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Will Welch (editor)
Will Welch (born 1981) is an American magazine editor and writer, who is currently the global editorial director at ''GQ'' and editor-in-chief of ''GQ U.S''. Biography Welch was born in Atlanta and grew up in Buckhead. His mother was a clerk for Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia State Supreme Court, and his father was a lawyer. He attended The Westminster Schools, Westminster School, graduating in 1999. For college, he moved to New York City to attend Columbia University, where he majored in English and graduated in 2003. In college, he interned for WKCR-FM. He began his journalism career at the New York City, New York-based music magazine ''The Fader,'' where he wrote Kanye West's first cover story and profiled musicians such as The White Stripes and Jerry Garcia. He was eventually promoted to deputy editor of the magazine. He also worked one night a week as a bartender to make ends meet. Welch joined ''GQ'' magazine in May 2007 as an associate editor after he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GQ (Indian Edition)
''GQ'' is the Indian edition of the American monthly men's magazine called '' GQ''. It is the 15th international edition of ''GQ'' and is published by Condé Nast India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% owned subsidiary of Condé Nast International. Condé Nast gained 100% ownership after regulatory changes in 2005 permitted 100% foreign direct investment in non-news and current affairs publications. ''GQ'' was the second magazine released in India, after '' Vogue India'', that is 100% foreign owned. Condé Nast India is based in Mumbai and also has an office in New Delhi. The magazine was launched with the October 2008 issue, which was unveiled by Condé Nast on 29 September 2008. The cover, shot by Pascal Chevallier, featured Saif Ali Khan and Katarina Ivanovska on the regular cover, and Yuvraj Singh, Lisa Haydon, Arjun Rampal and Ujjwala Raut on the gatefold cover. Awards GQ India gives away a number of Awards in various fields. One popular award is the GQ Men of the year award. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condé Nast
Condé Nast () is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Nast (businessman), Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications. Its headquarters are located at One World Trade Center in the FiDi, Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The company's media brands attract more than 72 million consumers in print, 394 million in digital and 454 million across social media platforms. These include ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Condé Nast Traveler'', ''Condé Nast Traveller'', ''GQ'', ''Glamour (magazine), Glamour'', ''Architectural Digest'', ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair, Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork'', ''Wired (magazine), Wired'', ''Bon Appétit'', and ''Ars Technica'', among many others. U.S. ''Vogue'' editor-in-chief Anna Wintour serves as Artistic Director and Global Chief Content Officer. In 2011, the company launched the Condé Nast Entertainment division, tasked with developing film, television, social and digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Cooper
Arthur Cooper (October 15, 1937 – June 9, 2003) was an American journalist and magazine editor, the longtime editor of '' GQ''. Life and career Cooper was born in New York City and educated at Pennsylvania State University. In 1964, he became a reporter at '' The Harrisburg Patriot''; he was later a correspondent for ''Time'' and from 1967 to 1976 was an editor and cultural critic at ''Newsweek'', then from 1976 to 1978 edited '' Penthouse''. In 1978, he became editor of '' Family Weekly'', and then in 1983, of ''GQ'', where his first cover featured Joe Theismann. He announced his retirement in February 2003. At both ''Family Weekly'' and ''GQ'' Cooper was known for nurturing writers. He broadened the scope of ''GQ'', which had been focused on fashion. He was named '' Adweek'' magazine's editor of the year in 1985, was nominated for 27 National Magazine Awards and won three, was inducted into the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame in January 2003, and was give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Trepashkin
Mikhail Ivanovich Trepashkin (; born 7 April 1957) is a Russian attorney and former Federal Security Service (FSB) colonel who was invited by MP Sergei Kovalev to assist in an independent inquiry of the Russian apartment bombings in September 1999 that followed the Dagestan war and were one of the causes of the Second Chechen War. During his investigation, he was arrested by the FSB and sentenced to four years' imprisonment for "revealing state secrets". His arrest has been criticized by a number of human rights organizations and he has been called a political prisoner. Career in the KGB and FSB Trepashkin started working for the KGB in 1984 as an investigator of underground trade in stolen art. At the beginning of the 1990s, Trepashkin moved to the Internal Affairs department of the FSB, where he worked for Nikolai Patrushev. He investigated connections of FSB officers with criminal groups. He won a medal for intercepting a plane-load of weapons sold by FSB officers to Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Men's Magazines
