Chuck Townsend

Chuck Townsend Gets Married

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The 64-year-old Conde Nast CEO Chuck Townsend was married this weekend on his yacht, "Current Issue," in Rhode Island.

His new wife, 42-year-old Jill Roosa, used to be the executive director of a charity group. Page Six reported that it was "a small wedding just for family." Here's the Times' wedding announcement.

Success, and Succession, at Conde Nast

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The most interesting thing in Richard Perez-Pena's 3,330 word write-around profile of Si Newhouse is the language from Condé Nast executives about the importance of the Web.

  • Tom Wallace, editorial director, Condé Nast: “You’re going to have to go a long way on the Internet to compete with the way we produce words and images in the magazines."
  • Steve Newhouse, chariman of Advance.net: “What we’re not doing is trying to turn those companion sites into large Web destinations. They’re there to support the magazines.”
  • Jonathan Newhouse, head of Condé Nast international: “I think sometimes commentators throw around these assumptions about what is happening to the industry, going the way of newspapers, and I don’t believe it.
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