Specs Current gig Editor in chief of Esquire; editorial director of Town & Country Previous gig Editor in chief of Town & Country Age 46 Twitter @jayfielden Adweek: Growing up, were you an Esquire reader? Jay Fielden: Sure I was. I tell this story in my first editor's letter, when I was about 13 or 14 and growing up in San Antonio, I started getting into magazines, and Esquire and The New Yorker were two magazines that I just got curious about and wanted to know more about. They were probably both a little above my head at the time. But I started having that experience with magazines that I envision still being the most powerful thing a magazine can do, that kind of religious conversion where you realize you want to see this thing every month. So that was the beginning. What made Esquire such an important brand? Because it was genre-busting. When you have Nora Ephron writing about breasts, when you have Joan Didion writing for it, when you do the kind of covers they did, a lot of it punched through the culture. It was something highly relevant, on the pulse, fitfully trying to and succeeding at often leading the cultural conversation, saying things no one else was, doing things no one else was. What changes will you be bringing to the magazine? Even though there's a tremendous history there, this is a moment where you have to pretend there's no history and see it as just a reboot and an opportunity to ask the hardest questions. I just spent five... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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Six editors pitched their favorite forthcoming books to an enraptured crowd of 300 booksellers, editors, and librarians who packed the Adult Book Editors' Buzz Panel on the opening afternoon of BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Footwear Plus and 103-year-old Earnshaw's magazines join Wainscot's growing roster of titles. The post Wainscot Media Acquires Pair of Fashion Industry B2B Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-28 20:57:54 UTC ]
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Editor Betty Kelly Sargent answers writing questions submitted by readers. This month, she takes a look at how to create well-rounded and believable characters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Rihanna revealed her first Fenty collection in Paris on Wednesday evening. She arrived wearing a blazer as a dress—the white canvas number had exaggerated shoulders and was cinched in at the middle with a built-in corset—paired with strappy going-out heels in gold leather, all from her new... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-23 16:56:09 UTC ]
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Publishers are offering up a range of titles to mark the 75th anniversary of one of history’s most important military operations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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On Friday, May 31, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., join Random House Children's Books in the Librarians' Lounge (Booth 557) for an exclusive talk with some of the creators behind the publishers' inclusive new publishing program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Esquire digital editor Sam Parker will join Penguin Random House UK this month in a newly created role as editor-in-chief of its website. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barber, the UK’s longest-serving national newspaper editor, has held the post since 2005The Financial Times has begun its search for a new editor, with potential candidates taking part in early-stage discussions to replace Lionel Barber at the top of the business news publisher, according to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Desmond Eliott prize-winning novelist Preti Taneja has joined And Other Stories as a contributing editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has acquired a “gripping” investigation into the fashion industry by journalist Dana Thomas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first book she published was Salman Rushdie's first novel Grimus, now Elisabeth Calder will be honoured for her work. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stripes Publishing has struck a brace of deals at this year’s fair, inking a wild swimming adventure for teens and its first book in translation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalismFacebook could start employing editors to select “high-quality news” to show to users, in the social network’s latest attempt to lose its reputation as a source for disinformation.Mark Zuckerberg said he is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has announced Alice Lloyd is joining the publisher in a new role of commissioning editor for audio and podcasts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arcadia Publishing has announced that bestselling author Walter Isaacson has joined the company as editor-at-large and senior advisor and will also be an investor in the publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber editorial director Laura Hassan has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Miss Dior, the “moving and powerful” story of Catherine Dior, from The Wylie Agency’s Sarah Chalfant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton has taken on its first new editor for a decade through the promotion of Hermione Thompson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Kit de Waal are reinterpreting Dracula and Moby Dick for their first titles to be published on Orion Children’s Books’ new YA feminist series, Bellatrix. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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True crime, “professional confessional” memoirs and titles that look into “sealed worlds” are the hottest non-fiction trends, according to agents who spoke to The Bookseller ahead of next week’s London Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo has announced the titles that will be featured on the three 2019 Editors’ Buzz Panels, which highlight forthcoming books expected to appeal to readers in the fall and winter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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