Susan Lyne in waiting to take over at Time Inc!?

-JOANNE She may have denied it time and time again but former Martha Stewart Living CEO Susan Lyne wasn't fooling anyone but herself. For over a year she has been rumored to be a favorite to take over as Time Inc CEO when current boss-lady Ann Moore exits the Time & Life building for good. During the start of said rumors, Lyne denied she was leaving MSO anytime soon. But as you all can now recall she left MSO a few weeks ago and is said to have had lunch with, or plans to have lunch with Ann Moore. Could Moore be briefing the new boss-elect on the current climate at the company? Could the meeting have been set up by Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes so both ladies can become acquainted? Could Lyne move in as CEO before Moore departs? We think so! Ann Moore could turn over her CEO duties and title to Lyne in the coming months while holding on to the Chairmanship during the changing of the guards. Taking on the gigantic Time Inc and reporting to a results driven boss like Bewkes will be a whole new challenge for Lyne, but we think she can do the job. Wait a minute. There are also these rumors about Lyne running Oprah's new OWN Network. But wasn't MTV CEO Judy McGrath's name floated for that job too?

Folio Magazine releases their annual stroke job list of magazine industry influencers and innovators

By SDH Folio Magazine the magazine about magazines and the people who markets them does it again with their popular Folio 40 list where magazine industry execs get to see their names in print and read all the nice things Folio, whose subscribers are said execs, has to say about them. Each magazine industry professional listed on the Folio 40 will no doubt continue the stroke job via an internal press release to their employees shoving the accomplishments in their faces as if it benefits anyone but themselves. We bet they will also update their resumes mentioning this listing as well. The list hi-lites those making bold and smart moves in the industry via the following categories: the Visionaries, the doers, the influencers, those under the radar and of course the ones to watch. Our good old buddy (in our heads of course) Jeff Bewkes made the list under the “Ones to watch” category because according to Folio: All eyes have been on Jeff Bewkes since he took the helm of the mega media company January 1. Even before Bewkes' appointment was announced, speculation about Time Inc.'s future ran rampant. Bewkes has since downplayed the possible sale of the publishing division, but the industry will have to wait and see. Wow!! He made the list for this? We think David Pecker would have been better in Bewkes’s place with a merger still possible for AMI and all the other shit that Pecker has all over his hands. At this point to include Bewkes on the list seems like a quick space filler. If not Bewkes or Pecker, then Time Inc CEO Ann Moore, because whatever decision Bewkes makes regarding the future of Time Inc, wouldn’t it be based on what Moore can squeeze out before her contract runs out of steam?

The quote that bought Time Inc CEO Ann, Moore Time

"We're good at publishing. We're a leader in the industry. It's a good business we think. As it expands out beyond print into digital we think it can turn into a growth business," Bewkes said, adding that keeping Time Inc. intact “depend[s] on our being able to demonstrate that to ourselves and our investors.” -Jeff Bewkes, CEO TimeWarner

MSO's Lyne says she isn't leaving the company, but that could be because the top spot at Time Inc isn't vacant yet

-SDH Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Susan Lyne in a memo assured her troops that regardless of what they've heard in the media, she isn't going anywhere. But what Lyne should have included at the end of that sentence is the word 'Yet". I want to address an item that ran in the press while I was away, suggesting I might leave MSLO in the near future. Nothing could be further from my plans," she wrote. "I love this company; more importantly I believe in this company." But of course you do Susie, you're the CEO so you have to talk the talk and walk the walk. But if Jeff Bewkes comes calling tomorrow saying Time Inc CEO Ann Moore got hit by a bus or is opting for early retirement, you would be outa there wouldn't you? More money and bigger brands to rule over, why not! Martha Stewart CEO Lyne will not leave company [Reuters]

Compared to other media CEOs, MSO's Susan Lyn isn't making shit

-YOSH Susan Lyn, CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) may be eyeing the exit. Lyn is said to be feeling kinda under valued due to the measly $4.4 million she made last year. It's so funny that all this is coming to light on Jeff Bewkes' first day as Time Warner CEO. Lyn is said to be a possible replacement for Time Inc CEO Ann Moore when she retires or gets the boot with a fat check. So how soon until she calls it a day at MSO? Hey Sue, while you wait, you should start writing a book about your time at MSO and the whole Martha Stewart going to jail thing. We would so buy it. The clock started ticking on a one-year automatic renewable option clause as of yesterday, but the original pact that she signed in Nov. 2004 has not been replaced by a new long-term contract, according to the latest SEC filings. That agreement officially expired on Dec. 31, 2007. Her pot of about $3.5 million in company shares lost 58 percent of their value in the past year. She began unloading stock after the price began skidding, collecting just under $890,000 in the past 12 months, and still owns shares valued at about $1.24 million, according to SEC filings. MSO'S LYNE MAY BE LOOKING FOR BETTER RETURNS [NYP]

Is Time Inc's Ann Moore a white woman, or a really lite-skinned black woman, or a white woman with a tan, or both?

