Tuesday Feb 05, 2008
Philly: Mr. Gotham Buys A 215 Mag And An Alt-Weekly Editor Tries Comic Books
Alright. We have three major purchases/job changes in Philadelphia to cover today, all of which have to do with the New York media scene. Yeah people, the incestuous world of media hirings connects the scrapple-lovin', Santa Claus-peltin' Philadelphians and the high-falutin' New Yorkers in ways you can't even imagine.
Media move 1: Gotham and LA Confidential publisher Jason Binn has purchased Philly Style magazine. The usually-on-mark Keith J. Kelly notes that more than anything else, Binn & Co. just want to go after rival chain Modern Luxury (Angeleo/CS). A lot.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, current owner Dana Spain-Smith decided to sell the mag "because she wishes to devote her time and energy to her pet charity, Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society."
Spain-Smith is the scion to a 99 cent store fortune. Really.
Meanwhile, Style is aimed at Philadelphia's Main Line-and-Center City elite: Per Binn, "readers with household incomes of $250,000-plus and $1 million in liquid assets, as well as homes worth $1 million-plus."
Media move 2: The editor of well-respected alternative newsweekly Philadelphia City Paper is stepping down in a few weeks... to write an X-Men spinoff for Marvel Comics. Duane Swierczynski was recently named as the writer of Marvel's Cable title and is also planning to return to a well regarded mystery writing career — his newest novel, The Blonde, was just released by St. Martin's Minatour. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, current senior editor Brian
Howard is going to be his replacement.
Media move 3: Philadelphia Inquirer Image editor (note: Image = the downsized version of the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine in this post-web journalism world) Chris Gray has announced that she's leaving the paper to become USA Today's new Travel editor. Gray has hada long-time yen for travel writing and the USA Today gig seems like it will be up her alley. As of late, USA Today has been bulking up their travel content.
Courtesy of FGPR
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