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parties
How to Get on Keith Kelly's Good Side
St. Patrick's day is coming up, and you know what that means: time for New York Post media columnist Keith Kelly's annual "Kelly Gang" dinner event! Famous Irish types, attend or else. More » -
holidaze
Condé Nast Becomes The Latest Publishing Empire To Cancel Christmas
What with the economy and all, Christmas is totally going to blow this year. Especially for those of you (us?) in the media industry. The precious holiday was already partially ruined when the Hearst Company cancelled their historically awesome annual Xmas bash, and now Condé Nast is following suit. A tipster tells us that their annual Holiday Luncheon has been shut the heck down. Probably because every company everywhere is hemorrhaging money. Why Condé itself axed dozens of employees just yesterday. The real shame in all of this, though, is now we won't get the valuable "who sat where" insight into the magazine giant's power structure. More » -
celebrity weeklies
FBI's Paparazzi Probe
The New York Post's Keith Kelly confirms the Feds are investigating an editor at In Touch magazine for taking kickbacks from photo agencies. Not that much new in the piece that wasn't already aired on Gawker on Wednesday. But the allegation is that the celebrity weekly editor assigned lucrative assignments to favored agencies, in exchange for cash payments. -
tabloid wars
Long May The Pettiness Continue!
Poor Keith Kelly. The New York Post media reporter's mission in life is to bash rival tabloid, the Daily News. (Kelly landed a good punch on the Daily Snooze, yesterday, when he reported on a blowup between two sports writers at the News, one of them a survivor of locker-room harassment.) But Kelly, before he took Murdoch's dollar at the Post, used to work at its despised competitor. And the veteran reporter, even ten years later, still gets confused. As this voicemail, being passed round the News, demonstrates. Marvel, child journalists, at the media world's most feared investigator at work. (Oh, and, yes, it is indeed petty for a News staffer to pass on Kelly's inarticulate message; nearly as petty as the Post's endless rubbishing of its competitor. Petty, and endlessly entertaining.) Listen here to Keith Kelly's request for a callback on the News "stuff". -
what happens in boca, stays in boca
Jason Binn And Keith Kelly Found In Bed Together
Every year at the American Magazine Conference, Jason Binn, the chief of Niche Media, hosts a dinner party for those who he deems "important." And every year the AMC planners try to stop him because, well, it's a dumb idea. This year Jason Binn and New York Times star David Carr invited a select group for a night of club hopping. It was all harmless fun until they ended up at a club B.E.D. More » -
lonely at the top
Ann Moore Definitely Sits Alone At Lunch
Nary a kind word for Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore in Keith Kelly's 1,200-word Sunday New York Post profile. Well, she has overseen the elimination of 1,000 jobs at the magazine in the last year, so you'd expect bits like this: "I think she's a one-trick pony," one 'former executive' told the Post. Moore aims to make Time Inc. a leader of the digital age—so, her groundbreaking vision for the future? "Page views plus minutes spent will be the new gold standard." Eureka! Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey's take? "I wouldn't be the best judge of morale today, [Ed. You don't say!] but I sense that we're on the comeback trail." Here's a better judge of morale: "Remember, the layoffs may not be over," warns Keith. -
america's best third-place newsweekly
'U.S. News' Says "Fine, You Want Lists, We'll Give You Lists"
Realizing that there's no way they can really compete with Time and Newsweek, perennial bronze medalist U.S. News & World Report has decided to go with the gimmick of running one "best of" issue per month. The Post's Keith Kelly reports that the magazine—which can only sell copies with coverlines like "America's Best Colleges," or "America's Best Hospitals"—is hemorrhaging money that owner Mort Zuckerman would rather spend on glossy, embroidered pink slips that he's handing out like candy to Daily News employees. Asked to confirm the changes, U.S. News editor Brian Kelly tells Keith that, yeah, it's true, but offers the wan assurance that the magazine is "still in the news business," and then provides a handy list of the ten best reasons anyone should believe such obvious bullshit. We're actually kind of excited for the change: We hear February will have the long-awaited "America's Hottest Snatches" issue. -
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switching off
A gleeful Keith Kelly reports that the Daily News will let the contract of TV critic David Bianculli, a fourteen-year veteran of the paper, expire this fall. "'Everyone is horrified,' said a source familiar with the situation. 'I assume it is a money thing. They'll probably replace him with some blogger who sits around in his pajamas.'" Hey, Mort, we watch T.V. and sit around in our pajamas! Drop us a line! [NYP] -
ignominious downfalls
How Drew Kerr's P.R. Firm Died
The story of any company's demise is a mess of allegations, innuendo, slights, and wrongs: Employees treated badly, employers indignant, clients left holding the bag. The story behind the swift downfall of Drew Kerr's publicity firm, Four Corners, is no different. To pull out every last cliche, it's a cautionary tale of one man's twisted vision—a tale of how ego and greed should not be mistaken for ambition. Yes! So, how did Kerr's firm, which handled accounts like Radar and Maxim, go to hell so fast?
