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NewFronts mainstay Condé Nast announced 75 returning series and 50 new pilots, plus a renewed emphasis on long-form and live programming. The company delivered an online presentation for the second year in a row, but it included initiatives based on live events, an element that was missing in the Covid-affected 2020…

Condé Nast has set a new global content strategy, leadership teams and structure as the storied media company continues an extensive revamp under CEO Roger Lynch. In the new setup, Anna Wintour has been named worldwide chief content officer, reporting to Lynch, who ran Pandora and Sling TV before joining Condé Nast in…

EXCLUSIVE: Chef, restauranteur and media personality Sohla El-Waylly, whose exit from Condé Nast title Bon Appétit helped spark a reckoning of the work culture at the company and in the media business, is headlining her own series, Stump Sohla. The show will launch Thursday on the Binging with Babish network, which…

Giant publisher Condé Nast today named Dawn Davis editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit, several months after previous editor Adam Rapaport resigned amid a blackface scandal and complaints of racially insensitive behavior at the publication. Davis, who starts Nov. 2, was most recently vice president and publisher of 37 Ink…

Condé Nast lifestyle unit Bon Appétit has hired Vox Media veteran Sonia Chopra as executive editor as it continues an overhaul. The food media brand has been in a state of upheaval following charges of racial inequality and pay inequity, particularly in its video operations. Chopra, who steered strategy and…

EXCLUSIVE: The New Yorker Festival, which has become a cultural fixture in New York over the past two decades, has confirmed it will hold its 21st edition in October in virtual form. As with most public events, even in a gradually reopening city far from the dire state it was in during March and April, the risks of…

Matt Duckor, who led lifestyle programming for Condé Nast, has left the company in the wake of a storm at Bon Appétit and the reappearance of past tweets from Duckor making racist and homophobic comments. Former Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigned earlier this week after a photo of him in brownface…

Bon Appétit, the Condé Nast-owned food title that found itself embroiled in controversy this week, put out a lengthy statement Wednesday conceding its racially insensitive past and vowing extensive changes. Adam Rapoport exited as Bon Appétit editor-in-chief this week after an image of him in brownface surfaced…

UPDATED with resignation news: Adam Rapoport, editor-in-chief of Condé Nast-owned Bon Appétit, resigned Monday at the end of a day of facing calls for his ouster after a photo of him in brownface surfaced online. Adding to the swirl of controversy on social media, editor Sohla El-Waylly also charged that she earns…

Danielle Carrig has been named as Condé Nast’s first-ever global chief communications officer. Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch made the announcement today. Carrig will begin her new role on May 26. Carrig joins the executive leadership team overseeing the combined global Condé Nast business. She will lead the company's…

Citing significant financial pressure, glossy publisher Conde Nast said Monday that it will cut salaries for its highest-paid employees, reduce hours for others and explore cost cutting across its global footprint, according to a memo to staff by CEO Roger Lynch obtained by Deadline. The memo (read it in full below)…

Bon Appétit, the food lifestyle brand that began as a print magazine in 1956, is expanding its television presence with a 24/7 linear network debuting on Samsung smart TVs. The ad-supported network will appear on Samsung TV Plus, a free service that comes pre-installed on all smart TVs made by Samsung since 2016. The…