Conan O'Brien Rocks the 'Steve Jobs'
[Conan O'Brien is back in New York, performing his live show at Radio City Music hall. Here he is walking down the street earlier today. Welcome back, Conan. (via Bauer-Griffin)]
The Towering Trump
Ivanka Trump towers over her handlers on "the set of "Departures"," which could either be a reference to American Express' magazine for the ultra-wealthy or some secret movie we've never heard of. (Alternate interpretations welcome, naturally.) Images via Bauer-Griffin.
InTouch Christmas Party Dilemma: Pay to Bring Your Spouse or Cheat for Free?
We stand corrected! Not everyone is canceling their Christmas parties. Magazine publishing biggie Bauer (InTouch, Life & Style) is having a "Bauer on Broadway" Christmas party in Weehawken, where you can perform your favorite showtune with a live band! The only drawback? It costs a whopping $170 to bring a spouse or…
In an attempt to eliminate their competition, Bauer may be folding Life&Style into InTouch. "L&S would be dunzo come November- all of the L&S newstand pockets would be turned over to InTouch, thus instantly increasing InTouch's presence," a tipster informs us. Genius plan! Except one detail: "InTouch doesn't want…
We hear that Jo Piazza, late of Bauer's wretched and folded-before-opening Cocktail, is going back to her old home at the New York Daily News. That's crazy! Who goes back to places they quit? Oh right, this stupid industry. She'll be a features princess or something. We also hear she found out about Cocktail's death…
More Reasons Why You Shouldn't Work At Bauer, As If You Were Going To
Last week, we dissected a litany of reasons why working at Bauer kind of sucks, although since then we've heard from various employees who wanted to clarify that it's actually just the corporate suits at Bauer that suck, and that most of the rank and file are actually pretty cool and fun to work with. Okay, done!…
Was 'Cocktail' Doomed By Wal-Mart?
Yesterday's announcement that Bauer was shutting down Cocktail before the first issue even launched caught many in the industry off-guard—the poor thing didn't even have a chance! "Nobody saw anything coming," says one former staffer. But another source tells us that signs pointing to the magazine's problems had been…
Media Bubble: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
'Life&Style' Shills for Canary Diamond Specialists
At left, the purported engagement ring of Cameron Diaz. At right, Jennifer Aniston's.
New Mag To Feature D-List Talent Making Predictable Jokes About Week's Events*
Like watching TV but regret that you can't take the tube into the bathroom with you? Well, thank God for Bauer Publishing; WWD reports that the constantly conceptualizing corporation has plans for "a proposed weekly title that would recap and comment on the week's news in a manner similar to VH1's 'Best Week…
Rumor Mongering: Bargman Gently Eased Out?
From deep within the jungles of New Jersey, a bit of totally unconfirmed chatter: We hear that Life & Style executive editor Joe Bargman may not last much longer. EIC Debra Birnbaum has reportedly assigned Chris Kensler, formerly of OK! and Celebrity Living, to "work with" Bargman. Interestingly, Kensler may also…
