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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Eric Kallgren
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:31pm on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | Katie Caperton promoted to editor-in-chief at OK! magazine:
On March 12, 2009, Folio magazine reported that OK! has a new top editor:
"Following the high profile departure of former Alpha Media executive Kent Brownridge as general manager, and the subsequent ouster of Susan Toepfer as its editor-in-chief, OK! magazine has promoted executive editor Katie Caperton to the top editor post, a knowledgeable source told FOLIO:.
An OK! spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
Caperton, who joined the celebrity title in 2005 as editorial manager, will report to Sarah Ivens, who stepped down as editor-in-chief in October. Ivens, who moved to Kentucky but had been serving as interim editor-in-chief since Toepfer left last month, will remain with the magazine as editorial director, according to the source."
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Eric Kallgren
Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:25pm on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | February 10, 2009: The New York Post reported on more bad karma at OK!:
"RICHARD Desmond is having a hell of a time trying to find someone to run his foundering celebrity weekly, OK! After the British millionaire fired managing director Kent Brownridge and editor-in-chief, Susan Toepfer, former editor Sarah Ivens stepped in for a week. But now she's gone. An insider said, "no one wants the job. No one will return their calls." Among those who've gotten frantic messages are In Touch editor Richard Spencer, Life & Style chief Dan Wakeford and "everyone on the masthead at the National Enquirer." Part of the problem is, "Desmond is so burned that he had to pay out Kent's $1 million contract, he isn't offering anyone a contract . . . No one is leaving a secure job to work for a magazine everyone thinks will close in the next six months.""
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 1:30pm on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | On January 30, 2009, the New York Post reported that most of the management at OK! magazine is hitting the bricks:
"AFTER yesterday's shake-up at OK! magazine, it'll take a microscope to find any trace of the mark left by Kent Brownridge.
He, along with Editor-in-Chief Susan Toepfer, are out after Richard Desmond, CEO of magazine owner Northern + Shell, cleaned house following years of losses.
Toepfer, former editor-in-chief of Rosie and Quick & Simple, leaves after producing just seven issues.
Brownridge, meanwhile, has been ousted after joining OK! as general manager in September. Sources said he had feuded with Desmond.
As a result of those changes, three OK! alums are returning to the fold. Sarah Ivens, who left the magazine in October to get married and move to Kentucky horse country, is reprising her role as the magazine's top editor - but only for the moment.
Meanwhile, Rob Shuter, an executive editor who was bounced by Brownridge, is said to be coming back as well, though that was not confirmed by the company."
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Boulder, Colorado USA | Posted at 3:20pm on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 | On December 10, 2008, Audience Development magazine wrote about OK! magazine cutting its cover price:
"Following the ouster of publisher Tom Morrissy this fall, OK! magazine has slashed its cover price 50 cents from $3.49 to $2.99. The price change is effective with the magazine’s year-end “A-list” double issue.
OK! says the decision to lower the cover price was a “proactive step” in response to the down economy. “We realize Americans feel distressed and worried and they’re looking for a much needed escape,” recently appointed OK! general manager Kent Brownridge said in a statement. “We hope that by making our magazine cost less they can experience the fun and pleasure of the celebrity entertainment” in the magazine.
The cover price change slots OK! against fellow celebrity titles In Touch and Life & Style, which also have a $2.99 newsstand price. Star magazine carries a $3.76 cover price and Us Weekly’s is $3.99."
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