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From the magazine that brought us the drug-induced prose of Hunter Thompson and promoted 'high' culture in the sixties and seventies comes the May 5 special issue, 'Drugs in America.' [...]

When publishing heavy-hitter Christopher Meigher left Time Inc. Magazines in June 1992, he sought to create titles for the baby-boom market--much as he did when he oversaw magazines such as [...]

Editorial directorships are becoming increasingly popular at multi-title publishing companies. Consider the appointment of former Family Circle editor Jackie Leo to the newly created editorial director position at The New [...]

The ever-excalating media coverage of supermodel has spawned a publication by Hachette Filipacchi, publisher of Elle. Top Model devotes its first issue to glamour celebrity Claudia Schiffer. The issue is [...]

More often than not, women journalists have been relegated to covering First Ladies, cookie recipes and hosting habits, while the men have penned the hard political news. So, how is [...]

Where is it written that just because a person is rich, he or she is inherently interesting? Answer: In five highly disparate magazines that scrutinize Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill [...]

No matter that humorist and cultural critic Fran Lebowitz hasn't published a book in years. She is of late the darling of magazine editors, with appearances in publications from Self [...]

Perhaps concerned that the print medium will be branded as passive fare in light of the immediate opportunity for exchange offered by online services, editors are peppering their magazines with [...]

Who says all magazines have exclusive rights to their editors? In an uncommon editorial practice, Mirabella editor-at-large Paul Sinclair will be sharing his talents as fashion and style editor between [...]

Elevating writers and celebrating the rich tradition of 'belles-lettres' may have been the intent of Victoria's first writer-in-residence program, but the selection of writer Susan Minot in September seems an [...]

Conde Nast has always provided grist for the publishing world's gossip mills. But with the publication last month of Alex (Alfred A. Knopf, 1993), a biography of Alexander Liberman--painter, sculptor [...]

The glass ceiling has finally crashed at one of publishing's bastions of the boys' club. In October, Time announced the appointment of Joelle Attinger, 42, as one of the newsweekly's [...]

When Dow Jones & Company and Hearst Magazines announced their joint venture two years ago, publishing pundits wondered whether merging editorial, financial and business philosophies was feasible in this highly [...]

The eagerly anticipated redesign of Elle this month represents a breakthrough of sorts in the male dominated design world of women's fashion magazines: The issue premieres the work of former [...]

The recent spate of new titles for young men seems to disprove publishing's long-held theory that the male twentysomethings don't read magazines. The success of Details since its 1990 relaunch [...]

The nepotism reading was off the charts in Elle's July issue, where fathers were flacking for their daughters. Consider stylist Fanny Pagniez, publication director Regis Pagniez's daughter, with several plum [...]

When Spy's editor, Kurt Andersen, left the magazine last month to join Time as editor-at-large, the satirical monthly lost the last wheel of its founding troika. Word One spoke to [...]

Fashion magazine publishers are jealously whispering about Allure's market share in the fashion advertising category. Publisher Kathy Leventhal says the beauty. monthly carries as many ad pages from Valentino as [...]

Presents views of publisher Tom Boettcher and managing editor Alan Field about their `Trade & Culture' magazine. Approach to global issues; Editorial mix; Lesson on global publishing.

Interviews `Mother Jones' publisher Jeffrey Klein. Restructuring of magazine; New editorial focus; Increase in readership.

Reports on `People Weekly' magazine's use of color photographs on its edit pages. Readers' reactions; Managing Editor Landon Y. Jones' comments; Plans to continue using black-and-white artwork.

Discusses the merits of presenting online versions for major magazines. Focus of `Newsweek' on the CD-ROM market; Inferiority of graphics and artwork presentation.

Features magazine coverage of the trend of married women opting to stay at home rather than work. Justification of a story in `Barron's' magazine on the topic; Comments of women's magazine editors on the matter.

Presents excerpts of articles appearing on various magazine on Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates. Peculiar habits; Leadership quality; Treatment of women.

Reports on an interview conducted by `Folio:' magazine with `Elle' design director, Nora Sheehan. Women design directors in fashion magazines; Design changes at Elle; Well-designed magazines; Magazine design trends; Opinion on Fabien Baron.

Features the coping strategy of people who have namesakes in the industry were they belong. Norman Jacobs; Thomas Wolf; Lauren Hutton.

Interviews former Outweek columnist Michelangelo Signorile on his complaint on alleged unconscious conspiracy against homosexuals in mass media. Magazines' coverage of the homosexual community; Homosexual activism; Publishing industry as a haven for gays; Effect of gay publications of mainstream coverage.

Reports on the move of Hearst Magazines to target the women readers aged 40 and beyond with the publication of a magazine titled Looks. Lear's success in capturing the said market; Lear's circulation and internal problems.

Reports on allegations that Vanity Fair publisher Ronald Galotti has been bad-mouthing the magazine's editor in chief, Graydon Carter. Violation of unspoken rule of publishers' respect for editors; Decline of ad pages of the magazine since the departure of former star-editor Tina Brown; Galotti's use of Graydon as a fall guy for the performance of Vanity Fair.

Details the hypothetical movie developed by Harper's editors. Illustrating the significance of marketing to a motion picture in Hollywood; `Save the Earth' as the hypothetical movie starring julia Roberts and Steven Seagal; Reel appeal of the pseudo film promotion; Responses.

Lists magazine features on the works of the staff of other magazines. Cosmopolitan's excerpt from `How to Love a Man (Safely),' by Self editor Alexandra Penny; Mention of Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown and Playboy editor in chief Hugh Hefner in a timeline of courtship in Details; Mademoiselle's Gabe Doppelt's exposure in an article in Elle Decor.