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Vibe and Spin Face Down a Murky Future

by Carl Swanson
Jan. 16th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Employees at Time Inc., the magazine division of Time Warner Inc., found that they'll soon be workin  read more »

Trouble at The Wall Street Journal 's Weekend Section

by Carl Swanson
Dec. 26th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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As journalism jobs go, what could be more fun than writing or editing for the "Weekend Journal"?  read more »

The Times Replaces Lead Film Critic Janet Maslin

by Carl Swanson
Dec. 12th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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The New York Times has finally named its replacement for lead film critic Janet Maslin.  read more »

George Names an Editor, Maxim Raids Details

by Carl Swanson
Dec. 5th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Frank Lalli, the new, surprise editor of George magazine, started work at 9:30 A.M. on Nov. 30.  read more »

New York's Deborah Mitchell Jumps to Ed Kosner's Sunday Daily News

by Carl Swanson
Nov. 28th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Ed Kosner's semi-independent Sunday Daily News is getting its own gossip columnist to cover more ups  read more »

Mark Golin Finally Populates Details ' Staff … Spin Shrinks

by Carl Swanson
Nov. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Tina Brown's sidekick, David Kuhn, is set to leave Talk magazine for Planet Content, the e-commerce  read more »

Miramax Steers DiCaprio to Cover of Talk Magazine

by Carl Swanson
Nov. 14th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Miramax Films signed on as distributor of Gangs of New York , a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, on  read more »

Harry Evans' Next Life

by Carl Swanson
Oct. 31st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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So just what's Harold Evans doing now that he's no longer going to be editorial director of Mortimer  read more »

Kurt Andersen and Michael Hirschorn Assemble New Media Web Site

by Carl Swanson
Oct. 24th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Michael Hirschorn and Kurt Andersen are beginning to put a staff together for their on-line media an  read more »

Tina Brown Loses Her Magic Spell

by Carl Swanson
Oct. 17th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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What happened to Tina Brown's power over writers and editors?  read more »

Marty Peretz Hires Nice Young Man as New Republic Editor

by Carl Swanson
Oct. 10th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Peter Beinart, a self-effacing, 28-year-old former intern at The New Republic , is set to become the  read more »

New Atlantic Guy David Bradley Joins Magazine Big Shots

by Carl Swanson
Oct. 3rd, 1999, 8:00 pm
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David Bradley, the new owner of the 142-year-old Atlantic Monthly , is a budding magazine mogul.  read more »

Janet Maslin, 50, Quits The Times : Loved Eyes Wide Shut , Hated Gummo

by Carl Swanson
Sep. 26th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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After 22 years at The New York Times and too many bylines to count, film critic Janet Maslin is quit  read more »

Stinky Mark Golin Is a New Kind of Condé Nast Creature

by Carl Swanson
Sep. 19th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Mark Golin, the new editor of Details magazine, wears Prada boots now, but he manages to make them l  read more »

S.I. Newhouse Jr. Gets a Daily

by Carl Swanson
Aug. 29th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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The sale of the Walt Disney Company's Fairchild Publications to S.I.  read more »

Brill Enters 'Dot-Com' Sweepstakes, Soros Backs His 'Planet Content'

by Carl Swanson
Aug. 22nd, 1999, 8:00 pm
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When Brill's Content moves out of the dowdy offices at 521 Fifth Avenue it's been in since the magaz  read more »

Kurt Andersen, Michael Hirschorn and Jim Cramer in Cahoots on a Webzine

by Carl Swanson
Aug. 8th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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After being tossed out of their magazines, ex-editors in chief Michael Hirschorn and Kurt Andersen a  read more »

Gear Dumps Expensive Writers; Toby Young Fired Again

by Carl Swanson
Aug. 1st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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The editors at Gear , the magazine founded by Bob Guccione Jr.  read more »

Times Metro Section to Lose Its Sourpuss Editor

by Carl Swanson
Jul. 25th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Joyce Purnick announced the end of her two-year run as editor of The Metro Section of The New York T  read more »

New Yorker Learns Reports of García Márquez's Death Are Grossly Exaggerated

by Carl Swanson
Jul. 18th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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On July 9, The New Yorker received, via fax, "what looked like a press release from Newsweek.com" an  read more »

