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Hugh M. Cook

@hughmcook

Editorial Director, Media Operations, University of Illinois Alumni Association; Magazine Junkie Extraordinaire

 Chicago
Joined June 2009
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“I try to do at least three pages a day. Without some kind of quota, I think you’re fooling yourself.” —Robert Caro theparisreview.org/interview…
Robert Caro, The Art of Biography No. 5

Robert Caro, The Art of Biography No. 5

“I try to do at least three pages a day. Without some kind of quota, I think you’re fooling yourself.”

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In 2010, back in our Playboy magazine days, Jimmy Jellinek had the great idea to have the late George Lois, one of the original Mad Men, write about the TV show. I wrote to George. This is what he wrote back.
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Quite a business model to cut, cut, cut.
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New: memo from Gannett CEO Mike Reed announcing “voluntary severance” and other austerity measures at the company:
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The Not-So-Lonely Hedonist sandiegomagazine.com/feature… via @sandiegomag
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'Ebony' and 'Jet' Magazines' Iconic Photos Captured Black Life in America smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
'Ebony' and 'Jet' Magazines' Iconic Photos Captured Black Life in America

'Ebony' and 'Jet' Magazines' Iconic Photos Captured Black Life in America

Getty and the Smithsonian will now share ownership of the two magazines' renowned photo archives

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Condé’s comparison of magazine readers to web and social audiences makes no sense. One of these things is not like the others - Media Voices voices.media/conde-nast-no-l…

Condé’s comparison of magazine readers to web and social audiences makes no sense. One of these...

I get it. I really do. It’s tough to do print profitably at scale. But a ‘print is dying’ narrative founded on the idea that online audiences are just so much bigger is disingenuous at best. The...

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Outside media company will cut three magazines and lay off dozens of employees poynter.org/business-work/20…
Outside media company will cut three magazines and lay off dozens of employees - Poynter

Outside media company will cut three magazines and lay off dozens of employees - Poynter

The news comes just months after Outside magazine editorial staff decided to pause their union drive.

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More doom and gloom nypost.com/2022/05/16/people…
Exclusive | People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources

Exclusive | People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources

"The new editor doesn't know what she’s doing. Staff in the editorial meetings are texting each other and rolling their eyes when she talks," a source said.

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Dana Brown thinks Vanity Fair is making a mistake trying to appear to a younger audience nym.ag/3NFTOtX
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Barry Diller’s media group is set to shut down print publication of six magazines, including InStyle and Entertainment Weekly, as it turns some of the magazines it bought as part of its Meredith Corp. acquisition last year into digital-only brands wsj.com/articles/barry-dille… via @WSJ
WSJ News Exclusive | Barry Diller’s Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment...

WSJ News Exclusive | Barry Diller’s Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment...

IAC/InterActiveCorp is turning six of the titles it bought as part of its Meredith acquisition last year, including InStyle and Entertainment Weekly, into digital-only brands and cutting some 200...

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Some more soon-to-be gone magazines? Barry Diller’s IAC in talks to buy People magazine publisher Meredith nypost.com/2021/09/24/barry-… via @nypost
Barry Diller’s IAC in talks to buy People magazine publisher Meredith

Barry Diller’s IAC in talks to buy People magazine publisher Meredith

Barry Diller's IAC is in advanced talks to acquire Meredith, the publisher of magazines such as People, InStyle and Real Simple, according to a report.

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.⁦@luke_winkie⁩ on zombie media brands onposting.substack.com/p/let…
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What a long, strange trip it has been . . . justaskthequestion.com/post/…

Requiem for a Dead Bunny

How I came to be the last contributing columnist standing at PlayboyBy Brian J. KaremI clearly and vividly remember the first time I picked up a Playboy Magazine.It was the Christmas, 1967 edition....

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Ross Douthat will be in heaven. A&E’s ‘Secrets of Playboy’ Trailer Reveals the ‘Ugly’ Side of Hugh Hefner’s ‘Beautiful World’ (Video) thewrap.com/secrets-of-playb…

A&E's 'Secrets of Playboy' Trailer Reveals the 'Ugly' Side of Hugh Hefner's 'Beautiful World'...

TCA 2021: The side that "nobody wants to talk about"

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You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America nytimes.com/2021/08/15/busin…
A retirement and the end of era. A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end nypost.com/2021/07/22/a-fond… via @nypost
A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end

A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end

Keith J. Kelly's farewell column gives a snapshot of his most memorable behind-the-scenes moments and the larger-than-life characters he experienced in his 23 years writing Media Ink for The Post.

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Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine nypost.com/2021/07/20/pickle…
Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine

Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine

Publishing veteran Dick Porter of Meredith has teamed up with magazine designer J. Armus to launch In Pickleball, a new sports-lifestyle magazine aimed at fans of the fast-growing game.

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Media unions take up the return-to-office cause, via @perlberg businessinsider.com/new-york…
New York Times, Hearst staffers are pushing back on returning to the office 3 days per week

New York Times, Hearst staffers are pushing back on returning to the office 3 days per week

Both of the media companies' unions want more flexibility over how often employees can work from home.

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Rolling Stone is one of the few magazines I still enjoy reading. Let’s see how long that lasts. nytimes.com/2021/07/15/busin…

‘Faster, Harder, Louder’: Rolling Stone Hires Daily Beast Editor (Published 2021)

Noah Shachtman, an experienced online journalist with a newsy sensibility, will lead the pop music bible founded in 1967.

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