As sexual harassment accusations sweep through many industries, the selection of a new editor has become a prism through which to read a changing landscapeThe publishing industry guessing game over who will assume Vanity Fair’s leadership role from long-serving superstar editor Graydon Carter may have been abruptly altered by sexual harassment accusations currently sweeping through the institutions of film, fashion and publishing. The impact of the fall of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, mired in sexual harassment allegations, was made clear Friday when Conde Nast, publishers of Vogue and Vanity Fair, issued a statement calling for new systems to protect its vulnerable workers from sexual predators. Related: #MeToo: how a hashtag became a rallying cry against sexual harassment Related: Janice Min, Hollywood's star editor: 'The news cycle here is fantastic' Related: Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter to step down after 25 years Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
“As a graphic designer, we can play a role in standing up for something.” During the protests for racial justice this past summer and over the past few years, Black Lives Matter became a movement and rallying cry, a message of optimism and hope, and a simple statement of affirmation: the lives... Continue reading at Fast Company
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With a new Black editor in chief and ambitious promises to do better, a little corner of the Conde Nast universe is taking racial and cultural injustice one recipe at a time Continue reading at ABC News
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Rider has signed the first book from Brita Fernandez Schmidt, executive director for charity Women for Women International, featuring a foreword by Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The impact of the coronavirus has seen the Booksellers Association issue a rallying cry to the trade, as many publishers enforce home working to safeguard staff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Profile Books and the Wellcome Collection will publish Elif Shafak’s manifesto offering “a rallying cry for hopefulness”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 02:43:46 UTC ]
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Conde Nast has greenlit a half-dozen series for IGTV designed to anchor ad programs that will sew many different Facebook ad products together at once. The post How Conde Nast plans to make money from Instagram TV appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-11-18 05:01:31 UTC ]
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Two Australian online book retailers have suspended sales of Ronan Farrow’s investigation into #MeToo, following legal threats from one of the book’s subjects. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 08:21:31 UTC ]
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Who needs secret government sources when you have Donald Trump? Yesterday, a reporter on the White House driveway asked Trump what he hoped Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, would do after Trump asked him to investigate the Bidens. “I would think that if they were honest about it,... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-10-04 11:58:13 UTC ]
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A month after longtime AMC Networks ad sales executive Scott Collins parted ways with the home of “The Walking Dead” and “Killing Eve,” the cable programmer has tapped a mainstay from the magazine world to oversee its linear TV and digital inventory. AMC this afternoon announced that it has... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-03 23:26:31 UTC ]
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Serpent’s Tail has acquired a novella, This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill, about the “unravelling of the life of a male publisher undone by allegations of sexual impropriety and harassment” which was first published in the New Yorker earlier this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 18:04:04 UTC ]
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Older generations argue that young people’s insistence on equality in all things – including books – threatens to stifle free speech. But is that always true?I wouldn’t normally air my dirty literary linen in public, but here goes. When I finished writing my novel Putney, about a 13-year-old... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-10 10:03:01 UTC ]
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Following the #MeToo and #ChurchToo movements, religion and spirituality publishers are addressing issues related to masculinity in new titles geared toward men. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Even as Snapchat Discover has become more crowded and other publishers like The New York Times have pulled their channels, Conde Nast is invested in Snap. The post Conde Nast now has 28 shows on Snapchat, with plans for more appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former physicist has experience with building new businesses, paring down struggling ones and rallying troops. His new job will require all three. The post ‘The Cleaner’: Conde Nast’s new level-headed leader is a publishing newcomer appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Covered: Influential music site Pitchfork, which was acquired by publishing conglomerate Cond Nast in 2015, flexed its cultural muscle last night by hosting a party to celebrate its first digital cover, featuring singer-songwriter-model-actress Sky Ferreira. The animated coverone is planned each... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers in the new Facebook-funded program include BuzzFeed, Conde Nast and Viacom. The post Facebook is paying 12 publishers for Watch shows starring video creators appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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People keep saying that it would never get past the censorious new generation, rather forgetting its arduous struggle to be printed in the 1950sIf millennials are currently aged between the ages of 22 and 36, I am one, albeit somewhere in the upper echelons – and I am also a publisher. And so I... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The upheaval at Conde Nast has taken a new turn. Robert Sauerberg, who has effectively led the storied magazine publisher since 2010, is stepping down, as parent company Advance Publications plans to... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors (SoA) and a number of writers have criticised YouTube for emailing its users saying Article 13 would prevent them from uploading videos onto online platforms. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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