Time Out Editor Laments Comedy of Errors

by Carl Swanson
Jul. 11th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Before you plan a night on the town with the help of those perky listings in Time Out New York , you  read more »

Salon I.P.O. Is Proof of New Adage: Editorial Doesn't Go Public

by Carl Swanson
Jun. 27th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Salon.com hit the ground–well, it just sort of hit the ground when it went public at last June 22.  read more »

Ex- Rolling Stone Writer Neal Karlen Gets Revenge on Jann Wenner

by Carl Swanson
Jun. 20th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Longtime Rolling Stone writer Neal Karlen has attacked Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner in a new bo  read more »

Dinner at T.G.I.F.: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

by Carl Swanson
Jun. 20th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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There's something wonderfully hectic about my friend Francesca.  read more »

A Furrier With a Shady Past Sues James Ellroy for Libel

by Carl Swanson
Jun. 6th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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A character in the latest book by James Ellroy has turned on the author.Albert Teitelbaum, a retired  read more »

How Much Did Mortimer Zuckerman Scratch Mayor Giuliani's Back to Win Crime Scene Access?

by Carl Swanson
May. 30th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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On April 22, Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman met secretly with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Police  read more »

Graydon Carter Aborts His Sun-and-Fun Weekend With Barry Diller

by Carl Swanson
May. 23rd, 1999, 8:00 pm
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James Collard, the British editor who arrived in February 1998 to turn Out , the upscale, centrist g  read more »

Adam Moss Irks Daily Reporters at The Times

by Carl Swanson
May. 16th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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There's always been a bit of friction between The New York Times Magazine and the legions of ink-sta  read more »

Variety Explodes Over The New York Times ' Coast Coverage

by Carl Swanson
May. 9th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Early on in his May 3 piece about how The Hollywood Reporter is gaining on Variety in terms of movie  read more »

Lou Dobbs Fights With Time Warner for Cyberturf

by Carl Swanson
Apr. 25th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Lou Dobbs, president and anchor of the cable business news channel CNN-FN, appears to have won the f  read more »

Tina Brown's Innovation? Chintzing the Writers

by Carl Swanson
Apr. 11th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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From the beginning, Talk Media has been a hotbed of synergistic millennialism. At least publicly.  read more »

A Vast Exodus at Wenner's Monthly Makes a Them Out of Us

by Carl Swanson
Apr. 4th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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There's been another sudden exodus from Us magazine, casting doubt on the editorial stability of the  read more »

Off the Record

by Carl Swanson
Mar. 28th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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As the Daily News prepares to deploy its new Sunday edition on March 28 to the tune of $2 million, o  read more »

Newsroom Nausea at the Daily News

by Carl Swanson
Mar. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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For a newspaper built on a tabloid history of enduring unkind cuts, the week of March 15 brought som  read more »

Celebrity Monsters Terrorize Magazines

by Carl Swanson
Mar. 14th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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It wasn't so long ago that celebrity publicists and managers were afraid, very afraid, they were los  read more »

Focus Group Declares New York Post Too Hard to Read

by Carl Swanson
Feb. 28th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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The New York Post used to have its newsroom and printing plant down on South Street.  read more »

Pecker Dumps Hachette, Begins Tabloid Reign

by Carl Swanson
Feb. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Hachette Filipacchi Magazines chief executive David Pecker, notorious for his hellbent quest to make  read more »

Beautiful … Jimmy Breslin Yaps, Says Lategano Is Rudy's 'Co-Mayor'

by Carl Swanson
Feb. 14th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Jimmy Breslin has done it again-said the thing that wasn't supposed to be said.  read more »

Beautiful ... Jimmy Breslin Yaps, Says Lategano Is Rudy's 'Co-Mayor'

by Carl Swanson
Feb. 14th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Jimmy Breslin has done it again-said the thing that wasn't supposed to be said.  read more »

Dow Jones Employees Distressed by Derailment From Their Retirement Fund

by Carl Swanson
Feb. 7th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Memo to Mark Golin: Always remember, never ask your new boss, Condé Nast chairman S.I.  read more »

The Rise of Maxim Magazine

by Carl Swanson
Jan. 31st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Maxim , the men's magazine that trend journalists love to puzzle over– see Newsweek 's Feb.  read more »
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