According to interviews, it’s nothing but chatter. Rumors have been circulating in the arts and literature scene that Andy Warhol’s magazine has suffered a staff exodus in recent days and will be shut down for the second time in its 56-year history.
However, this famous publication says there is no problem, thank you very much. While Scuttlebutt magazine said that “most” of its editorial staff had moved on, its editor-in-chief Mel Ottenberg told Page Six that “Interview has just signed a lease for a new, larger office space and things are looking good with the next issue coming out in the next few weeks.”
Ottenberg is a major fashion stylist who has worked with many artists such as Rihanna and Justin Bieber, and was appointed as the magazine’s creative director in 2018 and editor-in-chief in 2021.
He added, “It’s been a long time since anyone left Interview, in fact we’ve had a few people leave recently and that’s OK. We’ve hired two new people in the last week.”
Warhol founded Interview in 1969 with journalist and Village Voice co-founder John Wilcock, and it was edited by factory types such as Gerald Malanga, Glenn O’Brien, and Bob Colacello.
Celebrities have become famous for interviewing other celebrities. For example, Robert Pattinson and Zendaya recently interviewed each other, Beyoncé interviewed her sister Solange Knowles in 2017, and Jon Voight interviewed Angelina Jolie in 1997.
Peter and Sandra Brant’s Brant Publications purchased the title in 1989, and Ingrid Sissy headed it for almost 20 years until 2008.
It filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2018 and appeared to be shutting down.
But three months later, Peter bought the magazine out of bankruptcy and relaunched it as a bimonthly magazine rather than a monthly one.
