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Hearst planning makeover of slumping magazine

Oprah Winfrey's syndicated TV show isn't the only part of her sprawling empire about to undergo big changes. O, The Oprah Magazine is in the midst of a sweeping redesign that will be unveiled as part of the magazine's 10th anniversary issue next May, ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Oprah Winfrey,  O, The Oprah Magazine

Daily Beast bites exec

TINA Brown has hired a for mer top executive from Felix Dennis' laddie empire to be her new president. Steve Colvin was the US CEO for Dennis Publishing, serving as the steadying business hand for the blustery and controversial founder of Maxim, ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: The Daily Beast,  Barry Diller,  Harvey Weinstein,  Norman Pearlstine,  Jon Fine

BusinessWeek starts layoffs

Layoffs have begun at BusinessWeek, the weekly that is being sold by by McGraw-Hill to Bloomberg L.P., the media giant Mayor Mike Bloomberg founded. Bloomberg is expected to whack up to 130 employees out of a total 400--a staggering 32-percent staff ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Jon Fine,  Unbeige,  Laurel Touby

RDA to condense offices

Reader's Digest Association, which is working its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is abandoning its bucolic longtime headquarters in Chappaqua, NY. Some of the 600 employees based in Chappaqua will relocate to White Plains, NY. But executive offices ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Reader's Digest Association,  Rachael Ray

Reader's Digest moving to NYC

Mary Berner, CEO of Reader's Digest Association, is shacking up with Rachel Ray. RDA, now working through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is abandoning its bucolic longtime headquarters in Chapaqua, N.Y. Some of the 600 employees based in Chappaqua will be ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Reader's Digest Association,  Rachael Ray

Tyrangiel named BW chief

Bloomberg L.P.'s chief content officer, Norm Pearlstine, has poached a rising star from his old stomping ground, tapping Josh Tyrangiel of Time to run BusinessWeek. Tyrangiel, 37, was managing editor of Time.com and a deputy managing editor of the ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Josh Tyrangiel,  Time Warner Inc.

Time runs out for buyout volunteers; layoffs loom

The biggest magazines in the Time Inc. empire — People, Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money — should find out today how many volunteers have stepped forward to accept buyout packages. Time Inc. is said to be looking to slash more than 500 jobs ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Time Warner Inc.,  Sports Illustrated,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Golf Magazine,  Romesh Ratnesar

BusinessWeek taps Time.com editor as EIC

Bloomberg L.P.'s chief content officer, Norm Pearlstine, raided his old stomping ground at Time Inc. to nab Josh Tyrangiel for the top editor's spot at BusinessWeek, soon to be part of Bloomberg. Tyrangiel, 37, was managing editor of Time.com and a ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Time Warner Inc.,  Josh Tyrangiel,  McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Jack Welch ends BusinessWeek column

Former GE Chairman Jack Welch and his wife, Suzy, are resigning from the column they write for BusinessWeek. Welch, who recently ended a 14-week hospital stay, told the Post it was an amicable parting. He wants to devote more time to the Jack Welch ...

From KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Jack Welch,  Maria Bartiromo,  CNBC,  Michael Bloomberg

Naked ambition

The Playboy bunny is getting a lift from Wall Street. Shares of Playboy Enterprises soared 42 percent yesterday on bets the aging adult-entertainment empire could soon be the target of a bidding war. The stock rose $1.21 to $4.07 on reports the ...

From JAMES COVERT AND KEITH J. KELLY, New York Post,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Playboy Enterprises, Inc.,  Marc Ecko,  Hugh Hefner

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