New York Business Journal
Conde Nast's Teen Vogue diversifies into fashion with a clothing collection available exclusively at Macy's this month. Prices will range from $20 to $60 for items including dresses, jumpsuits, jackets, tanks and leggings. "About 15 new pieces will rotate onto the floor of [Macy's Mystylelab department] every month," according to New York Business Journal.
Chicago Business Journal
Moving from church to state (or is it the opposite?), the Chicago Sun-Times is replacing a longstanding section on food produced by the ediorial department with Taste, an advertorial section produced by content creators like "UExpress, a company that offers a variety of syndicated column material," according to Lewis Lazare.
USA Today
TV production firm Herring Broadcasting Company, partnering with the Washington Times, will launch a conservative cable news network, One America News Network, on July 4. Obviously hoping "to rival Fox News," as Roger Yu writes, "the new channel will air news and political talk shows that offer 'substantive contrarian viewpoints to a plethora of left-leaning shouting-style political news programs.'" according to a press release.
Advertising Age
CBS has sold syndication rights to "The Good Wife," but Web viewers will get first dibs on the drama: Amazon Prime Instant Video will offer streaming of the show starting tomorrow, with Hulu Plus to follow in September. "And then only next January will cable's Hallmark channel begin airing the program," according to Advertising Age staff. "Serialized dramas such as 'The Good Wife' don't usually find as much demand as series such as sitcoms where watching in order is less important. Serialized shows may be perfectly suited for streaming services, however, because subscribers can control when they watch and consume …
New York Times
In order to keep the services of longtime iconic Vogue editor Anna Wintour (who was rumored to be angling for the British ambassadorship), Condé Nast has created an additional job for her: the newly minted title of artistic director. Her duties should include "advising other editors on ideas or directions they might take with their brands, much as she has expanded the purview of Vogue," writes Eric Wilson. How will that advisory role work if, according to ancient company lore (and "The Devil Wears Prada") isn't Wintour supposed to strike fear in the hearts of her fellow …
CNET News
AMC Networks just launched its video streaming service, Yeah, set to air "older movies with established fan bases" and "bonus features such as interviews with filmmakers," writes Donna Tam. "The company plans to have a library of 50 to 60 videos by the end of the year," but is beginning with a list that includes "Child's Play," "Scream," "Reservoir Dogs," and "The Terminator." "
Sports Business Daily
CBS and Turner are in talks to show the Final Four game of the NCAA championship on Turner starting next year -- two years earlier than in the original contract between them signed in 2010, according to sources cited by John Ourand.
The Washington Post
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will probably "vacate the post as early as next month even though his tenure doesn’t end until the summer," according to sources cited by Cecilia Kang. "And what may move that process forward is growing agreement among top government leaders on a nominee to replace him." Kang identifies and describes the top candidates for the job.
Multichannel News
Comcast is investing in technology by creating the Technology Research & Development Fund "for third-party technology research projects, including one dedicated to developing open-source home gateway software," writes Todd Spangler.
Jim Romenesko
USA Today confirmed it is offering early retirement packages to employees who are 55 or older "and have 15 years of service to the company," a spokesperson tells Jim Romenesko. "One tipster says: 'I’ve heard from an editor that there are 150 employees who would qualify, but that the company retains the right to deny the buyouts to some of them.'”