Tina Gaudoin

"I think that's the point at which you're all meant to clap."

Tina Gaudoin, editor in chief of WSJ., stood on stage at the Morgan Library on East 36th this morning. She had just presented the first issue of The Wall Street Journal's luxury insert, which debuts in this Saturday's edition of the paper.

The assembled crowd of journalists could be forgiven for not applauding as the cover and several pages of the magazine were revealed from beneath an awkwardly-draped scrim. They were too busy enjoying breakfast, which consisted parfait, cantaloupe with a sprig of mint, salmon filet, and a filo-crusted omelet topped with caviar.  read more »

The Wall Street Journal is stocking up for its luxury glossy magazine, WSJ., and not surprisingly, it's importing talent from across the pond. There are several new hires, reports WWD's Irin Carmon: Welcome, Jeffrey Podolsky, the New York editor of Tatler and a regular contributor to Luxx, who has been named editor at large; and Sasha Wilkins, writer for British Harper's Bazaar and Elle, who will become executive style editor.  read more »

WWD has the first interview with WSJ—the new glossy magazine for the journal—editor Tina Gaudon. She defends the magazine in a way she'll probably have to until its launch in September--that the magazine won't be lightweight. "Why should the reporting not be as good, as intelligent, as detailed, as behind-the-scenes, as insider, as it would be in the Journal proper?"  read more »

Actually, hold up. For four months now, it's been accepted that the Journal's new glossy how-to-spend-it magazine would be named Pursuits and it would be a monthly (Dow Jones said it, the Times reported it, so did we)  read more »

Tina Gaudoin, an editor who worked closely with Wall Stret Journal publisher Robert Thomson at the Times of London, has been named the editor of Pursuits, the quarterly luxury magazine the paper will start in the fall. Media Mob reported on Jan. 18 that Ms. Gaudoin was the favorite to take over after Robert Frank was assigned to become a news editor for the paper (and not named, as most thought and reported, the editor of the magazine). Rupert Murdoch and Mr.  read more »

It was expected for a while that Robert Frank would run the Journal's prospective weekend glossy, Pursuits. When The New York Times broke the story about Pursuits in September, Richard Perez Pena reported that Mr. Frank was the favorite; the Observer reported later that he had a meeting with Mr.  read more »