Fairchild Media is a publisher of digital media, journalism, photography and design, events and summits, video and studios, and fashion. Fairchild Media brands include ''
Women’s Wear Daily'', ''
Footwear News'' (FN), ''Beauty Inc'', ''M'' and ''Fairchild Summits.'' Fairchild Media is a division of Penske Media Corporation (PMC), and is the leading source of fashion news and analysis for industry leaders and the global fashion community.
History
Fairchild Publications was founded in 1892 when Edmund Fairchild, a peddler, took over the ''
Daily Trade Record'' (later the ''Daily News Record'' and ''DNR''), a failing newspaper that covered the men's clothing business. In June 1910, an insert called "Women's Wear" first appeared in the ''Record''; a month later, Fairchild published it as a standalone publication, known today as ''Women's Wear Daily''.
John Fairchild, grandson of Edmund Fairchild assumed management of Women’s Wear Daily in 1955 and transformed it from a trade journal to a leading fashion and cultural newspaper.
In 1968, the company—then named Fairchild Publications—was purchased by
Capital Cities Communications. In 1996,
The Walt Disney Company
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acquired Capital Cities/ABC. In 1997, Disney announced its intention to sell Fairchild, but it wasn't until 1999 that it sold Fairchild to
Advance Publications, the parent company of
Condé Nast
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Publications, for $650 million.
In 2005, Advance Publications folded Fairchild into Condé Nast Publications and rebranded the division as the Fairchild Fashion Group. In 2008, it folded ''DNR''.
In 2010, Fairchild launched ''Menswear'' and took over the consumer-centric
Style.com, previously part of Condé Nast Publications. In 2011, Fairchild Fashion Group was renamed Fairchild Fashion Media; in October of that year, FFM launched ''Style.com/Print'', a print magazine extension of the brand. In 2012, FFM sold its Fairchild Books division to Bloomsbury Publishing for $6.5 million. The same year, it acquired Fashion Networks International, a blog network founded by swedish entrepreneur Christian Remröd, with contributors that included Anna Dello Russo, Bryanboy, Rumi Neely, and Derek Blasberg.
In August 2014, Advance Publications announced that it would sell FFM, save for
Style.com and ''NowManifest'', to Penske Media Corp. for $100 million.
Publications
Over the years, the company's portfolio has included the following publications:
* ''American Metal Market''
* ''Beauty Inc.''
* ''
Details''
* ''Electronic News''
* ''
Footwear News''
* ''Golf Pro Merchandising''
* ''Home Furnishings Daily''
* ''
Jane''
* ''
M'' (1983-1992; 2012–present)
* ''Men'sWeek''
* ''Metalworking News''
*
Style.com
* ''Style.com/Print''
* ''Supermarket News''
* ''SportStyle''
* ''Children's Business''
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Mass media companies of the United States
Fashion industry
Penske Media Corporation
American companies established in 1892
Publishing companies established in 1892