Talk (magazine)

Talk
Editor Tina Brown
Total circulation
(2002)		 670,000
Founder Tina Brown[1]
Year founded February 1999 (1999-02)
First issue August 2, 1999 (1999-08-02)
Final issue 2002 (2002)
Company
Country United States
Language English
Website talkmagazine.com (defunct)

Talk was an American magazine published from 1999 to 2002. The magazine gained notoriety for its celebrity profiles and interviews.[1] The magazine was a joint venture of Miramax's Talk Media and Hearst Magazines. Hearst would manage circulation, manufacturing, newsstand distribution and subscription fulfillment. Talk Media was in charge of advertising sales, editorial content and marketing.[2]

History and profile

Talk Media was founded in July 1998 by Miramax Films, Tina Brown and Ron Galotti to publishing books and Talk magazine and produce television programs. Talk Media formed a joint venture with Hearst Magazines for the magazine only in February 1999.[2]

The first issue of Talk appeared in September 1999.[1] The cover story of the debut issue was an interview with Hillary Clinton, which took place shortly after the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, in which she explained that her husband Bill Clinton had a chronic need to please women. The Washington Post reported that at times, "Talk seemed more interested in promoting such Miramax stars as Gwyneth Paltrow than in politics."[3] However, the magazine never became a commercial success, and was shut down[4] on January 18, 2002.[1] Politico.com estimated that Brown had "bombed through some $50 million in 2 1/2 years" on the failed venture. A $1 million contract settlement in 2002 ended Brown's involvement in Talk Media.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Alex Kuczynski; Geraldine Fabrikant (19 January 2002). "Lifelines Cut, Talk Magazine Goes Silent". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Miramax Films and Hearst Magazines Announce Plans to Publish Talk". Hearst Publishing. February 11, 1999. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kurtz, Howard (2002-01-19). "Tina Brown's Talk Magazine Suddenly Silenced". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  4. ↑ David Carr (3 August 2009). "The Media Equation; 10 Years Ago, An Omen No One Saw". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Norris, John (May–June 2014). "How to Lose $100 Million". POLITICO Magazine. Politico.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05.


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