Forget Florida, Condé hands out awards at HQ

BACK in the day, Condé Nast used to fly its business and ad sales staff to KeyLargo, Fla., for twodays of sun and fun and the handing out of the annual Publisher of the Year awards.

In2004, whenthen-ChiefExecutive Steve Florio presided overthetrip, the company even hired KCandthe Sunshine Band to serenade the revenue generators on another record-setting year.

In recent years, however, as budgets tightened, the awards ceremony didn’t even leave Manhattan.

This year, they did not even leave the HQ.

With the awards ceremony presided over by CEO Bob Sauerberg, new President of Revenue Jim Norton and Anna Wintour, Condé’s artistic director and Vogue editor-in-chief, the company, for the first time, even welcomed those money-burning editorial types to join in the fun and receive some accolades.

In fact, the company handed out its first-ever Editor of the Year Award, which went to GQ Editor-in-Chief Jim-Nelson.

Nelson launched a new quarterly spinoff print title, GQ Style, expanded video efforts and even hosted a wellreceived Grammys after-party — although, truth be told, the soirée still has a ways to go before it rivals the famed Vanity Fair Oscars after-party.

VF’s Chris Mitchell wonthe company’s Chief Revenue Officer of the Year Award, primarily for his work increasing digital ad revenue by 71 percent and boo sting by 10 percent sponsorship revenue at the second annual New Establishment Summit.

Newly installed Creative Director Raúl Martinez landed the Creativity Award.

And you know you’ve had a lot of personnel moves when your chief human resources officer, JoAnn Murray, snags the Corporate Executive of the Year Award.

Meredith agita

Meredith’s shake-up earlier this week has resulted in the exit of Family Circle Editor-in-Chief Linda Fears — and the shutdown of the print version of Siempre Mujer, its Hispanic women’s title, sources tell MediaInk.

Neither Fears nor Siempre Mujer Editor-in-Chief Jessica Torres returned calls, and the company is keeping mum on the specifics.

Si em pr eMujerw ill be a digital-only publication, sources said.

The company did acknowledge a general cutback that saw40people— or about 1 percent of payroll — get pink-slipped.

“Today we… announced several organizational changes, including a number of promotions and new assignments,” the company said in a statement. “As part of these changes, approximately 40 of our colleagues— which represents about 1 percent of our workforce of approximately 3,800 — will be departing Meredith, half in New York and half across other company locations. We thank them for their service, and wish them the best in their future endeavors.”

Scout’s new den

CBS Sports Digital said it has signed a definitive deal to acquire the assets of Scout Media, the bankrupt sports-video site that run steam-specific sites for all NFL teams as well as other pro and college teams in major sports.

Terms were not disclosed, but CBS previously submitted a $9.5 million “stalking horse” bid.

Since there is an unpaid $10 million loan from a first-lien banker, there may be little to nothing left for unsecured creditors.

Three creditors had filed suit in December, trying to force the cashstrapped company into bankruptcy for nonpayment of bills.

Scout eventually filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy on Dec. 8, capping a tumultuous year in which it tried and failed to find a buyer.

CBS did not comment on terms of its agreement. Despite its troubles, Scout was producing 11,000 stories and 1,000 videos per month.

“We are very pleased to bring Scout Media into the CBS Sports Digital family and add their portfolio of team coverage to our premium, team-focused content offerings driven by 247 Sports,” said Jeffrey Gerttula, senior vice president and general manager at CBS Sports Digital.

Times East

Arthur“Pinch” Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times and chairman of NYTCo., is going to be a renter onSixth Avenue.

The newspaper is leasing space in Rockefeller Center, taking four floors in the old Time& Life Building.

Time Inc. vacated for new digs downtown at the end of 2015, but its lease runs through 2017.

“They’re our subtenants,” said a Time spokeswoman. “I’m sure they’ll love the space.”

According to the Real Deal, a real estate trade publication, the NYTCo. has signed a short-term lease for 160,000 square feet at 1271 Sixth Ave.

Despite a 22 percent surge in digital subscription revenue, the broadsheet announced another 1 percent overall drop in total revenue in its Thursday quarterly earnings release, thanks to a punishing environment for print.

NYTis planning to consolidate its news operations at its Eighth Avenue HQ and rent out part of soon-to-be-vacant space to a subtenant. About 400 employees will be displaced while the renovations take place, the company previously announced.

Terms of the sublease for the Time property were not disclosed.