This week, NY magazine publisher Conde Nast launched a new corporate website allows users to customize the homepage. Additionally, all of its titles now are equipped with a media kit, digital download and social media links; the heritage section has an interactive timeline, with photos and videos [Full Story…]
Conde Nast Launches “Santa’s Hideout” Website from Incubator
November 29, 2011 at 9:42 am
With the holiday season now underway, Conde Nast recently launched "Santa's Hideout." The website allows children to make a personal wish list that is set up by their parents, who have the ability to divvy the list up for "Santa's eyes only" and for family and friends, according to Reuters. The [Full Story…]
WIRED Store Pops up in Times Square for the Holidays
November 27, 2011 at 4:01 pm
This year, the WIRED store, a yearly venue sponsored by the Conde Nast magazine featuring the latest holiday gadgets, art installations and special events is located right on 42nd St and Broadway; it started November 18th and will continue until December 24th. The 10,000 square foot gallery is [Full Story…]
Moda Operandi’s Success Not Waning
November 13, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Moda Operandi, the NY-based online retailer that sells designer clothes fresh off the runway, has become a definitive competitor on the trunk-who circuit since being launched in February. According to The New York Times, the average transaction on the site was $1800 and one big spender dropped [Full Story…]
Hearst Says it Has 300K Paid Digital Downloads per Month
September 30, 2011 at 11:11 am
NY-based magazine publisher Hearst says it now has more than 300,000 paid digital downloads each month, spread out among sales from Apple's App Store, Barnes & Noble's Nook and the Zinio digital reader platform. According to Peter Kafka in All Things D, the company is set to begin selling [Full Story…]
Advance Publications Looks to Digital Commerce
September 27, 2011 at 11:03 am
Advance Publications will look to the digital and tech industries for its future endeavors, an interesting excursion from the company that made billions from print magazines and newspapers, according to the New York Post. Its $500 million investment, via preferred stock in the cable channel [Full Story…]
Condé Nast Combines Social Media With Gucci’s Content
August 29, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Condé Nast is using a new online module that nudges readers to view content from its other sites, according to the Media Decoder. Condé Nast Social Sidekick allows readers to see what others have liked or tweeted from W, Style.com, Glamour, Teen Vogue and Lucky. The module also provides an [Full Story…]
Fox News Takes Aim at Gawker
August 29, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Late last week, Fox News took aim at NY-based media news/gossip blog Gawker, claiming both online and on "Fox & Friends" that Gawker's site traffic is down by 75%. The site first appeared online taking number the one spot on a Fox News web listicle titled “Formerly Popular Sites that are [Full Story…]
Will Tablets Become Profitable for NY Magazine Publishers?
August 24, 2011 at 7:11 am
NY magazine publishers have been betting heavily on the tablet platform, aggressively pushing the highly modern digital medium. Hearst and Conde Nast had struck deals similar to GQ and Vanity Fair with Apple, allowing customers to subscribe through the iTunes store. Shortly after, Time announced [Full Story…]
Reddit: Reinventing Crowd-Powered Journalism?
August 17, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Mathew Ingram of GigaOm recently profiled David Weinberger's book, The Cluetrain Manifesto, which proposes that clues to the future of news and journalism can be found in the link-sharing site, Reddit. Owned by NY publisher Condé Nast, the site can be viewed as a form of community or [Full Story…]
@CondeElevator Reveals Catty Chatter at Conde Nast, Builds Huge Twitter Following
August 11, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Last Saturday, the Twitter handle @condeelevator came to life. It's an anonymous Twitter account chronicling comments allegedly overhead in the Conde Nast building elevator in NY. The account has already gained 50,000+ followers and has "incited a massive witch hunt as outlets race to unveil the [Full Story…]
The New Yorker App Focuses on Readability, Not Interactivity
August 2, 2011 at 11:11 am
Maybe success on the iPad doesn't rely on stylish, interactive features - Condé Nast has revealed their highest-selling iPad app is The New Yorker, which focuses on presenting its articles in a clean and readable format. Many are surprised that The New Yorker has had more success than Condé Nast's [Full Story…]
Lucky Magazine to Launch New Blogging Feature
July 26, 2011 at 11:03 am
Image by ursonate via FlickrThe shopping magazine Lucky has announced that it will be collaborating with 50 bloggers who write about fashion and beauty. Lucky, which is published by NY-based Conde Nast, will be calling this new venture "Lucky Style Collective" and the bloggers will be both content [Full Story…]
Scott Dadich: Condé Nast’s Digital Savior?
July 25, 2011 at 7:11 am
Condé Nast seemed to have more trouble than most transitioning to the Internet, finding it principles counter to its culture of exclusivity, according to a recent profile in the New York Observer. Their individual titles slowly made their way onto the Internet, but were not as successful as the [Full Story…]
NJ “Redditor” Reports Live From Police Standoff
July 15, 2011 at 2:04 pm
The NY-based, Conde Nast owned web community site, Reddit reported a standoff live on the web between New Jersey police and a man who reportedly shot another man with a rifle. A "Redditor," with the username Ellinika, reported to the site as she was held up in her apartment only 50 feet away from [Full Story…]
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