Magazines perfect for avoiding family over the holidays
So the kids are off from school for the holidays — or maybe it’s just you and your significant other with a little extra time on your hands. Lord knows the last thing you want to do is sit around the...
View ArticleMore change, more turmoil sweep Time Inc.
More turmoil swept over Time Inc. on Thursday. For starters, rumors were flying that Entertainment Weekly’s top editor Matt Bean was being offered a “bigger job” at Time Inc. after only a year running...
View ArticleTime Inc. keeps on changing with EW editor Bean’s ouster
In yet another big change at Time Inc., Entertainment Weekly editor Matt Bean is out, according to numerous sources, after only a year on the job. Henry Goldblatt, a longtime veteran at EW who spent...
View ArticleTime Inc. moves EW editor into new job as native ad head
Time Inc. named Matt Bean its new native advertising guru on Thursday after pushing him out as editor-in-chief of Entertainment Weekly. After only a year at the helm of EW, Bean was reluctant to take...
View ArticleTime Inc. closing in on naming new president of People and EW
Insiders said that Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp has zeroed in on a candidate to take the new post of president of People and Entertainment Weekly and that an announcement will come “very soon.” A Time Inc....
View Article‘Empire’ stars are a pride of Lyons
The stars of Fox’s series “Empire” kick back in style at the West Village’s Up and Down Club in a stylish shoot for Friday’s Entertainment Weekly. They had reason to celebrate, with their show pulling...
View ArticleFormer Fox exec ‘front runner’ to be president of People & EW
Former Fox and News Corp executive Richard Battista is said to be the front runner to be named to the newly created position of president of the People and Entertainment Weekly Group at Time Inc....
View ArticleRichard Battista named president of People and Entertainment Weekly
Richard Battista, the CEO of Mandalay Sports Media beat out former NBCUniversal executive Lauren Zalaznick for the newly created post of president of People and Entertainment Weekly. Janice Min, who is...
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly combats ad decline with paper upgrade
Entertainment Weekly, faced with a first-half ad page decline in the 14-to-15 percent area, is not attacking the downturn in the usual manner. Instead of additional layoffs, the weekly Time Inc. title...
View ArticleTime Inc. sign heads to new downtown location
Start packing! The Time Inc. sign officially went up in the window at the magazine publishing giant’s new corporate headquarters in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday. By the end of the month, the first...
View ArticleFilm critic’s memoir dishes on EW details
A longtime film critic at Entertainment Weekly is readying a memoir to be released next month from Hachette Book Group that delves into a critic’s wider roles in popular culture as well as the...
View ArticleEW refuses to publish review of former longtime critic’s book
Do not look for a review of Owen Gleiberman’s memoir, “Movie Freak,” to turn up in Entertainment Weekly — even though he toiled there for 24 years as its chief movie critic. “I was really disappointed...
View ArticleTime Inc. announces launch of video network, virtual reality app
At its star-studded NewFronts presentations, Time Inc. revealed it is launching a new video network — People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEWN) — with a short animated show with retiring NBA star Kobe...
View ArticleAds fill Entertainment Weekly’s special Emmy edition
Entertainment Weekly last week published a 16-page supplement entitled “For Your Consideration” to cover the jockeying around TV’s Emmy Awards. The supplement, which had 11 pages of ads from Amazon...
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly making move to Los Angeles next spring
Entertainment Weekly will soon be living in LA. Time Inc. told surprised staffers on Wednesday that company was going to be moving its editorial base from New York to Los Angeles next spring. And since...
View ArticleThese entertainment magazines have Star Wars fever
“Star Wars,” Hollywood’s make-or-break year-end franchise, returns next week with “The Last Jedi” — and will, no doubt, pull in $900 million or thereabouts from US moviegoers and become the talk of...
View ArticleHow four iconic magazine covers were born
They captured the culture, stirred controversy and even caught an icon in his last hours of life. The greatest magazine covers tell a story and, according to the new book “Iconic Magazine Covers: The...
View ArticleJulia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ cast reunite
“My Best Friend’s Wedding” fans had their little prayers answered on Thursday when Entertainment Weekly revealed its cover for its first rom-com issue featuring the film’s stars Julia Roberts, Cameron...
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly will become a monthly publication
It’s been rumored for years, and on Thursday it finally became a reality: Meredith said Entertainment Weekly magazine will publish its last “weekly” issue on June 25 and become a monthly as of August....
View ArticleMagazine giant Meredith quietly axes 60 employees
Media giant Meredith — under pressure to reap cost savings from last year’s $2.8 billion acquisition of Time Inc. — quietly axed about 60 employees, or 1 percent of its workforce, in its magazine...
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