-ZOE S. We have been trying to figure this out for some time now and decided to go ahead and put it out there. Time Inc CEO Ann Moore doesn't look like a white woman, but she doesn't look like a black woman. The kicker? She can pass for both. We've seen the woman in person and she still puzzles our mind. So with that said, is there anyone out there who can answer our question? Is Ann Moore white, black or mixed? Please cool our burning curiosity.

Time Inc's John Squires has that kinda successor tone in his statements

-MARTY Time Inc continues to firm up it's digital offerings in the never ending campaign for magazine publisher's to remain relevant, and rumored potential Ann Moore successor John Squires is talking up the company's Internet efforts in a very CEOish way. John Squires, executive vp, Time Inc., said that while he’d like the company’s sites to “crawl up in terms of scale,” he’s happy with their rank in engagement and revenue per user. Speaking today at a Time Inc. Digital Showcase, he noted that according to Time Inc.’s own ranking, the company’s sites come in 15th among media companies in terms of time spent per visitor. At the same time, Squires emphasized the push to get people to stay on the sites longer. “Everything we’re doing, we’re trying to put through this lens [of] how long can we hold people for.” Time Inc. Bolsters Digital Brands [Mediaweek]

Time Inc CEO Ann moore speaks

In this video Time Inc Chairwoman Ann Moore speaks on everything from Business 2.o to the restructuring of the Fortune Money Group and Time Inc possibly being an independent company.

Following up Jon Friedman's suggestion on Time Inc: If not a sale, how about a diet plan?

-BY SDH We will skip the whole part about how Jeff Bewkes is the new CEO of TimeWarner and the whole story of old media's past. What we will do is chime in on one of our favorite media columnists, Jon Friedman's suggestion that Jeff Bewkes should shake up Time Inc, which we think is right on the money. But perhaps the fact that Time Inc boasts about its size due to the 125 titles it publishes is the very reason the division sucks. Yes there is no excitement; it’s an old media staple that jumped on the digital media wagon a little too late. For this Ann Moore should have been kicked to the curb but her superiors at TimeWarner clearly missed that boat as well. They just launched a corporate website, we're still shocked that this just happened. One of the first things that need to happen at Time Inc is a change at the top. Sure Ann Moore's contract has some time left on it, but pay her to leave and bring in new meat. At the same time, Bewkes should implement a diet plan for the unit, by selling off its less glitzy and, low performing titles trimming the company down to a publisher of about 75-85 publications. Perhaps one of the reasons they held on to so many titles was to keep their status as the biggest. But these days, size doesn't matter. The company needs to also make some strategic acquisitions, scooping up sites they can actually make money from. With all their millions of readers it would make sense to jump into the social networking pool by launching a site for paid magazine subscriber’s only, where they can discuss articles they read in Time Inc's magazines among other things. If Time Inc's senior management is confused about how their digital operation should look, they should look no further than Conde Nast’s CondeNet. Sure Conde has its downs with the whole digital operation allegedly being totally separate from the print operation, but they have a very usable template that Time Inc can use as a foundation to build on. A slimmed down Time Inc with a new leader with the digital DNA, is key to it's future growth. Now the question is whether or not they know that. Related: Why Time Inc. may top Jeff Bewkes' hit list [MarketWatch]

At Time Inc, forced retirements and a new potential Ann Moore successor

TimeWarner is making it clear that current CEO Dick Parsons is staying put until the board says so. However over at Time Inc, a new layout is already taking shape as long time exec Michael Klingensmith has agreed to walk on Time Inc's request. He was one of four underlings reporting directly to CEO Ann Moore who is also scheduled to depart in early 2009 or 2010. This won't be the first or last requested departures as Ann Moore and her bosses at TimeWarner clear the path for her successor. EVP John Squires's name is now being thrown around as a possible replacement for Moore. Klingensmith will retire shortly after the first of the year, leaving just three executive vice presidents reporting to CEO Ann Moore. "They approached me and I sort of jumped at the chance," said Klingensmith. TIME EXEC SAYS HE'LL RETIRE [NYP]

