Condé Nast

Condé Nast Publications
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Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	1907
Headquarters	New York (Condé Nast Building)
Revenue	$5 billion estimated USD, FY 2007
Parent	Advance Publications

Condé Nast Publications, Inc. is a worldwide magazine publishing company. Their main offices are located in New York, Miami, London, Milan, Paris, Madrid and Tokyo. Condé Nast is run by S.I. Newhouse Jr.

History

Condé Nast is credited with creating the now widely used magazine marketing strategy emphasizing magazines focused on a particular class or interest, sometimes known as lifestyle magazines. Many Condé Nast magazines have their principal focus in fashion, although the company's publications also include travel, food, home, culture, and other interests. The company's most recent publication, a business monthly called Condé Nast Portfolio, was shuttered after just over a year, in April of 2009.

By 1998 the group included 17 such publications, many of them the largest in their markets. It had an average total circulation of over 13 million issues a month, and an estimated actual readership five times larger than that.

The Condé Nast family of publications also includes Fairchild Publications, a former competitor before it was bought by S.I. Newhouse Jr. Fairchild publishes many successful monthly magazines in addition to the specialized daily trade publication Women's Wear Daily.

Condé Nast Publications was founded by Condé Montrose Nast, who took over the flagship magazine, Vogue, in 1909. In 1959, S.I. Newhouse, Sr. purchased a controlling interest. It is now part of the holding company Advance Publications which is owned by the Newhouse family.

Charles Townsend is the current CEO/president of Condé Nast, Richard D. Beckman is the president of the Condé Nast Media Group, David Carey is the current Group President. Thomas J. Wallace, who was promoted from his position as editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveler, is the editorial director.

Condé Nast Media Group is the corporate sales and marketing arm of the company and the creator of the 3-year-old fashion and music spectacular on CBS called Fashion Rocks, which airs the first week in September.

On October 31 2006, Condé Nast acquired the content aggregation site reddit.^[1] On May 20 2008 it was announced that another popular technology-oriented website, Ars Technica, had been acquired.^[2]

Condé Nast folded the women's magazine Jane with its August issue in 2007. Its website was later shut down.^[3]

One of Condé Nast's oldest titles and one with a paid circulation of nearly 1 million, the 106-year-old House and Garden magazine, ceased publication after the December 2007 issue.^[4]

Current Publications

The company publishes one of the most recognizable magazine portfolios in the industry.

Fashion and lifestyle

Home

Bridal

Family

Cookie

Golf

Food

Gourmet
Bon Appétit

Travel

Condé Nast Traveler

Technology

Culture

Vanity Fair
The New Yorker

Defunct Publications

Related Internet sites

Mergers and acquisitions

References

^ Arrington, Michael (October 31, 2006). "Breaking news: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Ars Technica acquired by Condé Nast: the low-down". Ars Technica. 20 May, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Jane Magazine Redirect / Goodbye Message
^ Moses, Lucia (November 5, 2007). "CN Closes House & Garden". Mediaweek. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2008-04-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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External links

[1] Arrington, Michael (October 31, 2006). "Breaking news: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] "Ars Technica acquired by Condé Nast: the low-down". Ars Technica. 20 May, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] Jane Magazine Redirect / Goodbye Message

[4] Moses, Lucia (November 5, 2007). "CN Closes House & Garden". Mediaweek. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2008-04-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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