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    fnsfsnrKate Dries
    8/11/14 6:09pm

    I wonder what the culture clash between a Conde Nat pub and a startup will be like. Sure, some startups may have free lunches or a pingpong table but this just can't compare with the lifestyle editors at prominent magazines are used to. Take all these folks used to huge, plush offices and drivers to work every day and put them at an open desk with steep deadline pressure and significantly lower expense accounts and I think heads will explode. It's amazing that the entitled attitudes, etc. still persist in an industry that's hurting this bad but whenever I go to an industry event I still see it there. . .

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      Kate Driesfnsfsnr
      8/11/14 6:18pm

      It does make one wonder whether Chen will continue her ritual of Instagramming her glamorous ride to work each day. According to AdWeek, Lucky/The Lucky Group won't be moving to the World Trade Center with the rest of Condé Nast but will instead be located somewhere "around Astor Place and Flatiron, closer to other fashion and tech start-ups."

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      fnsfsnrKate Dries
      8/11/14 11:06pm

      Yeah, that is just not how startups work. Even if they do that for a while, if the company starts to experience layoff-level cash flow issues they'll put a stop to it - which Conde Nast has not btw despite closing many mags! It makes me think of the Kevin Sessums article which the Times ran this weekend, where he ended up screwing up a job offer from The Daily Beast post-rehab because he asked for a huge raise, moving expenses and a company car. Um, those days are over honey. . .

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    Kate DriesKate Dries
    8/11/14 5:29pm

    Other changes: Bon Appetit and Epicurious are combining into one website.

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      devilthecatKate Dries
      8/12/14 12:23am

      I'm conflicted about how I feel about this. The editor who started Lucky, Kim France, was the lead fashion editor at Sassy. For you young'uns, she and Andrea shaped all I knew to be cool and were HUGE influence on early 90's fashion. I bought a literal baby tee from the kids section at Penny's because of those two. I had my parents drive to every mall in my large mostly rural state to find Doc's because of their layouts. Ringer tees,Chloe Sevney, neo punk, baby doll dresses, mixing everything up and wearing it in an entirely new way, all those two.

      Due to their fashion influences on me, I viewed Lucky, not Jane as Sassy's de facto replacement. In the beginning it kinda was a more grown up version. But the creativity soon passed, replaced by 1k shoes and a much more conservative style. Celebrities who function as models, like Jessica Alba, are on the covers, while those who have interesting senses of style never grace pages (Chloe). So I gave up my subscription. I could read instyle for the same sort of fashion, and at least they offered choices in my price range.

      Lucky becoming an ecommerce conglomerate is probably the best thing they can become. They already sold out once, now they can just sell.

      I miss finding fresh fashion that wasn't strictly dictated by the luxury group.

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