Bill Shapiro

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 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Media Life To Be Reborn Again As A Newspaper Supplement". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Press Releases". Timewarner.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "MEDIA; Life to Be Reborn (Again), as a Newspaper Supplement". Nytimes.com. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "LIFE to Return as Weekend Magazine Distributed in Daily Newspapers". Timewarner.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Magazine has rebirth as weekend publication". Lowcountrynewspapers.net. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Media : Life To Be Reborn Again As A Newspaper Supplement". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "LIFE.com Launches". Timewarner.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "National Magazine Awards : Digital Media Winners Announced". Magazine.orgh. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "2011 - The Webby Awards". Webbyawards.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "2010 - The Webby Awards". Webbyawards.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Keith Richards. "GUS & ME". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jim Aylesworth’s ‘My Grandfather’s Coat,’ and More". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Best Sellers". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Other People's Love Letters". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "Other People's Love Letters". Amazon.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Shapiro ’87 Edits Book of Rejection Letters". News @ Wesleyan. Retrieved 18 December 2014.