Time Inc names that guy Paul Caine with the ugly smile Prexy of new entertainment group

Time Inc CEO Ann Moore continues to put in place what will be her legacy when she is long gone from the company, even though her successor may come in and undo her doings. Time Inc. has created the Time Inc. Entertainment Group, an umbrella organization for the Entertainment Weekly and its Web site and the People group, and named Paul Caine as its president. Stephanie George, executive vp, Time Inc. announced the changes in a memo to staff.The reorganization is designed to help Time Inc. better leverage its entertainment properties with advertisers, George wrote in the memo. Another big paycheck the company has to cut that's all. Oh yeah and Dave Morris clearly left because he was passed over for the gig, or he can't stand Paul Caine, or both. Time Inc. Creates Entertainment Division: Caine Named President; Morris Exits EW [MW]

Ann Moore meet Susan Lyne, your potential successor?

Time Inc CEO Ann Moore is on her last tour as Time Inc CEO and one name keeps popping up as her potential successor, Susan Lyne, the sharp Prexy of Martha Stewart Living Omni Media (MSO). But we have to ask is Lyne's name on soon to be Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes's list as well, or is this all media play? Lyne seems to be the ultimate favorite to be the next Time Inc Queen but would she even interested in the gig? We think s. There is no doubt that she loves the idea of running the world's biggest magazine publisher. Then again with the current situation MSO finds itself in, we're not sure if her star is shining bright enough to attract Bewkes's attention right now. Is Martha Stewart washed up? Wall Street says yes.Investors have pummelled the shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO.N), which are down 40% since the middle of last December, while the broader stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index ($US:INX), has gained 8%. It's not just a question of shareholders being tired of stars-and-stripes cupcakes and perfectly coordinated window dressings. As they tend to, investors are merely reacting to bad numbers. "Her appeal does not seem to be dropping," Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Chief Executive Susan Lyne said in an interview last week. In fact, the company is so confident in her staying power, it recently reiterated projections that it will book a profit for the year -- despite nothing but losses so far -- because of impressive strength in merchandise sales through new channels in the coming months. "Everyone here is incredibly excited about the momentum the company has," says Lyne. Has the public soured on Martha Stewart? [MSN]

Time Inc hunts for a digital ad czar. Still has no corporate website

Time Inc is looking for a stiff to oversee its print and digital business in an effort to drive ad revenue across its brands within its new FortuneMoney Group. Lets hope Time Inc boss lady Anne Moore lands herself a winner, so she can go out on top. Time Inc is creating an executive position that will be responsible for all print and digital ad revenue in the group, which includes Fortune and Money magazines, the Fortune Small Business magazines and the CNNMoney.com Web site. On another note. Why does one of the world's biggest magazine publishers lack a corporate website? You want to milk the digital ad business but you don't even have a website to showcase your brands and the people behind them. Let’s go Time Inc. Launch an official Timeinc.com website. Time reshuffles business magazine ad sales group [Reuters] Earlier: The digital strategy set forth by Time Inc Queen Ann Moore is gaining traction

For Time Inc's Ann Moore and Hearst's Cathy Black, no new titles, at least not print anyway

-LENN HINDSMANN The two panty wearing CEOs of two of the worlds most powerful magazine publishers have no plans to launch any new titles. Instead Ann Moore and Cathy Black will focus on building their company's internet offerings, via web videos and user generated content. The days off multi-million dollar launches and over the top launch parties, may be a thing of the past as more and more magazine publishers close print titles to focus on the web. But will these two women roll out winning web strategies? Each have already failed at new launches in print and the internet. Time Inc launched an online magazine geared toward young men called "Office Pirates" but the site folded after it failed to generate the kind of buzz Time Inc was hoping far. Hearst launched the well buzzed Talk Magazine back in 1999 but the buzz went away and the magazine died soon after. Will Time Inc and/or Hearst experience this again in their push to land a seat on the digital media train? In the history of US magazine launches, the high point may have been August 1999, when Tina Brown's Talk magazine debuted. Jointly owned by Miramax and Hearst Communications, Talk came into the world with an extravagant party in which Hollywood celebrities and former presidents took over the Statue of Liberty. Time and Hearst focus on new media, not new titles [FT via MSNBC]

