OK! Magazine

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 2:31pm on Friday, August 14th, 2009

Claire Coghlan is the new executive editor at OK! magazine. Previously Coghlan worked at Life & Style magazine.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:07pm on Monday, June 29th, 2009

OK! is looking to cash in with its "Michael Jackson Death Cover," MediaWeek magazine reported on June 29, 2009:

"OK! Weekly is bracing for some flak over its pick for this week’s cover. While other publications went with feel-good images to commemorate Michael Jackson, OK! chose a grim photo of the dying star being whisked to the hospital June 25.

A knowledgeable source said British parent Northern & Shell paid the equivalent of roughly $500,000 in U.S. dollars for exclusive magazine rights to the photo in the U.S. and U.K."

The full story:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i3a983edc0e93a51bae9edfe5e1648f8a

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:19pm on Monday, June 15th, 2009

It's not OK to be OK!, the New York Post continues to report:

"Richard Desmond's American version of OK! magazine is underwater, losing money at the rate of half a million dollars per week.

Numbers released by Company's House, the British clearinghouse for financial data from UK corporations, show that the US publishing operation lost $23.4 million last year, and it's estimated the magazine's losses will reach close to $130 million by the time it reaches its four-year anniversary in August.

That would put it on target to be one of the most expensive magazine launches in publishing history. By comparison, S.I. Newhouse Jr. is believed to have spent about $120 million in the 2½ years he financed Condé Nast Portfolio, only to fold it earlier this year."

The full story:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06122009/business/taking_a_bath_at_ok__173836.htm

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 2:27pm on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The train wreck called OK! Magazine barrels along, causing misery for many and great joy for media gossip column writers. On May 11, 2009, assme.org wrote that Katie Caperton has been fired after a two-month tenure as OK! U.S. editor-in-chief. Her predecessor, Susan Toepfer, lasted just four months. Magazine editorial is apparently in the hands of OK! editorial director (and July 2005 founding editor-in-chief) Sarah Ivens.