“Growing up, Cosmo was my lifeline to the world,” says Joanna Coles, the freshly installed editor-in-chief of the largest women’s magazine. “A world that I wanted to be in but couldn’t get to yet.” Piloting a global magazine, married to a notable author, throwing "dream" dinner parties, and raising two kids, it's clear she's arrived (and then some). Coles wants to help her readers get there, too, as she explained recently to Fast Company just before giving a talk on "nabbing that corner office" at LearnVest LIVE, the female-forward financial planning startup's first event. “Look around you,” she said, taking in the thousand-plus aspirants present. “There’s a generation of young women longing for life advice that isn’t available to them. Their mothers can’t help them because their lives are so different than theirs.” They need a place to turn to that's more reliable than the Internet, Coles says, and she sees Cosmopolitan--a lifestyle mag with cover lines like "25 Ways To Kiss A Naked Man"--unlikely as it may seem now, as that resource. The Journey In conversation, Coles is equally accessible and badass, her Yorkshire accent cutting through the chatter of New York transplants. (One reporter described her as having the "laser-sharp manner of an intimidating university professor.") She makes leather pants look uncommonly understated, and when she gesticulates, a row of bangles unspools from beneath her jacket. She is, as Tim Gunn--the icon whom Coles is replacing as mentor... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has announced it is closing its offices from close of play this Thursday (19th March), "until further notice", and has asked everyone at the company to work from home "for the foreseeable future". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 01:55:46 UTC ]
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This January, former Snap Inc. exec Kristen O'Hara joined Hearst Magazines as senior vice president and chief business officer. We caught up with O'Hara to learn about her top priorities in the newly created role. Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2020-03-03 20:09:05 UTC ]
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I do not understand why you would turn to The Office for anything other than its grimly comic tableaux of late-capitalist malaise and self-deluded mediocrity. Apparently I have missed its potential to teach 4- to 8-year-olds the “importance of teamwork” and “that it’s always OK to ask for help.”... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-25 21:39:17 UTC ]
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Wayne State University Press remains embroiled in controversy since the firings of three senior employees. The president's office has assumed oversight for the press, and interim director Tara Reeser is stepping down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_141881" align="alignright" width="150"] Joe Brown[/caption] Hearst Magazines has hired Joe Brown as group editorial director of its Hearst Autos division, which includes Car and Driver, Road & Track and Autoweek, among other titles, starting March 2. Brown moves to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-02-13 19:39:00 UTC ]
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The California Consumer Privacy Act is officially in effect, but many publishers and vendors still aren’t taking preparations seriously, as the Attorney General's office won’t begin enforcement for another six months. Some will take a last-minute, band-aid approach, doing the bare minimum to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-01-21 16:05:21 UTC ]
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What begins as a familiar addition to the dystopian or techno-horror genres becomes far stranger and more appealing. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-12 20:41:58 UTC ]
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Courtney Friel claims in her upcoming book that the proposition was made during a phone call before he became presidentA former Fox News reporter has added her name to the list of nearly two dozen women who have accused Donald Trump of making unwanted sexual advances towards them. In a book... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-01-03 18:46:02 UTC ]
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A little more than a year after the death of founder Todd Bol, his family and his nonprofit are at odds. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-18 16:24:23 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines announced today that former WarnerMedia and Snap executive Kristen O'Hara will be assuming the role of svp and chief business officer, effective Jan. 6. In the newly created position, O'Hara will oversee U.S. advertising sales and marketing for Hearst brands, as well as... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-12-17 17:58:13 UTC ]
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Pearson has won a contract with the UK Home Office to deliver secure English language tests (SELTs) to people who need to demonstrate their English language skills to work or live in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-17 10:16:56 UTC ]
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Editors Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh weave the composer’s correspondence into a mostly tidy account. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-04 23:08:16 UTC ]
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Presses outside of the London bubble have welcomed Hachette UK's move to open a new office in Manchester as a step in the right direction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-14 01:56:32 UTC ]
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Hachette UK will open a new office in Manchester early next year, with Hachette Children’s Group leading the way. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 20:15:39 UTC ]
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Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play, iHeartRadio and Pandora too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend! Back in 2008, Jessica Pels was doing exactly what any ambitious, media-obsessed NYU grad should do: interning at A-list publications like... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-17 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has snapped up the "wickedly-funny and heartbreaking" memoirs of an Anti-Social Behaviour Officer following a major 14-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-10 22:25:39 UTC ]
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In another major pre-Frankfurt Book Fair sale, Marysue Rucci at Simon & Schuster paid a rumored seven figures for a memoir by playwright Sarah Ruhl called 'Smile.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Nurnberg Associates has promoted Doug Wallace to head up the agency’s international offices, including Eastern Europe and Asia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 23:11:31 UTC ]
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Egmont UK is moving from its Shepherd Bush offices to a brand-new home in central London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 04:55:17 UTC ]
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Every once in a while, something is just nice—like this story about Kelli Dunaway, a newly elected St. Louis County councilwoman, taking her oath of office on the Dr. Seuss classic Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Another lovely detail: her two kids, ages five and seven, held the book up as she was... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-22 14:53:47 UTC ]
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