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Hugh M. Cook

@hughmcook

Editorial Director, Media Operations, University of Illinois Alumni Association; Magazine Junkie Extraordinaire

 Chicago
Joined June 2009
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'Ebony' and 'Jet' Magazines' Iconic Photos Captured Black Life in America smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
'Ebony' and 'Jet' Magazines' Iconic Photos Captured Black Life in America

'Ebony' and 'Jet' Magazines' Iconic Photos Captured Black Life in America

Getty and the Smithsonian will now share ownership of the two magazines' renowned photo archives

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Some more soon-to-be gone magazines? Barry Diller’s IAC in talks to buy People magazine publisher Meredith nypost.com/2021/09/24/barry-… via @nypost
Barry Diller’s IAC in talks to buy People magazine publisher Meredith

Barry Diller’s IAC in talks to buy People magazine publisher Meredith

Barry Diller's IAC is in advanced talks to acquire Meredith, the publisher of magazines such as People, InStyle and Real Simple, according to a report.

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You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America nytimes.com/2021/08/15/busin…
A retirement and the end of era. A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end nypost.com/2021/07/22/a-fond… via @nypost
A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end

A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end

Keith J. Kelly's farewell column gives a snapshot of his most memorable behind-the-scenes moments and the larger-than-life characters he experienced in his 23 years writing Media Ink for The Post.

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Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine nypost.com/2021/07/20/pickle…
Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine

Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine

Publishing veteran Dick Porter of Meredith has teamed up with magazine designer J. Armus to launch In Pickleball, a new sports-lifestyle magazine aimed at fans of the fast-growing game.

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Rolling Stone is one of the few magazines I still enjoy reading. Let’s see how long that lasts. nytimes.com/2021/07/15/busin…

‘Faster, Harder, Louder’: Rolling Stone Hires Daily Beast Editor (Published 2021)

Noah Shachtman, an experienced online journalist with a newsy sensibility, will lead the pop music bible founded in 1967.

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Substack signs ex-Forbes writer as it seeks to disrupt book publishing nypost.com/2021/07/01/substa… via @nypost
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Village Voice brings back print edition nypost.com/2021/07/01/villag… via @nypost
Village Voice hires ex-Dan's Papers CEO ahead of print revival

Village Voice hires ex-Dan's Papers CEO ahead of print revival

The Village Voice, which has been hard to find on newsstands since 2017, has hired the former CEO of Dan’s Papers with bold plans to start publishing a regular print edition by early next year,...

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The Imperial Editor Goes the Way of the Dodo nytimes.com/2021/07/01/fashi…
The ever-shrinking Tribune may soon find itself minus me as a reader/subscriber: Buyout fallout: Tribune slashes pages 20 percent, sets early deadlines nypost.com/2021/06/22/buyout… via @nypost
Buyout fallout: Tribune slashes pages 20 percent, sets early deadlines

Buyout fallout: Tribune slashes pages 20 percent, sets early deadlines

Tribune Publishing’s newspapers including the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune this week found out what a new round of staffing cuts will mean for deadlines and the size of their...

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Drew Barrymore is launching her own magazine nypost.com/2021/06/22/drew-b… via @nypost
Chicago Mag gets new editor: chicagobusiness.com/marketin…
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Dick Stolley, journalist who got Zapruder film of JFK assassination, dead at 92 nypost.com/2021/06/17/dick-s… via @nypost
Dick Stolley, journalist who got Zapruder film of JFK assassination, dead at 92

Dick Stolley, journalist who got Zapruder film of JFK assassination, dead at 92

Dick Stolley, the legendary journalist who landed the Zapruder film of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination for Life magazine and who went on to launch People magazine, has died. Stolley...

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The Hamptons publishing scene is booming nypost.com/2021/06/10/the-ha… via @nypost
The Hamptons publishing scene is booming

The Hamptons publishing scene is booming

The pandemic may have made the Hamptons more popular than ever, but it clobbered the beach enclave’s publishing scene last year with many mags forced to skip the traditional Memorial Day issue...

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Runner's World cleans up coveted awards with Ahmaud Arbery story nypost.com/2021/06/15/runner…
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Alden Global targets Daily News interns in latest cost-cutting move nypost.com/2021/06/08/alden-… via @nypost
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NYTimes' Choire Sicha bolts for New York Magazine nypost.com/2021/06/08/nytime… via @nypost
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Baseball Digest gets new owner — its third in 79 years nypost.com/2021/06/03/baseba…
Back to work: Condé Nast plans September return to 1WTC amid rent dispute nypost.com/2021/05/27/conde-…
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Forbes moves toward unionization as sale talks continue nypost.com/2021/05/18/forbes… via @nypost
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