Conde Nast may start sullying itself by licensing its fancy magazine brand names for dreaded “brand extensions” to raise extra cash. Go big, we say! Click through for seven Conde Nast brand extensions that will really work
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The Conde Nast SkyMall Catalog
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Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumors were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker , Vogue , and Vanity Fair . Well; the part about Vanity Fair , at least, was wrong. Keith Kelly reports that VF got slammed with layoffs yesterday—layoffs that were made worse by what may have been the company’s protection of the magazine during its last round of cutbacks.
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Graydon Carter Jets to Bermuda While Layoffs Hit Vanity Fair?
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Conde Nast ‘s having survival issues . Not to worry. Despite shuttering Gourmet and clearing out all the Orangina, Si’s got a brand new bag: a Conde Nast dating site
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Conde Nast’s Dating Site, Featuring Si Newhouse’s "Profile"
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The death of Gourmet has prompted plenty of maudlin remembrances. And plenty of suggestions as to why we should mourn it: the food, Ruth Reichl, the jobs, the beauty
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Gourmet’s Dead. Don’t Blame The Internet.
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Yesterday, Gourmet was one of four mags the wounded publishing giant closed for good . Today it is just an empty shell full of boxes and crushed dreams
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Gourmet’s Empty Cubicles Mark the End of an Era
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The results of the Conde Nast Magazine Death Pool are in, stunningly early: the company announced this morning that it’s folding Gourmet, Cookie , and two bridal magazines, Elegant Bride and Modern Bride . This, then, is the fallout from McKinsey. The company had floated the idea that its turnaround could be accomplished without any magazines going under (if you’re keeping score, Michael Musto’s rumor of five mag deaths beat Keith Kelly’s rumor of zero), but that was always impractical.
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The Wrath of McKinsey: Conde Nast To Fold Gourmet, Three Others
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It’s your lucky day, Gawker readers, because we are running one of our patented “contests,” and the winner of the dubious prize could you be you! This one involves Conde Nast .
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Which Conde Nast Titles Will Die?
Twenty-five percent! One fourth of the whole pie! This scary number’s being kicked around everywhere as the worst(?) case scenario for the looming Conde Nast budget cuts . Every perk is being trimmed—even the ones for little old ladies. A tipster tells us the following story, and we don’t need to spell out its implications: For decades, the New Yorker gave its longtime employees (those with, say, 20 years or more on the job, or those who retired) a small perk: a lifetime subscription to the New Yorker
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At Conde Nast, Every Perk Must Go
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Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has an interest-free $5.3 million mortgage on his four-story greek revival townhouse in Greenwich Village, courtesy of his sweetheart deal with Condé Nast. What’s he pay?
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Graydon Carter’s Monthly Mortgage Payment Is Probably Less Than Your Rent
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