Condé Nast Digital Head Sarah Chubb Out

This shouldn’t be a shock, given that Condé Nast has been reorging and restructuring its digital operations for a couple of years now: Condé Nast Digital head Sarah Chubb is leaving the company after 20 years. She hasn’t announced a new job; Condé says it will announce a replacement “in the coming weeks.”

Condé Nast Tries Turning the App Store Into a Newsstand: Will You Buy GQ for Your iPhone?

Condé Nast is still in layoff mode, but that hasn’t stopped the publisher from putting together an app worth writing about. It’s part of a digital magazine strategy that actually makes some sense.
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Condé Makes Another Digital Move: Someone to Sell Ads

Another sign that magazine heavyweight Condé Nast would eventually like to start making money from the Web: It’s appointed someone to run the sales force of its digital properties. Condé has tapped former Wired publisher and current New Yorker publisher Drew Schutte to be Condé Nast Digital’s chief revenue officer, a newly created position.

Condé Nast Reshuffles Digital; No Layoffs Planned

Condé Nast’s famously Byzantine digital strategy may be getting a little bit easier to understand: The company’s Web operations, which had been splintered into two groups, are getting melded into one, which will be run by Condé digital exec Sarah Chubb.

Condé Nast Web Arm CondéNet’s Turn for “Across the Board” Cuts

Here’s the deal: If you work at a media company that hasn’t had layoffs recently, just go ahead and assume they’re coming. This afternoon’s installment: CondéNet, which manages some but not all of media giant Condé Nast’s Web operations, is cutting staff “across the board.”

Condé Nast Firing Most of Portfolio.com Staff

More cuts at Condé Nast: The publisher will fire most of the staff of its Portfolio.com Web site, which is run separately from its sister print publication. The site’s editorial staff of roughly two dozen will be shrunk down to “single digits,” says a source at the company. But Condé Nast managers haven’t told Portfolio.com staffers who’s staying and who’s going.

Cuts Coming to Condé Nast, Too. Portfolio Gathers the Troops for All-Hands Meeting.

Time Warner’s Time Inc. won’t be the only magazine publisher making cuts this fall: Condé Nast is trimming its sails, too. The privately held publisher is reportedly telling every one of its titles to cut five percent from both its editorial and business ledgers, a number that MediaMemo hasn’t been able to confirm. But I can tell you that the staff at Portfolio, Condé’s business magazine, launched with equal parts fanfare and controversy last year, has been summoned to an all-hands meetings that should be starting … now. I’ll pass along more details as I get them.