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 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]

References
  1. "Media Life To Be Reborn Again As A Newspaper Supplement". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. "Press Releases". Time Warner. 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". Time Warner. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  5. "Magazine has rebirth as weekend publication". Lowcountrynewspapers.net. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. 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". Time Warner. 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. Shapiro, Bill (2007). Other People's Love Letters. ISBN 978-0307382641.
  16. "Shapiro '87 Edits Book of Rejection Letters". News @ Wesleyan. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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