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Condé Nast Held in Contempt for Publishing Michael Wolff Column
J.K. Trotter · 11/18/15 01:48PMEarlier this year, England’s attorney general accused the magazine publisher Condé Nast of interfering with the 2013 News of the World phone-hacking trial by permitting British GQ to publish a courtroom report—excerpted here—by the American media columnist Michael Wolff. The charges were brazenly contemptuous of press freedom, but as we noted at the time, they apparently inspired Condé to erase nearly every trace of Wolff’s column from the internet. Today, the Lord Chief Justice of London’s High Court of Justice ruled against Condé in an eleven-page decision, holding the publisher in contempt of court:
Condé Nast Buys "High-Value Millennial Male" Website Pitchfork for Undisclosed Sum
Jay Hathaway · 10/13/15 11:19AMDid Reddit's Former CEO Just Reveal a "Long Con" to Sabotage the Site?
Sam Biddle · 07/12/15 12:25PMIs There a Bill de Blasio Sex Tape?
J.K. Trotter · 12/10/14 12:40PMVogue’s Rat Infestation: Disturbing New Details
J.K. Trotter · 11/25/14 05:25PMOn Friday, Gawker reported that Vogue’s brand-new offices at 1 World Trade Center had a predicament as old as New York City itself: a rat infestation. It’s already gotten so bad that editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is wary of entering her personal office. Over the next three days, two other outlets reported even grosser details. You might want to sit down.
Vogue’s Shiny New Office Has a Big Rat Problem
J.K. Trotter · 11/21/14 02:40PMEarlier this month, Condé Nast commenced its long-anticipated move to 1 World Trade Center, whose landlord is counting on the magazine publisher to anchor the building and attract other hip companies to the fortified Financial District. The ongoing rodent problem at Vogue, however, might give some prospective tenants pause. Even Anna Wintour is worried.
Condé Nast Settles With 7,500 Underpaid Interns for $5.8 Million
J.K. Trotter · 11/13/14 05:45PMLast year, two former interns at magazines owned by Condé Nast filed a class-action lawsuit against the company for underpaying them and thousands of other interns, in violation of labor law. According to recent court filings reported by Reuters, Condé intends to retroactively compensate the pair and over 7,000 other former interns in order to settle the legal dispute. The price tag: $5.8 million.
What's Going On at Lucky Magazine?
Allie Jones · 08/11/14 04:17PMLucky, the Conde Nast magazine "about shopping," looks like it's turning into a straight-up catalog. In a slightly convoluted press release today, Conde announced that it's spinning off the mag into The Lucky Group, "a wholly independent entity, which brings together Lucky and e-commerce platform, BeachMint." So, a shopping site. But what will happen to the print mag?
A Note From Mo Rocca Regarding Monsanto
Hamilton Nolan · 08/06/14 09:03AMHere's How Conde Nast and Mo Rocca Are Making Propaganda for Monsanto
Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/14 03:50PMCondé Nast Frowns On Fashion Reporter’s Instagrammed Junket
J.K. Trotter · 04/08/14 12:35PMOver the past weekend, a P.R. firm called The Social Co. hosted a group of fashion journalists and bloggers for a gratis getaway at the Maidstone, an East Hampton hotel where mid-priced rooms go for $845 per night. Among the attendees was David Yi, a staff reporter at Condé Nast’s Women’s Wear Daily, who meticulously Instagrammed the entire weekend with the The Social Co.’s preferred hashtag, #MaidstoneVoyage. Now Yi’s employer is scrutinizing his attendance for a potential ethics breach.
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/03/14 10:18PM
Condé Nast Killed the Internship
J.K. Trotter · 10/23/13 10:31AMCondé Nast Stops Paying Interns
J.K. Trotter · 08/19/13 06:17PMMagazine conglomerate Condé Nast, which was slapped with a lawsuit in June for paying interns less than a dollar per hour, has decided to stop paying interns altogether. Zero. Several recent Conde interns told the Who Pays Interns Tumblr, which documents the internship wages at media companies, that their employer has stopped dispensing any kind of stipend (Previously, interns received $550 per semester.)
Hamilton Nolan · 08/09/13 08:20AM
André Leon Talley Bids Au Revoir to Vogue
Molly Fitzpatrick · 02/16/13 02:40PMHow to Make Everyone Hate Your Joy: A Lesson in Email Etiquette from Condé Nast
Caity Weaver · 09/13/12 10:20AMThe important thing to remember about out-of-office replies is that no one is ever happy to receive them. An out-of-office reply is your way of saying, to anyone who emails with a request, "You're out of luck, motherfucker – I'M GONE." Use them to list the dates you'll be gone and the name of an alternate contact person. Do not use them to trick people into reading all about your exciting life.
Girls Ask Teen Vogue to Stop Photoshopping; Teen Vogue Asks Girls to STFU
Caity Weaver · 07/13/12 11:01AMLast week, a 14-year-old girl declared victory in her campaign to convince Seventeen magazine to incorporate images of "Real Girls" into its pages. What she gained (besides lots of press coverage) isn't completely clear; Julia Bluhm petitioned Seventeen to cut down on Photoshopped images by printing "one unaltered photo spread" per month, and editor-in-chief Ann Shoket responded by vowing to readers the magazine would "help make your life amazing!" and "give you the confidence to walk into any room and own it."