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Tom Florio Reveals What Led Him To Hire Susan Plagemann As Vogue Publisher

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:46 EST

In an autumn replete with layoffs—including at Vogue parent Condé Nast and, most prominently last week, at Time Inc. and The Wall Street Journal (led by founding WSJ. publisher Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio)— Vogue senior vp/publishing director (since January 2008) Florio recruiting Marie Claire...

Following RDA’s Print Closure of 'Purpose Driven Connection,' Frank Lalli Is Chief Content Officer At The Rooster Design Group

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

New York-based company’s expertise in converting print into digital appears to be the ideal stop from Lalli, whose creativity has been on display since he was 1989-1997 Money managing editor, when he would bring sacks of reader mail to Congress in order to get key legislation passed—including the...

The Relationship Economy: Be Humble--Be Of Use

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

The good thing about covering the Internet for 15 years is that you can recall so selectively all of the brilliant things executives said about this space eons ago that finally have come true. I recall that about a decade ago, Rufus Griscom, founder of the adult content site NERVE.COM, launched a fee-based...

Following The GDP ‘Good News,’ ‘Businessweek’ Remained A Voice Of Reason...

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

October 29 felt more like New Year’s Eve than two days before Halloween when U.S. Commerce Department statistics showed a +3.5% gross domestic product in third-quarter 2009-versus-2008. Produced a May Mark End of Recession headline in The Wall Street Journal (October 30), and the giddiness extended to...

Maureen Dowd’s “Hammering” Quotes About Tom Delay

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

Not only did the liberal New York Times columnist have fun in writing (September 23) about the conservative ex-Congressman’s early exploits on D ancing With the Stars before his worn-out feet forced him to withdraw on October 6, but...

Al Gore’s Praise Of Rodale’s Karen Rinaldi Is Truth That’s More Than ‘Convenient’...

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

The 1993-2001 vice president turned Academy Award winner (2006) and N obel Peace Prize laureate (2007) for his Rodale -published An Inconvenient Truth (also a documentary) was at New York’s Museum of Natural History last Tuesday (November 3) to release his Rodale-published sequel, Our Choice: A Plan to...

George Hirsch’s Last New York Marathon Was One More For The Road...

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

Lines in the Johnny Mercer/Frank Sinatra classic about a guy’s lament at a bar get a new meaning here. One for my baby is Hirsch’s love for his wife Shay, as eloquently described in the October 27 New York Times profile of a man with two spectacular careers: (1) publisher, from New York magazine (1968)...

Al Sharpton’s “Free Style” With President Obama

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

The glib--and controversial--activist gave this assessment of the President’s...

MIN’S WEEKLY BOXSCORES (week of November 9)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

MIN’S WEEKLY BOXSCORES (Week Of November 9) Issue Date 2009 Ad Pages Issue Date 2008 Ad Pages % of Diff. YTD 2009 YTD 2008 % of Diff. AMERICAN PROFILE 11/08 8.27 11/09 8.76 -5.59 399.04 492.75 -19.02 BUSINESS WEEK 11/09 21.50 11/10 41.23 -47.85 1,013.79 1,581.44 -35.89 CQ 11/09 14.33 11/10 11.00 30.27...

MIN’S BIWEEKLY BOXSCORES

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:25:47 EST

MIN’S BIWEEKLY BOXSCORES Issue Date 2009 Ad Pages Issue Date 2008 Ad Pages % of Diff. YTD 2009 YTD 2008 % of Diff. AUTOWEEKWEEKLY IN 2008 11/02 31.21 11/03 21.57 44.69 646.53 1,032.90 -37.41 ESPN (NBA Preview) 11/02 37.82 11/03 42.32...