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new york daily news
'News' Needs Women
So asked the Post during their humble celebration of eclipsing the News in circulation. Apparently not Mort Zuckerman, who canned Skenazy after nearly eighteen years with the paper. Keith Kelly's crocodile tears fall thickly on the page this morning as he reports the dismissal:Even in the permanently demoralized newsroom, this one really upset insiders. They see it as one more move by owner Mort Zuckerman's minions to toss a loyal staffer to the wolves in order to meet his budget numbers. Although Martin Dunn is the editor-in-chief, the blood from this one probably rests with op-ed page Editor Arthur Browne. Browne refused to comment.
Kelly does make the interesting point that this leaves the News with only one female columnist, gossipeuse Joanna Molloy. Maybe Mort should consider hiring Alicia Colon away from the Sun; we imagine there'd be a significant savings in salary, even with the expense of hiring a translator who speaks crazy. More » -
media
Media Bubble: Other Words That Rhyme With 'Toos Are Abuse And Caboose
- So, important election results: Which anchor won? The general consensus seems to be Charlie Gibson, although Tom Shales gives it to Brian Williams, with Katie Couric getting an "affably in command." Meanwhile, the kids at Fox News were kinda bummed. [WaPo] More »
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new york daily news
'Post' Just Wants To Know If 'News' Is Okay, You Know?
More in sorrow than in joy (oh, who are we kidding) Keith Kelly reports this morning on the dismissal of the Daily News' Andrea Dove, vice president of classified ads. Kelly gives a roll call of recent News departures, both voluntary and less so: Editor-in-Chief Michael Cooke, executive vice president Ira Ellenthal, investigative reporter Russ Buettner, feature writer Caitlin Kelly, food writer Isabel Forgang, and Michael Segell, Rebecca Louie, Breanne Heldman, Jami Bernard, Graham Fuller, Michele Ingrassia, Michelle Leifer and Celia McGee. More » -
media
Media Bubble: Pretty Girl Makes Grade
• Wenner Media buys out Disney's share of Us Weekly. We're not sure why this is important, but the folks at WWD thought it merited an e-mail alerting us to it, so what the hell. [WWD] More » -
bonnie fuller
Bonnie Fuller Backlash: Seems Like the Very First Time
Because few things make us happier than idle bitchery, we of course enjoyed Keith Kelly's roundup in the Post today of all sorts of AMI staffers' anonymous snipes at their newly and richly re-contracted editorial director, perennial employee fave Bonnie Fuller. We remain, however, mystified by Keith's lede: More » -
brangelina
The Battle of Shiloh: Keith Kelly's Fun With Numbers
In his column today, merry media man Keith Kelly reports that American OK! and Us Weekly just missed winning the rights to the baby pictures of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, both bidding in the $4 million range but losing to People's $4.1 million (and to what length they'll go to get their money's worth). And since they were already tossing around the petty cash, People went ahead and bid $5 million for worldwide rights, but Getty laughed in their face. Kelly also reveals that Hello! paid around $3.5 million for British rights, then introduces us to his special brand of math: More » -
media bubble
Media Bubble: Blogs Either Are or Are Not Dying
• Bill Powers says blogs are not, recent hype notwithstanding, dying. But you knew that. [National Journal] More » -
keith kelly
Keith Kelly's Coming Out Party
Why is this man smiling? Because he's Keith "R." Kelly, the Post's resident media hack, and his adorable face is gracing the online edition of his column! After the darkness of internet anonymity, Kelly's friendly visage is now ours to cherish: the ruddy cheeks, the fluffy hair, the too-healthy-for-a-newsroom glow. There's that mischievous sparkle in his eye — like he's about to blow us all away with an amazing tale of circulation drama. And is that a seersucker shirt he's wearing? Charming! More » -
