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Penske and Min find 'resolution' over key editorial hire
An unusual tug-of-war between a pair of media moguls over a Hollywood journalist has given way to an equally unusual compromise. Tatiana Siegel -- executive film editor at The Hollywood...
Rolling Stone names top Daily Beast staffer as new editor in chief
Rolling Stone magazine named Noah Shachtman, the top editor at the Daily Beast, as its new editor-in-chief, ending a five-month search for a replacement. Shachtman, who will start the new...
WWD in turmoil after staffer behind grievance forum canned
Already depressed morale at "fashion bible" WWD hit a new low when a reporter behind a forum letting staffers vent their grievances was unceremoniously canned last week, Media Ink has...
Penske Media buys big stake in SXSW in bid to save festival: report
Penske Media Corp. — the publisher of titles including Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety -- has struck a deal for a 50 percent stake in South by Southwest, according to...
Rolling Stone hits back amid calls to boycott magazine
Rolling Stone is punching back after a blog post claimed that the magazine "sold out" to President Trump and the Saudis under its owner Jay Penske led to calls for...
Jay Penske's WWD cuts jobs as DOJ clears his Hollywood Reporter merger
Fashion publication Women's Wear Daily handed out pink slips on Wednesday -- just two months after its long-time owner, Penske Media, agreed to shell out $225 million to merge with...
DOJ in antitrust probe of Penske Media's deal to buy The Hollywood Reporter
The Department of Justice is investigating antitrust concerns surrounding Penske Media's deal to buy The Hollywood Reporter, The Post has learned. Sources close to the situation said the DOJ has...
Claudia Eller returns to Variety after suspension over reporter spat
The return of Variety's suspended editor-in-chief may require an enormous amount of bridge building in a new management structure that seems ripe for problems. Claudia Eller, who was suspended from...
Ex-Penske Media staffers stick Jay Penske with champagne tab at Pastis
Penske “came over to them and said, ‘I’m sorry we aren’t working with each other anymore.’”
Penske Media paid $225M for stake in Hollywood Reporter parent
Wednesday’s merger of the publishers behind two rival Hollywood magazines — The Hollywood Reporter and Variety — was billed as a joint venture. But Media Ink has learned that Variety...
Variety and Hollywood Reporter, once rivals, are now under same roof
Two longtime tinseltown rivals, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, will soon be part of the same team thanks to a merger unveiled Wednesday by their publishers. Penske Media Corp., which...
Rolling Stone, Variety publisher Penske Media closes NYC offices
Penske Media, owner of WWD (formerly Women's Wear Daily), Variety and Rolling Stone, has shut down all nine floors of its New York City offices after one confirmed case of...
Penske Media buys Peter Brant's trove of art publications
Jay Penske’s publishing empire PMC just gobbled up a trove of art publications. The company, which owns Variety, WWD and Rolling Stone, said Tuesday that it bought print tycoon Peter...
Penske Media pressured to cut ties with Saudi fund
Pressure is building on Penske Media — the parent company of Rolling Stone and Variety — to unravel its finance deal with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund in the wake...
Croughton named new US Robb Report editor
After a two month search, Jay Penske has found a new editor for the Robb Report. Paul Croughton, the former digital editor of the UK edition of the Robb Report,...
New Rolling Stone owner pumping $8M into fresh content
Rolling Stone is beefing up its music, politics and pop culture as its new owner gets ready to pump in an estimated $8 million to $10 million in a redesign...
Univision could sell Fusion and Gizmodo Media
Could Fusion and Gizmodo Media be going on the block? Speculation amped up after Vanity Fair’s Hive blog reported that Univision — the struggling Spanish-language TV network that owns Fusion...
Jay Penske buys She Knows Media for $40 million
Publishing tycoon Jay Penske — whose Penske Media Corp. last week got a $200 million cash infusion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund — on Tuesday said his company is...
Jay Penske said to get $200M investment from Saudi fund
Jay Penske has sold a minority stake of his media company, Penske Media Corp., to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, The Post has learned. The fund has invested “over $200...
Penske hopes to make Rolling Stone cool with millennials
Jay Penske dined with Gus Wenner and Jann Wenner at The Pool — formerly part of the fabled Four Seasons Restaurant — inside the Seagram Building on Wednesday night to...