Esquire editor-in-chief Jay Fielden told staffers on Thursday that he is exiting the venerable but struggling men’s title at the end of June, the latest high-level departure at Hearst Magazines. “For me, the time has come to explore new opportunities, perhaps more than one,” he said in a farewell post. On Instagram Thursday, he posted … Continue reading "Esquire editor-in-chief Jay Fielden to step down"

The Trump administration is reportedly considering using a legislative loophole to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other senior officials are pushing a plan in which President Trump would utilize a provision of the Arms Control Act that enables the sale of … Continue reading "Trump administration may use loophole to sell Saudi Arabia weapons"

Memorial Day revelers might need to double-check their meat before they toss it on the grill this weekend. Click Here: The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Wednesday announced a recall of more than 62,000 pounds of raw beef that could be contaminated with E. coli. The products — largely cuts … Continue reading "Massive beef recall announced days before Memorial Day"

MNG Enterprises, after losing its $1.36 billion bid to stage a hostile takeover of Gannett, this week got a consolation prize when it reached a deal to pay $5 million to acquire the Reading Eagle out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Click Here: According to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification) notice filed with the … Continue reading "Cost-cutting MNG reaches deal to buy bankrupt Reading Eagle"

The blunt-smoking wannabe rapper who defended his wealthy parents when they were exposed in the wide-ranging college admissions bribery scandal was busted this week for attacking his father, The Post has learned. Malcolm Abbott allegedly pushed, kicked, bit and whacked his father with a ruler during the assault at their Fifth Avenue home Sunday afternoon, … Continue reading "Blunt-smoking ‘rapper’ busted for assaulting college admissions scam dad"

Weekends are for New York’s favorite tabloid. The Post has become the top-read tabloid on Sundays — surging past the Sunday Daily News in circulation, according to a new quarterly report from the Alliance for Audited Media. The Post averaged 184,668 Sunday newspapers sold — an increase over last year’s average of 184,418 copies, at … Continue reading "The Post becomes New York’s most-read Sunday tabloid"

Police nabbed an alleged subway brake puller late Thursday — and are investigating if he’s the suspect responsible for causing more than 700 commute-crushing delays since February alone, police said. Click Here: Brooklyn resident Isaiah Thompson, 23, was arrested just before midnight Thursday at his Bedford-Stuyvesant home for allegedly pulling a subway brake on a … Continue reading "Cops bust alleged subway break puller, investigating if he’s serial saboteur"

A large investor in the operator of Madame Tussauds is waxing nostalgic about the company’s days as a private entity. Click Here: Activist hedge fund ValueAct is urging the company behind the maker of Meghan Markle and Ariana Grande wax figurines to pursue a deal to take itself private, saying a going-private transaction would result … Continue reading "Hedge fund urges Madame Tussauds operator to go private"

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday that nuclear negotiations with the United States will never resume unless the Trump administration moves away from what Pyongyang described as unilateral demands for disarmament. The statement by an unnamed North Korean foreign ministry spokesman published in state media was the country’s latest expression of displeasure over … Continue reading "NKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position"

Endeavor Group, the talent agency that Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel has built into an entertainment conglomerate, signaled that it aims to keep gobbling up new companies as it filed to take itself public. Emanuel — who inspired the Ari Gold character in HBO’s “Entourage” — wrote in a Thursday filing that Endeavor’s IPO will “further … Continue reading "Endeavor Group, owner of Miss Universe Pageant and UFC, files for IPO"