best way to position themselves on...
View ArticleHow The New Yorker Festival Has Become a Magnet for Brands
Since launching 15 years ago, The New Yorker Festival has become the biggest consumer-facing event for its parent company Condé Nast, not to mention one of the buzziest cultural events of the year,...
View ArticleCondé Nast Launches Food Innovation Group
This past summer, Condé Nast announced that it was handing over control of Epicurious, its all-digital food and recipe brand, to Bon Appétit. While the two brands would remain independent on the...
View ArticleHow Conde Nast Plans to Make Epicurious the Ultimate Food Resource
Photo: Elizabeth Lippman SpecsName Pamela Drucker MannAge 39New gig Vp and publisher of Food Innovation Group: Bon Appétit and EpicuriousOld gig Vp and publisher of Bon AppétitLess than a year ago,...
View ArticleSelf Makes 2 Key Hires as It Continues Its Reinvention
It's been just about six months since Joyce Chang, the former executive editor of Cosmopolitan, officially took over as the new editor in chief of Condé Nast lifestyle title Self—and quickly...
View ArticleLucky Is Carving Out an E-Commerce Identity by Putting Readers, Not Products,...
This summer, Lucky, the 14-year-old "magazine about shopping," made a surprising announcement: It was merging with e-commerce company BeachMint and spinning off from Condé Nast as an independent...
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