Life magazine brought back to Life only to be killed by Ann Moore and company

-SHOMARI HINES Time Inc CEO Ann Moore sent out an email to whats left of her troops to inform them that Life aint what it used to be that the magazine will be put to rest with the April 20th 2007. However they plan to keep the brand alive via a potential online photo portal perhaps like corbis or, gettyimages which we think is a great idea. Yeah we actually do. after the click is the email sent out by Moore obtained by our friends in our heads at Gawker. CONTINUE... To: Time Inc. Staff From: Ann Moore Re: LIFE I regret to inform you that we will no longer be producing LIFE magazine, effective with the April 20th 2007 issue. We remain committed to the LIFE brand, and will be concentrating on expanding the title's other businesses, including a new photographic portal making millions of LIFE photos available to the public. LIFE Magazine was a truly innovative publishing venture. It was developed, edited and published by some of the best talent in the business and we can remain proud of its many achievements. LIFE enjoyed strong consumer support. Research showed readers consistently placed it above its competitors in terms of quality edit and photography. In addition, consumers couldn't get enough of the LIFE picture puzzles, with the Picture Puzzle book quickly becoming a New York Times Best Seller.

Should we be expecting some kind of major announcement from TimeWarner regarding Ann Moore any time soon?

Word in the blogosphere is that Time Inc CEO Ann Moore may be exiting the company sooner than later. She has about 2.5 years left on her contract as Time Inc CEO but the word keeps spreading about a possible departure. What gives? Have you heard anything? if so shoot us a line or two.

The digital strategy set forth by Time Inc Queen Ann Moore is gaining traction

-Shomari Hines They are two of the media industry's cliche buzz words, because anyone who is anyone in the media industry is trying to get theirs in order. Having a clear and realistic digital strategy is not only good for media stocks but for the people who put it in motion. In this episode, Time Inc's Ann Moore's is already paying off. However Time Inc's digital strategy didn't come cheap at all. Hundreds of people lost their jobs in order for Ann's digital strategy to take shape. But we won't get back into the blood baths of the past. We're sure the recent awards won by Time Inc sites will be dedicated to the departed. Time.com beat sites from BusinessWeek, Forbes and Technology Review in the business and news category. InStyle.com won for fashion, topping Conde Nast Publications' Brides.com and Style.com. The Entertainment Weekly site (EW.com) defeated People.com (that's Time Inc. again) and TVGuide.com in entertainment and celebrity. And Sports Illustrated's SI.com beat the Popular Science site and 1Up.com, the big gaming site from Ziff Davis Publishing, in the sports-and-enthusiast category. Time Inc. was only shut out in the service and lifestyle category; New York magazine's site (NYMag.com) took the prize over AARP The Magazine Online and Wine Spectator Online. Ann Moore Gets Digital Affirmation [Adage]

Now Time Inc wants to get all health conscious and shit

It seems like the good old folks at Time Inc are pulling ideas out of a magic hat now that they're traveling a little lighter these days. First CEO Ann Moore revealed that they are going to be fluffing up some of their web offerings like People.com and RealSimple. Now there is talk about a possible health & wellness web portal. Guess when Ann got word of her former boss Steve Case's new health portal she felt inspired. If all goes well with focus group results that Time Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ann Moore will review at the end of this week, the next major launch from the world's largest magazine company could be a Web-only health and wellness portal. The site would likely go up at the health.com URL the company owns through its Birmingham (Ala.)-based magazine Health. It would be a slightly unusual move for Time Inc. in that the proposed Web site will pull together material from other Time Warner brands (Moore mentioned the potential involvement of CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta), although Time Inc.'s business magazines are joined together with CNN at the company's CNNMoney.com site. Time Inc. Executive Editor Scott Mowbray is among those currently working on the site. Time Inc. Mulls Health Portal [BusinessWeek]

Ann Moore is all about the Robustiness

Fresh off her recent body slashing at Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore is turning her focus on building the company's web offerings into bigger and better destinations. This from a company that doesn't even have a corporate website. But we kinda like what we're hearing so far. Developing Real Simple’s Web site will be one of Time Inc.’s priorities this year, and People.com plans to launch a celebrity database next year. The database will feature continuously updated celebrity profiles, data and original editorial content, Moore said in a keynote speech this morning at the Software Information Industry Association’s Information Industry Summit in New York. The SIIA is the trade association for the software and digital content industry. “People.com will be our next big business online,” she declared. Time Inc.'s Moore: Real Simple, People Web Sites to Become More Robust [Mediaweek]

