• 'People' Mag Loses 12 Staffers
    People magazine's masthead was reduced by about a dozen staffers, who lost jobs through buyouts or layoffs last week, according to sources cited by Michael Sebastian. In other personnel shakeups in this period right before June 9, when Time Inc. officially spins off from Time Warner, Diane Oshin, group publisher of the company's All You and Cooking Light mags, is leaving. She will be replaced by Health publisher Kevin White, who was promoted to group publisher of Cooking Light, MyRecipes and Health, and Evelyn Webster, exec-VP at Time Inc., who will take on All You duties.
  • 'WSJ.' Magazine Debuting Quarterly Latin American Editions In Fall
    Wall Street Journal will launch two Latin American versions of its monthly WSJ. magazine -- a Spanish and Portuguese translation of the U.S. pub, set for quarterly publication starting Oct. 10.
  • CNN.com Bulking Up For Election 2016
    Under the leadership of Ed O’Keefe, CNN is expected to double its core digital staff (from about 20 to 40 reporters and news analysts) leading up the 2016 presidential election. “We are going to be out there aggressively hiring in the marketplace,” O’Keefe, VP of CNNMoney and Politics, tells The Washington Post. According to O’Keefe, CNN plans to retain the new hires on a permanent basis, rather than return to its pre-election staff size. 
  • Gannett Inks Programming Deal With Debmar-Mercury
    Gannett Broadcasting and Debmar-Mercury have partnered to develop, test  and distribute first-run syndicated TV programming of various genres on many Gannett stations starting in 2015, with a focus on "incorporating interactivity – the ability to engage the viewing audience with the show – into new shows," writes Paige Albiniak.
  • GroupM Doing Broad-Based C7 Deals For Upfronts
    Generating "the most broad-reaching agreements to date for C7," GroupM is making deals with broadcast networks to "consider commercial ratings over the course of a week instead of the current industry standard of three days" for clients during upfronts, according to multiple sources cited by Jeanine Poggi.
  • KKR Buying Internet Brands For $1.1B
    Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has reportedly agreed to buy Internet Brands for $1.1 billion. Internet Brands … owns Web sites like Lawyers.com, CarsDirect.com and ApartmentRatings.com,” The New York Times reports. “The company historically has generated a large portion of its revenue from advertising, while also selling leads to law offices and car dealerships.” 
  • 'Conde Nast Traveler' To Debut 'Gold List' App In August
    Conde Nast Traveler is launching a new app in August called the Gold List to highlight what the pub considers "the best hotel and resort properties and cruise lines, bars and restaurants worldwide," writes Sharon Edelson. Items will be listed by continent and new ones will be added quarterly.
  • NBC Setting Record $4.5M Price Tag For Super Bowl Spots
    NBC is asking sponsors in next year's Super Bowl to pay about $4.5 million for a 30-second spot, which "could represent a new record for pricing in the gridiron classic, as well as a 12.5% uptick over prices sought for Fox’s 2014 broadcast of the event," writes Brian Steinberg. The network is also putting that price tag on "a package of ad inventory in other NBCUniveral-owned sports properties... including English Premier League matches on NBCSN and sports broadcasts on Telemundo and sister cable outlet mun2."
  • Time Inc. Gives Fortune and Money Their Own Web Sites
    No longer hitching a ride on CNN Money -- a joint venture between Time Inc. and CNN -- Fortune and Money are getting their own online homes. Money editor Craig Matters insists that CNN Money was successful, but, as TechCrunch writes, “It had the drawback of making Fortune and Money a little less visible online, at least from a branding perspective.”  
  • Should Google Glass Take A Page From Beats?
    It’s too early to tell whether Apple’s $3 billion bet on Beat will pay off, but Wired thinks there’s a lesson in the deal for Google and its struggle to popularize Glass. “First, Glass needs to take style cues from Beats,” it writes. “Glass needs to look more like Ray-Bans, or at least Oakleys.” Meawhile, “Beats’ popularity was driven by celebrity endorsements -- the right kind of celebrity endorsements … It got them around the necks of musicians and basketball players.”  
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