Talking New Media
Michael Erlinger has been named senior vice-president of business and legal affairs for television and video at Time Inc., the company announced this week.
The New York Times
The New York Times checks in on Rolling Stone and Gus Wenner, the publication's digital head and son of co-founder and publisher Jann Wenner. “The magazine finds itself at a precipitous moment,” The Times writes. “It has followed the path set out by its founder so ceaselessly that it has never adapted.” In particular, the elder Wenner “was skeptical about the web as others were embracing it.”
TechCrunch
A new startup based in New Zealand, called Hail, is aiming to simplify the process of publishing to multiple platforms.
PR Newswire
David Jackson is assuming publishing responsibilities for 'Men's Fitness,' American Media Inc. announced Monday.
New York Post
Bloomberg News editor Chris Wellisz has resigned after accidentally breaking the Federal Reserve's embargo on news about the minutes from the Fed's July meeting, which many analysts say point to the likelihood of a rise in interest rates in September.
Gizmag
Per a new update, Flipboard is letting users fine-tune the news feed that appears when they first open the magazine app. “Today’s update will focus on surfacing more articles users want to see via the home screen feed,” GigaOm reports. “You’ll now have the option of voting up or down on articles, topics, or sources that appear in the feed -- much like what Facebook has been doing with its own news feed for years.”
New York Post
Bloomberg is looking to cut around 100 editorial staffers, mostly from its politics and government ranks, the New York Post reports.
Total Beauty
Evolve Media's TotalBeauty site announced the winners of its TotalBeauty Awards on Wednesday. The winners of the sixth-annual digital beauty awards were chosen from over 2,500 products in 68 categories, by votes from 150,000 readers and a team of editors.
Women's Wear Daily
Sophia Amoruso, the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, has joined Marie Claire as a contributing editor, WWD writes.
GeekWire
Will Friedman has been named president of family scheduling and collaboration app Cozi, owner Time Inc. announced this week, via GeekWire.