new york post
Radar preview
The Post's Keith Kelly gets a preview of Talk veteran Maer Roshan's soon-to-be-launched magazine, Radar, and notes that it's already taking swipes at other magazines. Media targets include Jann Wenner, Bonnie Fuller, and particularly Details editor Dan Peres. "Let's Get One Thing Straight," says one article, "Dan Peres, editor-in-chief of Details, is not gay. But his magazine sure seems to be." More » -
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Bloomberg's pink flamingos
Keith Kelly reports that Bloomberg LP is rewarding good reporting with flamingos. Plastic. Pink. Flamingos. Kelly asks the obvious question and Bloomberg PR responds, "It's neither a reward nor a punishment, it's an acknowledgement." That this is considered a "morale booster" is perhaps indicative of the state of morale at Bloomberg LP. More » -
conde nast
Men's version of Lucky
The Conde Nast empire has spawned a new magazine, Keith Kelly and the NYT report. The yet-unnamed title will be a men's magazine that will focus on shopping. Conde Nast spokespeople, however, deny that anything new is in the works. More » -
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Bloomberg book party
Keith Kelly reports that Bloomberg LP spokeswoman Chris Taylor cut short a performance by a dance act Full Frontal PR authors Richard Laermer and Michael Prichinello hired for their book release party. In the "sexy and flirtateous routine," two dancers "basically undressed one another to the point where both were standing in skin-tight leotards." It was supposed to be a metaphor for the interaction between PR people and journalists. (I think it would be more accurate if money changed hands and/or at least one party felt vaguely dirty afterwards.) More » -
gq
The GQ succession race
Have they no decency? Quicker than Art Cooper's tears can dry, the media commentators are handicapping the race to succeed him as editor of GQ. Keith Kelly is offering odds. More » -
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Bonnie Fuller's contract renewed
Keith Kelly reports that Jann Wenner renewed Us Weekly Editor Bonnie Fuller's contract for three years. Newsstand sales have increased over 55.2% during her tenure. (According to our completely unscientific estimate, tacky photos of 20 year old pop stars have increased 72.3%. Actual text has decreased 89.6% and multisyllabic words have decreased 63.4%. Not that we're saying there's a correlation...) More » -
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The media reporters, Zagat-style
The reporters on the media beat, before whom even magazine editors quake, get a taste of their own medicine. Us Weekly, with some blurby and occasionally snarky reviews of their characters and reporting. So a media weblog, linking to a review of journalists who themselves cover the media: an More » -
keith kelly
Morale at Bloomberg
Keith Kelly reports that Bloomberg LP chiefs have been ordered to make a list of employees who aren't happy, possibly in an effort to find out who's been talking to the press. Says one insider, "There isn't enough paper in a printer to print out that list." On a side note, Kelly says that US Weekly's Gabriel Snyder is leaving to work for Variety. More » -
new york press
The NY Press
The NY Press's recent acquisition may not be such a good thing. The Village Voice says that the company's backers have had financial problems and the Post's Keith Kelly reports that editor Lisa Kearns quit today after only two weeks. More » -
keith kelly
No more planes for Huey
Keith Kelly reports that John Huey, editorial director of Time, Inc., has had his plane priveleges curtailed. His $13,000 jaunts to his $1 million place in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, have gotten to be too much for CEO Ann Moore. More »
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