Conde Nast has been making several transitions for the past year and has announced through an exclusive with Business of Fashion, that Style.com will become a global ecommerce platform starting this fall. The editorial that is on Style.com will be moved over to American Vogue, which should limit some of the redundancy that’s been taking […]
One of the largest media company’s for action sports publications and videos has announced a sweeping redesign of its brand portfolio, and a new name – TEN: The Enthusiast Network. The TEN audience represents the largest concentration of males 18-34 within the automotive and outdoor-adventure markets. “TEN: The Enthusiast Network speaks to who we are, […]
Photos by Label Networks With the first weekend kick-off of Coachella Music & Arts Festival taking place this weekend April 11, 2014, we take a look at how it’s become the unofficial festival fashion forecaster for the summer. Each year, Coachella not only showcases top bands usually putting out new albums of the year, and […]
The popular youth culture magazine Dazed & Confused has announced that they are changing their strategy for 2014. First, they plan to decrease the number of print issues to 6, and instead, focus towards increasing their online audience and mobile. “People are changing their reading habits,” said Jefferson Hack, editorial director and founder of Dazed […]
Transworld SKATEboarding, the largest media property in the skateboarding industry, has announced Jaimie Owens as the new Editor in Chief. GrindMedia, which owns the brand, has been going through a series of changes in the past year and this marks yet another re-alignment to the media conglomerate. In a press release on October 22, 2013, […]
Grind Media, which purchased Transworld and all of its action sports titles in May, 2013, and whom shuttered Surf magazine within weeks of the purchase, has now shuttered the last remaining aspects of Skateboarder Mag, the digital version, as of October 16. In February of this year, Grind Media touted its new and improved online […]
The challenging times and changes for action sports continues with consolidations and sales morphing the industry quickly. From Bonnier Media selling off its Mountain Group division including Ski, Skiing, and Warren Miller, to rumors abounding that ESPN is in the midst of laying off hundreds, to the latest news that the kingpin of action sports […]
Inspirational books have just hit the market, and as usual, starting off this month in the Paris concept store Colette before hitting the mainstream, including the latest from street fashion photo blogger Scott Schuman, a.k.a. The Sartorialist and his latest book “The Closer,” and a compilation of Banksy street art by Gary Shove and Patrick […]
On February 3, 2012, Antenna Magazine posted not on their front page but rather, on their tumblr account, that they were done. “After five years filled with traveling, amazing people and more laughs than should ever be allowed in a work environment, we’re sad to say that ANTENNA has been folded. We are proud of […]
Time Person of the Year cover artwork by Shepard Fairey.Street artist Shepard Fairey was chosen by Time Magazine’s editors to create their Person of the Year cover, nominated by the magazine as The Protester. The magazine which debuted on newsstands this month, features signature Shepard artistry with reds, yellows, and black tones, and a composite […]