Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher’s Brief, our roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here’s the previous edition. Food for thought: Back in April, The New York Times announced that it would be launching a new two-day fall event called The New York Times Food Festival, featuring the paper’s chief food editor Sam Sifton and fellow Times foodies including Melissa Clark, Kim Severson and Pete Wells. The goal: to “bring together the food world’s leading chefs, restaurateurs and industry thought leaders to deliver a one-of-a-kind culinary experience for consumers across New York City.” Today, it got real: The Times is putting tickets up for sale for everything from its October 5-6 takeover of Manhattan’s Bryant Park, featuring food stands from Frankies Spuntino, Frenchette, Superiority Burger and more ($25 for a one-day pass), to lectures at TheTimesCenter with titles such as “The Secret Sauce of Success” and “Bourdain and Beyond” ($45 each). When the paper tentatively announced the event in the spring, Sebastian Tomich, the global head of advertising and marketing solutions at the paper, said, “We have a broad ambition to create festivals that showcase our editorial leadership and innovative way of bringing stories to life with a variety of topics”—and food was the “obvious choice” for the first festival. Mastercard was announced as the presenting sponsor. Now the event has... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-11 19:24:56 UTC ]
The author will serve as editor-at-large of Monument Books, helping to find authors that champion ‘ideas, stories and culture, as well as uplifting or refashioning past legacies’Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author of the 2017 bestseller Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has launched... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-12-16 17:04:41 UTC ]
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Longtime Hearst Television executive Shawn Oswald has been named president and general manager of Hearst Television's Milwaukee, Wisconsin ABC affiliate WISN. He will take over for Jan Wade, who is retiring at the end of the year. This is a return to WISN for Oswald, who... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-12-04 14:08:26 UTC ]
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Jan Wade will retire as the president and general manager of WISN, Hearst Television's ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the end of this year. Wade joined WISN in 2007. "Leveraging her deep industry experience, Jan has led WISN to a consistent level of excellence... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-11-20 12:01:33 UTC ]
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Crain’s exclusive list of the largest privately held companies in New York is back, featuring 100 businesses ranked by 2023 revenue.On average, these companies saw revenue jump 15% from 2022 to 2023. Last year’s median revenue likewise increased about 15%, up to nearly $660 million.Combined,... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-11-18 11:03:10 UTC ]
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Broadleaf buys a book about the rise of fascism in America, Ace signs a cozy fantasy series by the publishing director of Arcadia Books, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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John L. Humphries, a veteran of 18 years at Hearst Television and more than four decades in broadcast TV, will retire later this year from his current post of president and general manager of WYFF in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina and Asheville, North... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-10-15 20:00:19 UTC ]
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Hearst has become the latest major US publisher to sign an agreement to license its content to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. As part of a partnership announced on Tuesday, content from more than 60 Hearst-owned publications will appear in ChatGPT and other OpenAI products. Some of the publisher’s more... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-10-08 18:05:17 UTC ]
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Derek Schnell has been promoted to regional director of news for Hearst Television. Schnell has been the news director at KCRA and KQCA in Sacramento since 2018. He will continue to serve as KCRA/KQCA news director. In his new position, Schnell will have management... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-10-01 18:28:35 UTC ]
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Fablelistik has just published three limited editions of 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in print runs ranging from 26 to 2,500 copies. "We want to lean into the idea of books as objects,” said Fablelistik publishing director Taylor Armstrong. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher has adopted thresholds for how many users and impressions can serve as the deterministic basis and for how many categories can be in its contextual taxonomy. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2024-09-25 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Aielli was most recently VP and publishing director of the now-dissolved Hachette Books imprint and has been on the AWP board since 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Supreme Court justice’s memoir is deeply personal and full of hope, and highlights a fairy-tale marriage to her college boyfriend. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-09-03 09:04:29 UTC ]
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An inside look at the publication process for the new Taylor Swift book from Hearst Home. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The former SVP and publishing director at Knopf will oversee the Open Road publishing team, effective immediately. She succeeds Mara Anastas, who will step into the new role of VP of special projects. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Fast Company’s new cover story goes behind the scenes with the brave young people choosing politics as a career—and the savvy young people helping them win. An earlier version of this column—and the one that ran in the print edition of our Summer 2024 issue—cited some striking data showing that... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-07-24 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Shani Gonzales of Warner Chappell says that although people are ‘having fun’ with creating AI songs, ‘what happens when someone tries to sell it?’Arriving in London in the teeth of the pandemic to take a top music industry job, Shani Gonzales had few opportunities to immerse herself in British... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-06-25 13:00:26 UTC ]
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The latest versions of annual reports on workforce demographics from Gannett, NPR and The New York Times (as well as Condé Nast, Hearst and Vox) show mixed results in companies’ efforts to diversify their newsrooms. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2024-06-10 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Takeaways from GWU’s Inaugural Student Journal Symposium, by Rachel Smith & Madeline Meyers From the Road [email protected] Wed, 05/29/2024 - 15:27 Photo by Madeline MyersReflecting on their trip to attend a conference dedicated to literary and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2024-05-29 20:27:37 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed shares soared early Wednesday after the entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reported a stake in the online media company and asked for talks with the board.Ramaswamy, who ended his candidacy in January and threw his support behind Donald Trump, has taken a... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-05-22 14:46:15 UTC ]
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