This is a list of men's magazines from around the world. These are Magazine, magazines (periodical print publications) that have been published primarily for a readership of Man, men. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines. This list includes Adult magazine, adult magazines. Not included here are magazines which may happen to have, or may be assumed to have, a predominantly male audience - such as magazines focusing on cars, trains, modelbuilding and gadgets. The list excludes online publications. General male audience These publications appeal to a broad male audience. Some skew toward men's fashion, others to health. Most are marketed to a particular age and income demographics, demographic. In the United States, some are marketed mainly to a specific ethnic group, such as African Americans or Mexicans. Americas Canada * ''Sharp (magazine), Sharp Magazine'' Europe Others * ''For Men'' * ''Vi Menn'' Asia Japan * ''Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (born 1982) is an American essayist. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2018 for her profile of white supremacist and mass murderer Dylann Roof, as well as a National Magazine Award. She was also a National Magazine Award finalist in 2014 for her profile of elusive comedian Dave Chappelle. Her first book, ''The Explainers and the Explorers'', is forthcoming from Random House. Early life Ghansah spent her early childhood in Indiana, then moved to Philadelphia in elementary school. She attended Greene Street Friends School. Her mother's family is from Louisiana—Ghansah’s maternal grandmother moved from Louisiana to live with them in Philadelphia while Ghansah was growing up—while her father is Ghanaian, with Fanti and Ga family, although his mother moved to London in the 1920s. Ghansah’s mother is a professor. Career Early career and education Early in her career, Ghansah worked for Rich Nichols and The Roots as well as drea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Anderson (novelist)
Scott Anderson (born 1959) is an American writer, novelist, non-fiction author, and war correspondent. He has authored non-fiction books including ''Lawrence in Arabia'', ''The Man Who Tried to Save the World'', and ''War Zones'', as well as the novels '' Triage'' and ''Moonlight Hotel''. He is a frequent contributor to the ''New York Times Magazine'', '' GQ'', ''Esquire'', ''Men's Journal'', '' Vanity Fair'' and other publications. Early life and education Anderson was born in Sebastopol, California and he has a brother and three sister. His brother is the author Jon Lee Anderson, and his sister Michelle is also a writer. He grew up in East Asia, primarily in Taiwan and Korea, where his father was an agricultural advisor for the American government. When asked about his father's experience and how this relates to his own career, in a 2006 interview with ''New York magazine,'' Anderson said "I saw his frustrations with projects that were often just boondoggles mandated by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquire (magazine)
''Esquire'' is an American men's magazine. Currently published in the United States by Hearst Communications, Hearst, it also has more than 20 international editions. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression and World War II under the guidance of founders Arnold Gingrich, David A. Smart, and Henry L. Jackson while during the 1960s it pioneered the New Journalism movement. After a period of quick and drastic decline during the 1990s, the magazine revamped itself as a lifestyle-heavy publication under the direction of David M. Granger, David Granger. History ''Esquire'' was first issued in October 1933 as an offshoot of trade magazine ''GQ, Apparel Arts'' (which later became ''Gentleman's Quarterly''; ''Esquire'' and ''GQ'' would share ownership for almost 45 years). The magazine was first headquartered in Chicago and then, in New York City. It was founded and edited by David A. Smart, Henry L. Jackson and Arnold Gingrich. Jackson died in a United Air Lines Flig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Simpson (journalist)
Mark Simpson is an English journalist, writer, and broadcaster specialising in popular culture, media, and masculinity. Simpson is the originator of the term and concept metrosexual. He has been described by one critic as "the skinhead Oscar Wilde".David Bowie referred to being metrosexual in an interview on the Dinah Shore show in the year 1976, the video is available on YouTube. Career Simpson has written for ''The Times'', ''The Guardian'', ''Salon'', '' Arena Homme +'', '' GQ Style'', '' Vogues Hommes International'', '' The Independent on Sunday'', '' Têtu'', the Seattle '' Stranger'', and Dutch ''Playboy''. In December 2007, ''GQ Russia'' placed him in their 'Top Ten Things That Changed Men's Lives'. The term ''metrosexual'' Mark Simpson is credited with coining the term '' metrosexual'' in a 1994 article for ''The Independent''. He also introduced the word to the US in 'Meet the Metrosexual', a much-quoted essay on Salon.com in 2002, leading to the global popularit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Apartment Bombings
In September 1999, a series of explosions hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk, killing more than 300, injuring more than 1,000, and spreading a wave of fear across the country. The bombings, together with the War of Dagestan, Invasion of Dagestan, triggered the Second Chechen War. The handling of the crisis by Vladimir Putin, who was Prime Minister of Russia, prime minister at the time, boosted his popularity greatly and helped him attain the presidency within a few months. The blasts hit Buynaksk on 4 September and Moscow on 9 and 13 September. Another bombing happened in Volgodonsk on 16 September. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Chechen militants were blamed for the bombings, but denied responsibility, along with Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov. A suspicious device resembling those used in the bombings was found and defused in an apartment block in the Russian city of Ryazan on 22 September. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonnie Moore
Nonnie Moore (January 21, 1922 – February 19, 2009) was a fashion editor at '' Mademoiselle'', ''Harper's Bazaar'' and '' GQ''. Biography She was born in Plainfield, New Jersey as Marjorie Eilers on January 21, 1922, and acquired the nickname "Nonnie" during her childhood. She was a graduate of Barnard College. Her first job was at ''Mademoiselle'' in 1950 as a secretary, rising through the ranks to become fashion editor there from 1970 to 1980. She was hired by ''Harper's Bazaar'' in 1980 and remained there until 1984. ''The New York Times'' noticed the changes she made at ''Harper's Bazaar'', highlighting how the magazine how been "looking a little dowdy", but that Moore had "noticeably sharpened the magazine's fashion point of view" by showing "brighter, younger and more stylish", complimenting her use of "young and exciting fashion photographers" such as Oliviero Toscani.Duka, John"NOTES ON FASHION" ''The New York Times'', January 6, 1981. Accessed February 25, 2009. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
