Bill Shapiro Explained

Bill Shapiro is an American writer and editor. He is best known for serving as the editor of LIFE magazine,[1] and as the founding editor of LIFE.com.[2] LIFE magazine had not been published as a weekly for 32 years until Shapiro revived it in 2004. It resumed publication as a weekend supplement to U.S. newspapers.[3] This was the biggest launch in Time Inc. history,[4] [5] with a combined circulation of approximately 12 million.[6]

LIFE.com was launched on March 31, 2009, in partnership with Getty Images.[7] It won the National Magazine Award for digital photography in 2011,[8] and Webby Awards in 2010[9] and 2011.[10] Shapiro collaborated with The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards on a children's book called Gus & Me, which was published in 2014,[11] [12] and reached No.2 on The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books.[13] His previous book, Other People's Love Letters, was published in 2007.[14] [15] He graduated from Wesleyan University.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Media Life To Be Reborn Again As A Newspaper Supplement. The New York Times. 17 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Press Releases. Time Warner. 18 December 2014.
  3. Web site: MEDIA; Life to Be Reborn (Again), as a Newspaper Supplement. 14 June 2004. Nytimes.com. 18 December 2014.
  4. Web site: LIFE to Return as Weekend Magazine Distributed in Daily Newspapers. Time Warner. 18 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Magazine has rebirth as weekend publication. Lowcountrynewspapers.net. 18 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218042033/http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/68569. 18 December 2014. dead.
  6. News: Media : Life To Be Reborn Again As A Newspaper Supplement. The New York Times. 18 December 2014.
  7. Web site: LIFE.com Launches. Time Warner. 18 December 2014.
  8. Web site: National Magazine Awards : Digital Media Winners Announced. Magazine.orgh. 18 December 2014. 18 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218061824/http://www.magazine.org/asme/about-asme/pressroom/asme-press-releases/national-magazine-awards-digital-media-winners-announced. dead.
  9. Web site: 2011 – The Webby Awards. Webbyawards.com. 18 December 2014.
  10. Web site: 2010 – The Webby Awards. Webbyawards.com. 18 December 2014.
  11. Web site: GUS & ME. Keith Richards. Kirkus Reviews. 18 December 2014.
  12. News: Jim Aylesworth's 'My Grandfather's Coat,' and More. The New York Times. 18 December 2014.
  13. Web site: Best Sellers. Nytimes.com. 18 December 2014.
  14. Web site: Other People's Love Letters. Randomhouse.com. 18 December 2014.
  15. Book: Other People's Love Letters. 978-0307382641. Shapiro. Bill. 2007.
  16. Web site: Shapiro '87 Edits Book of Rejection Letters. News @ Wesleyan. 18 December 2014.

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