Embattled Domino Gets New Publishing Chief
Finally, a little January news out of 4 Times Square! Bill Wackermann has been named the "publishing director" of Domino, the troubled shelter magazine at Condé Nast. It is essentially a demotion for...
View ArticleDomino Falls: Condé Nast Closes Shelter Book
The Observer has learned Conde Nast has folded Domino. Just over two weeks ago, Si Newhouse and Condé Nast CEO Chuck Townsend put Glamour publisher Bill Wackermann in charge of the flailing shelter...
View ArticleWill There Be a Domino Effect at Condé Nast?
On Monday night, at the bar in the Gramercy Park Hotel, Glamour publisher Bill Wackermann and Domino publisher Beth Brenner were having a blast. At one moment they were in deep conversation. The next...
View ArticleReversal of Fortune: Vanity Fair Employees Brown Bag It
By now, Condé Nast’s belt-tightening is well known, but with the recent shuttering of Domino and widespread concern of a so-called "Domino effect" at the magazine company, just how bad are things over...
View ArticleFallen Domino Gone But Missed; Good News for Needleman
Former Domino editor Deborah Needleman told The Observer in March that she is working on the launch of a home-decorating and shopping web site with Huffington Post chairman Ken Lerer. It will no doubt...
View ArticleShelter ‘Discombobulated,’ Domino Refugee Builds a House of Wires
Former Domino staffer Michelle Adams and photographer Patrick Cline met at a shoot for the late Condé title a few years ago. In October of last year, they launched a shelter magazine together online,...
View ArticleTwee Murders Magazines! (500) Days Stars Curse Paste, Jane, Domino
Just before Jane Magazine folded in 2007, it featured Zooey Deschanel on the cover. “I’m always looking for school uniforms, trying to squeeze into kids’ clothing,” she said in her interview. “It’s...
View ArticleDeborah Needleman Sets Up at The Journal with Friends From Domino
Deborah Needleman is hiring up former Domino staffers at The Wall Street Journal to work on the launch of her Saturday lifestyle section, which is coming later this month according to Memo Pad. Ms....
View ArticleHow Sweet It Will Be: Judge Gives Domino Go-Ahead
The transformation of the massive Domino sugar refinery into an even bigger condo development has passed its last hurdle–besides finding financing, of course–as a New York Supreme Court judge dismissed...
View ArticleDomino Magazine Returns April 17
After weeks of rumors and speculation, the rebooted Domino magazine has a landing page, a Twitter, and a Facebook. The beloved Conde Nast shelter title, shuttered in the dark days of 2009, returns to...
View ArticleSetting Up Domino: Two Trees Just Getting to Work on What to Do With Its...
A sweet deal? During our conversation with Two Trees managing director Asher Abehsera on the success of the firm’s massive Mercedes House project, we turned briefly to the topic of the Domino sugar...
View ArticleTwo Trees Wants to More Than Double Williamsburg’s Office Space
And commercial, too. (CPC Resources) Union Square too expensive for your tech start-up? DUMBO too full? Downtown Brooklyn too… Downtown Brooklyn? Jed Walentas has a new suggestion: how about the...
View ArticleStop Calling Them ‘Summer Tunes’—Ducktails Isn’t Fucking Around
"I’m having a hard time with how 'St. Catherine' is being perceived. It’s too easy for writers to bill my music as ‘summer tunes.' "
View ArticleHouse Candidate Pushing Farmworker Rights Took Cash From Notorious Sugar Growers
The largest donor to Adriano Espaillat's campaign is the Fanjul Corp., known for alleged labor abuses in the U.S. and Domincan Republic.
View ArticleSugar Magnates Threaten Congressional Candidate With Lawsuit Over Campaign...
The Fanjul Corp.'s attorney demanded Keith Wright retract a mailer highlighting donations to Adriano Espaillat.
View ArticleWhat’s Next for the Stars of ‘Game of Thrones’?
Their days in Westeros are numbered. Where will the 'Games of Thrones' cast go next?
View ArticleLena Dunham Says She Was ‘Real-Estate Shamed’
But now she's happily living in the West Village.
View ArticleSex Workers Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and...
The normalization of facial recognition technology and mass surveillance being used to target marginalized communities, whether in the hopes of "saving them" or not, is dangerous.
View ArticleEmbattled Domino Gets New Publishing Chief
Finally, a little January news out of 4 Times Square! Bill Wackermann has been named the "publishing director" of Domino, the troubled shelter magazine at Condé Nast. It is essentially a demotion for...
View ArticleDomino Falls: Condé Nast Closes Shelter Book
The Observer has learned Conde Nast has folded Domino. Just over two weeks ago, Si Newhouse and Condé Nast CEO Chuck Townsend put Glamour publisher Bill Wackermann in charge of the flailing shelter...
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