Adam Moss

Earlier this month at a panel discussion at FIT, New York Magazine Editor-in-Chief Adam Moss fretted about the magazine's upcoming 40th Anniversary Issue cover. Referring to Esquire's 75th Anniversary publicity stunt-cum-new-new thing digital cover, Mr. Moss said:

It made us a little crazy... Because we have a fortieth anniversary issue coming out a week after Esquire's. We don't have an electronic cover. It just sits there.

So, how did that cover turn out?  read more »

"The secret of all activities is that talent attracts talent."

That was the legendary art director and co-founder of New York magazine, Milton Glaser, speaking last night at The Society of Publication Designer's futuristically named SPD@FIT panel on New York's 40th Anniversary.

Above Mr. Glaser's head was a rotating slideshow of iconic New York covers. Most were from the magazine's heyday in the 70's—a fake newspaper featuring Tom Wolfe heralding "The New Journalism"; "The Undergound Gourmet" featuring a bagel with a whole fish; and some of a more recent vintage like the cast of Gossip Girl with the cover line "Best. Show. Ever." and Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe. (More on that later.) Seated next to Mr. Glaser were former art directors Walter Bernard (class of 1970's) and Robert Newman (class of 1990's), current New York editor-in-chief Adam Moss and design director Chris Dixon. The crowd for the hour and a half panel—mini Snickers and Peppermint Patties were helpfully provided to keep attendees alert through some of the longer anecdotes—was mostly students, with a smattering of magazine professionals and older admirers of the magazine.  read more »

A little after 6 p.m. at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Condé Nast president Richard Beckman was sharing a drink—vodka, olives—with Condé Nast CEO Chuck Townsend. The two were discussing the same thing everyone in the lobby of Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Time Warner Center was talking about: What the National Magazine Awards can do, or not do, for a magazine.  read more »

Adam Moss stood with a glass in champagne in one corner, Look Book's Amy Larocca was in another, and social princess Ally Hilfiger was sitting on a plush couch catching up with old high school friends ("We took retarded math!" exclaimed one. "Like, we did decimals" she replied). But as for familiar editorial faces, there was only a handful last night at the Bowery Hotel, as Mr. Moss' New York magazine celebrated its newly published Look Magazine with a party for fashion and advertising types.

New York publisher Lawrence Burstein, who went much of the night without a drink, and didn't look to be having much fun, said that his magazine goes without any competition, but also said that he reads Vanity Fair, The Economist and The New York Times Magazine.

Lockhart Steele and Nick Denton were sitting at the bar as the free drinks came to an end around 8:30. Asked about the lack of familiar media faces, a New York spokeswoman said, "Well, we can't invite everyone."

Does the Adam Moss formula know no bounds? The latest spin-off from New York magazine is set to hit newsstands Nov. 15, and will be a twice-yearly fashion magazine called New York Look, helmed by fashion director Harriet Mays Powell. (First reported on in August, the magazine will be released at a launch party on Nov. 13.)

Since taking over New York in February 2004, editor-in-chief Moss has gradually remade the magazine into a sometimes overly clever compendium of What It Means to be a Mossian New Yorker. (It doesn't hurt that owner Bruce Wasserstein seems to be willing to sink an infinite amount of money into the operation.) Mr. Moss' information-heavy formula—composed of equal parts think pieces and charticles—focuses on the verticals of fashion, real estate, food, politics, and culture.  read more »

Today, New York announced today that Jerry Saltz, the long-time art critic for the Village Voice, is joining the staff next month. It's a significant loss for the Voice's culture section, considering that Saltz is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.

So how long until Hoberman splits?  read more »

Release is after the jump.

What's the statute of limitations on being a young talent to watch? Next week, former prodigy Adam Moss, 48, will use New York magazine to anoint the newest Wunderkindergarten class of editors. According to sources with knowledge of the project, the photo spread, with accompanying text by Carl Swanson, will include The New Republic's Franklin Foer (age 31), The Atlantic's James Bennet (39), Harper's Roger Hodge (38), and the Paris Review's Philip Gourevitch (44).

--Gabriel Sherman

Sent:* Thursday, July 14, 2005 * To:* *444 Madison * Subject:* from Adam Moss

everybody,

i am happy to announce that ben wasserstein will soon be joining our staff. as many of you know, ben is now an associate editor of vitals, where he helps edit/assign all the text (there's more of it than you think). he's been a frequent contributor to slate (among other things writing for their "summary judgment" column, like the other bens around here) and to the new kinsleyfied opinion pages of the la times. in various capacities, he's also worked at brill's content, caa, miramax, cbs and time warner -- and on the fabulous, if short-lived, new york magazine convention daily.

for obvious reasons, i have had the opportunity to get to know ben over the last year. he has impressed me as a smart and lovely guy, a talented editor who wants to work hard and to learn. i have remarked to some of you that he'd be a perfect candidate for a job here if he weren't a wasserstein -- and then recently, it began to seem like his last name was a pretty dumb reason not to hire him. so, in the past few weeks, we began to talk about a job. ben will be an associate editor, working principally for intel with jared and carl. he will also take on assorted projects for the strategist (exploiting some of the skills he's learned at vitals), and where necessary, pitch in on the culture pages.  read more »

so that's the new configuration. ben will be joining us after labor day. many thanks.

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