As expected, a London court has fined Condé Nast £10,000 (approximately $14,573.20) after the publisher was found in contempt of court for printing a Michael Wolff column about the then-ongoing News of the World phone-hacking trial. You can read more about the case here and here.
Condé Nast Held in Contempt for Publishing Michael Wolff Column
Earlier this year, England’s attorney general accused the magazine publisher Condé Nast of interfering with the 2013 News of the World phone-hacking trial by permitting British GQ to publish a courtroom report—excerpted here—by the American media columnist Michael Wolff. The charges were brazenly contemptuous of press…
Condé Nast Buys "High-Value Millennial Male" Website Pitchfork for Undisclosed Sum
Pitchfork Media, the twenty-year-old music criticism site known for mainstreaming decent musical taste and worshipping the band Radiohead, has been acquired by media empire Condé Nast, which is excited to be the new owner of “a very passionate audience of millennial males.”
Did Reddit's Former CEO Just Reveal a "Long Con" to Sabotage the Site?
After Reddit’s surrender to white supremacy this week, users and observers alike have been trying to figure out how exactly we got to this nadir. How could something so popular get so much wrong, over and over again? A new post by Reddit’s ex-chief suggests it’s all been an inside job.http://gawker.com/the-rise-and-f…
British GQ Disappears Negative Feature Story About Rupert Murdoch
In April 2014, the media critic Michael Wolff published a column in British GQ about the then-ongoing phone hacking trial against several journalists and editors employed by Rupert Murdoch’s shuttered tabloid News of the World. Titled “The court without the king,” the critical article is now at the center of a…
Is There a Bill de Blasio Sex Tape?
Here is an interesting story: The New York Times points out today that the January 2015 issue of Vanity Fair contains a reference to a sex tape depicting New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. Let’s look. First, check out the cover:
Vogue’s Rat Infestation: Disturbing New Details
On Friday, Gawker reported that Vogue’s brand-new offices at 1 World Trade Center had a predicament as old as New York City itself: a rat infestation. It’s already gotten so bad that editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is wary of entering her personal office. Over the next three days, two other outlets reported even…
Vogue’s Shiny New Office Has a Big Rat Problem
Earlier this month, Condé Nast commenced its long-anticipated move to 1 World Trade Center, whose landlord is counting on the magazine publisher to anchor the building and attract other hip companies to the fortified Financial District. The ongoing rodent problem at Vogue, however, might give some prospective…
Condé Nast Settles With 7,500 Underpaid Interns for $5.8 Million
Last year, two former interns at magazines owned by Condé Nast filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for underpaying them and thousands of other interns, in violation of labor law. According to recent court filings reported by Reuters, Condé intends to retroactively compensate the pair and over 7,000…
What's Going On at Lucky Magazine?
Lucky, the Conde Nast magazine "about shopping," looks like it's turning into a straight-up catalog. In a slightly convoluted press release today, Conde announced that it's spinning off the mag into The Lucky Group, "a wholly independent entity, which brings together Lucky and e-commerce platform, BeachMint." So, a…
A Note From Mo Rocca Regarding Monsanto
Yesterday, we published leaked internal documents from Conde Nast describing the company's plans for a series of Monsanto-sponsored propaganda videos hosted by Mo Rocca. Last night we received the following note from Mo Rocca:
Here's How Conde Nast and Mo Rocca Are Making Propaganda for Monsanto
Genetically modified agribusiness and pesticide conglomerate Monsanto has a reputation (rightly or wrongly) as one of the most evil companies in America. Here's one way they're working on their PR: by enlisting the help of Conde Nast, and Mo Rocca, and some desperate charities.
Condé Nast Frowns On Fashion Reporter’s Instagrammed Junket
Over the past weekend, a P.R. firm called The Social Co. hosted a group of fashion journalists and bloggers for a gratis getaway at the Maidstone, an East Hampton hotel where mid-priced rooms go for $845 per night. Among the attendees was David Yi, a staff reporter at Condé Nast’s Women’s Wear Daily, who meticulously…
Self magazine is now someone else's magazine—Condé Nast is replacing long-time editor Lucy Danziger with current Cosmopolitan executive editor Joyce Chang. Also reportedly out is Self publisher and vice president Laura McEwen.
Condé Nast Killed the Internship
You could say Condé Nast invented the Millenial-centric media internship: menial, subservient, under- or unpaid, yet intoxicatingly close to the reigning powers of New York City’s culture industry. Now they’re killing it off.
Condé Nast Stops Paying Interns
Magazine conglomerate Condé Nast, which was slapped with a lawsuit in June for paying interns less than a dollar per hour, has decided to stop paying interns altogether. Zero. Several recent Conde interns told the Who Pays Interns Tumblr, which documents the internship wages at media companies, that their employer has…
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has finally renewed his contract, so not to worry, VF readers: you won't have to face any living people on the cover for at least three more years.
André Leon Talley Bids Au Revoir to Vogue
After a three-decade residency at Vogue, contributing editor André Leon Talley is leaving the magazine. Beyond the masthead, you might recognize ALT from his Louis Vuitton-clad tennis practice in The September Issue, or simply for his glorious collection of capes.
How to Make Everyone Hate Your Joy: A Lesson in Email Etiquette from Condé Nast
The important thing to remember about out-of-office replies is that no one is ever happy to receive them. An out-of-office reply is your way of saying, to anyone who emails with a request, "You're out of luck, motherfucker – I'M GONE." Use them to list the dates you'll be gone and the name of an alternate contact…
Girls Ask Teen Vogue to Stop Photoshopping; Teen Vogue Asks Girls to STFU
Last week, a 14-year-old girl declared victory in her campaign to convince Seventeen magazine to incorporate images of "Real Girls" into its pages. What she gained (besides lots of press coverage) isn't completely clear; Julia Bluhm petitioned Seventeen to cut down on Photoshopped images by printing "one unaltered…
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