At Time Inc, one departure and two appointments

The waters won't be settled anytime soon in Ann's house -AKA- Time Inc. Time Inc's boss lady announced today to minions that COO Nora McAniff is leaving the building. But with bad news comes good news, at least for Sylvia Auton and Stephanie George who were both promoted to exec VP positions, effective March 1. Hmm we're sensing a little girl power within Ann's circle. As far as Nora, she didn't leave empty handed. She departed with some kind words from her former boss. Nora is the most natural born leader I have ever worked with. I havestudied her closely, trying to understand why her speeches getstanding ovations, why her teams consistently outperform, and how shemanages to find, mentor, and develop talent. There is one hugedifference that I have observed over the years. Lots of us have herwork ethic, her love of our business, her eye to pick raw talent; butfew of us have her ability to give positive and negative feedback.Most people who have worked for Nora over the last two decadescompletely believe she has their best interests in mind. They havetaken amazingly honest feedback from her in the spirit in which it wasgiven: to develop the greatest collection of talent in our business,to outperform the competition, to build the best brands, to achievepersonal bests, and to have a great time doing it. Nora built trustand used it as the powerful tool it is to get us all to dig deeperthan we ever thought we could. Forget the SPF, Break Out the Champagne: Time Inc. COO Nora McAniff Says G'Bye [Jossip]

Morning Wire: It's Execution Thursday at Time Inc

Its to the gallows for about 250 at Time Inc today and it's expected to be messy. Time Inc boss Ann Moore ordered the executions so that the company can look like it's saving money and Dick Parsons and Jeff Bewkes have a hand in it all. Time Inc.'s widely anticipated wave of job cuts is expected to take place today - and insiders are predicting the bloodbath could involve as many as 250 people. "It is safe to say it will be more than 200, it could go as high as 250, but it certainly won't be 300," said one insider. "It's going to be bloody," said another insider. TIME INC.'S BLOODY THURSDAY TARGETS 250 [NYP]

Ann Moore's legacy will be as bloody as George Bush's, but it was all in the name of business

Ann S. Moore is on her last stint as Time Inc Chairwoman/CEO and when she leaves she will have the blood of hundreds on her hand. But we can't go too hard on Ann. After all its just business and she is doing her job to please her bosses at Time Warner. Ann, we're only sorry that this is all you will be remembered for in this thing called the blogosphere. Time Inc.’s top executive, Ann S. Moore, has not yet publicly outlined or discussed the cuts, and she declined to be interviewed for this article. But other executives said that, while Time Inc. remains profitable, with margins of about 18 percent, it is witnessing a downturn in print advertising revenue and increasingly fierce competition from the Internet. To prepare for the future, they said, the company is cutting costs now and continuing to shift resources to its branded Web sites. That in turn is prompting big changes to the standard newsweekly formula of many correspondents contributing to heavily processed articles at magazines like Time and People.Time Inc. is taking other steps to save money. Within a year or two, most of the company’s corporate offices and magazines at the Time-Life Building in Midtown Manhattan will have moved to lower floors so that the more valuable upper floors can be leased out. Time magazine is shutting some of its bureau buildings overseas, including in Paris, although it expects to maintain “laptop” correspondents, who can work from home As Time Inc. Cuts Jobs, One Writer on Britney May Have to Do [NYT]

January 17th is Execution Day at Time Inc, and the doomed prepare to be executed

With the rumored blood bath set to take place on our before January 17th at Time Inc. we can only imagine the moods of the convicted. We can imagine it so well that we decided to put in writing what we think is happening at the Time Inc offices, right now as you read this. I.T. already got its list of the doomed and is closely monitoring online and overall computer behavior to make sure files aren't being deleted, transferred, or sabotaged. I.T. is no doubt monitoring the outflow of emails as well, just in case tips are being sent to media blogs about happenings within the company, or someone got the balls to write what they really feel about Ann Moore. Building security is on "Orange" -AKA- high alert in case the doomed feel the need to act up knowing that well.....................they are part of the doomed. Ann Moore and her direct underlings are staying low key to avoid passing one of the doomed in the hallway or being stuck on an elevator on the ride down, because a lot can happen to someone in the few seconds the ride takes. HR reps are practicing breathing techniques to help control their out of control nervousness, then again they should be pretty used to this by now. Oh man the moments before execution is a motherf??ker