The appointment, on Jan. 18, of Les Goodstein as president and chief operating officer of the Daily News is part of what insiders at Mortimer Zuckerman's media holdings have taken to calling "Fred and Mort's divorce."
Fred Drasner, Mr. Zuckerman's business partner who ran the day-to-day operations of the paper as its chief executive and co-publisher, Read MoreEmployees at Time Inc., the magazine division of Time Warner Inc., found that they'll soon be working for AOL Time Warner in an e-mail sent companywide before their arrival at work on Jan. 10. Far from panicking about handing over their professional fates to a Virginia-based cyberspace outfit, the benefits-swaddled scribes rejoiced: Almost all of Read More
There was Time magazine, in its Jan. 1, 2000, issue, using President Clinton as a freelance news analyst. The President weighed in on the resignation of Boris Yeltsin with the usual empty prose common to all heads of state.
And, anyway, did Mr. Clinton really write this stuff? Did he get a check from Time Inc.? Read MoreIt's not so easy being a pornographer. Elements of pornography have long been legit in the art scene, and it's practically a compulsory course of study in graduate schools. And porn is, of course, a standout business model for the Internet. But the hard part about being a pornographer is the human factor. That's what Read More
As journalism jobs go, what could be more fun than writing or editing for the "Weekend Journal"? Plenty, apparently.
The lively, colorful section nestled in every Friday's Wall Street Journal stands out among the gray columns of trade reports. Since its debut as a separate section in March 1998, it has become an oasis of fun Read MoreThe New York Times has finally named its replacement for lead film critic Janet Maslin. Envelope, please. And the job goes to … three different people!
Namely, Elvis Mitchell of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ; A.O. Scott, formerly an editor at the New York Review of Books and Lingua Franca ; and Stephen Holden, who will Read MoreFrank Lalli, the new, surprise editor of George magazine, started work at 9:30 A.M. on Nov. 30. He wasn't taking John F. Kennedy Jr.'s empty office but was sitting just outside of it, in the office of Kennedy's assistant, RoseMarie Terenzio. Ms. Terenzio left the magazine shortly after the October memorial issue closed. Mr. Lalli Read More
Ed Kosner's semi-independent Sunday Daily News is getting its own gossip columnist to cover more upscale scoop. Mr. Kosner has hired New York magazine's Deborah Mitchell. "She's going to be doing more items relating to publishing, politics and real estate," said Mr. Kosner. "She'll do some show business, but not as much as Mitchell [Fink] Read More
Tina Brown's sidekick, David Kuhn, is set to leave Talk magazine for Planet Content, the e-commerce venture being set up by Steven Brill, the founder and editor of Brill's Content . Mr. Kuhn had followed Ms. Brown from Vanity Fair to The New Yorker to Talk , where he was vice president and executive editor.
What Read MoreMiramax Films signed on as distributor of Gangs of New York , a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, on Oct. 8. Three days later, Talk , the Miramax-owned magazine, reached a quick agreement with the actor that would make him the cover boy for its February issue. The deal came as something of a shock to Read More
Just call him the Butcher Boy. On Nov. 1, just weeks after becoming the editor of The New Republic , Peter Beinart, 28, fired someone: senior editor Jacob Heilbrunn.
Mr. Heilbrunn is older than Mr. Beinart–he's 34–and was known as the "liberal hawk" of the New Republic staff, according to one of his friends. (This apparently Read MoreSo just what's Harold Evans doing now that he's no longer going to be editorial director of Mortimer Zuckerman's Daily News and U.S. News & World Report ? That's what he and Mr. Zuckerman were talking about in Mr. Zuckerman's office on Oct. 25. "No. 1, I've got a contract for two books," said Mr. Read More
Michael Hirschorn and Kurt Andersen are beginning to put a staff together for their on-line media and entertainment industry magazine. Early hires include Craig Marks, who was executive editor of Spin magazine under Mr. Hirschorn and who will direct music industry coverage after his current gig at Rolling Stone runs out, and Lorne Manly, a Read More
What happened to Tina Brown's power over writers and editors? At The New Yorker and Vanity Fair , she was famous for tearing up the magazine at the last minute, creating more work for her staff–and most people didn't say a word. It's a lot different this time around, at Talk . Ms. Brown is Read More
Peter Beinart, a self-effacing, 28-year-old former intern at The New Republic , is set to become the sixth editor of the magazine in the last decade. He replaces the demoted Charles Lane, who replaced the fired Michael Kelly, who replaced Andrew Sullivan, who quit. Mr. Beinart will begin his new job just as the Presidential Read More
