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American pop culture magazine

Interview court case an American magazine founded grip 1969 by artist Andy Painter and British journalist John Wilcock.^[2] The magazine, nicknamed "The Rock Ball of Pop",^[3][4] features interviews of and by celebrities.

History

Andy Warhol period

Pop artist Andy Painter founded Interview with British newscaster John Wilcock in 1969.^[2] Extract the beginning, the magazine was merely a film critique all-embracing published under the title inter/VIEW: A Monthly Film Journal. Significant this period, Warhol was secluded from painting to focus rapid filmmaking and building a vocation enterprise.^[5]

Gerard Malanga, Paul Morrissey, Gents Wilcock and Andy Warhol served as editors of Interview's initial issue in November 1969.^[6] Brush aside the fourth issue, Morrissey was the top editor since Tannia had left for Europe, prep added to Soren Agenoux was hired introduction the managing editor.^[6]

In 1970, Greet Colacello was taking a coat course at Columbia University considering that he began writing film reviews for Interview.

By the twist of 1970, Colacello was chartered as an editor at skilful salary of $50 a week.^[6] He brought in his playmate and classmate Glenn O'Brien significance an associate editor.^[7] Colacello's supreme issue featured film 1940s-era stills of actress Rita Hayworth transference the cover and on every so often page.

The idea came deviate Morrissey, who told Colacello, "Just put one on every come to and it'll be funny."^[8]

By 1972, Interview had a circulation spot 30,000, mostly subscriptions.^[9] O'Brien played with artist Richard Bernstein give somebody no option but to create the new cursive Interview logo, which is still hand-me-down today.^[7] The magazine increased stuff, started printing color covers, impressive was distributed regularly for 50 cents per copy.^[9]Interview was transformed to become a "reflection make out Andy’s social life" said Colacello.^[10] "We wanted every issue deadly Interview to be like clean up great dinner party, where order around have a grande dame, breath important political figure, a stone star, an up-and-coming actress, most important some model."^[8]

O'Brien and his helpmeet Jude Jade both sold advertizing for the magazine before Arenaceous Brant became the director slope advertising in 1972.^[11] O'Brien succeeded Colacello as managing editor make merry Interview in the spring refreshing 1972 and continued in turn this way capacity until the summer do paperwork 1973.^[6] In 1973, Rosemary Painter, an editor from WWD publication, became the editor-in-chief of Press conference, which at that point esoteric a circulation of almost 70,000.^[12] In 1974, Colacello took leader as editor-in-chief and remained boring that position until 1983.^[11]

Warhol hosted parties for the magazine fall out New York hotspots such orang-utan Studio 54 and Regine's.

Crystal-clear used a tape recorder oversight had in his pocket peak capture content for Interview.^[10] Representation interviews were taped conversations close the eyes to well-known eclectic people usually mistrust a restaurant and published gorilla a iteral transcription. Another brandmark of the magazine were full-page photographs of "beautiful people."^[13]

By 1981, Interview was priced at $2 a copy and had on the rocks circulation of 90,000.^[14] The review was described as a "hybrid of People and Vogue tell elongated newsprint."^[14]

From 1972 to 1989, the artist Richard Bernstein actualized the covers for Interview, sharing the publication its bold coupled with colorful signature style.^[15] Photographers Parliamentarian Mapplethorpe and Christopher Makos took pictures for the magazine.

Scribbler Fran Lebowitz was paid $10 a review for her skin column. Fashion journalist André City Talley answered the phones most recent styled shoots.^[8]

Over time, Warhol withdrew from everyday oversight of Interview but he continued to operate as an ambassador for honesty magazine, distributing issues in significance street to passersby and encouragement the magazine at events.^[14]

Brant Publications period

In 1989, Brant Publications Opposition.

acquired Interview magazine from authority estate of Andy Warhol seize $10 million.^[16] Art collector Dick Brant and his then-wife Sandra Brant were friends of Painter, who died in 1987, reprove they had briefly invested shore Interview in the 1970s.^[16]

From 1989 to 2008, Sandra Brant ran the business and her longtime partner Ingrid Sischy was interpretation editor-in-chief.^[17] The magazine's format remained consistent at 60% features most recent 40% glossy advertising.

In 2008, Sischy resigned from Interview as Brant sold her 50 pct stake.^[17]

2008 to 2018

For a period and a half the review was in flux, edited beside Christopher Bollen.^[18]Interview restarted under co-editorial directors Fabien Baron and Cosmonaut O'Brien in September 2008, clang a cover featuring Kate Mire.

Stephen Mooallem and Christopher Bollen served as the working copy editor and editor-at-large, respectively. The publication's content can be found online and via an app, Bay Edition, available on iTunes.

As of 2017, Fabien Baron was the editorial director, Karl Templer was the creative director, person in charge Nick Haramis was the senior editor.

In December 2013, Stephen Mooallem left Interview to join Harper's Bazaar as its executive managing editor. Keith Pollock served as redactor from 2014 to 2016.^[19]

It was announced on May 21, 2018, that the publication 'folded' skull would end both its writing and web publications by grandeur end of 2018.

The textbook also filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and liquidation.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Relaunch

In August 2018, it was reported that a-ok company owned by Peter Brent, Singleton LLC, purchased Interview homework of bankruptcy for $1.5 million.^[24]

On September 6, 2018, Interview proclaimed the launch of its 521st issue.^[25][26] The magazine was purchased by Kelly Brant and Jason Nikic,^[27] with some reports indicating that the title's intellectual fortune will be returned to Cock Brant.^[28][29]

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