Dua Lipa Covers W Magazine Music Issue As Karlie Kloss Group Buys Magazine

English singer and songwriter Dua Lipa is styled by Sara Moonves as one of two stars — the second is Megan Thee Stallion — of W Magazine’s ‘Music’ Issue. Tim Walker is in the studio, flashing Lipa in Balenciaga, Chanel Haute Couture, Maison Margiela Artisanal, Marc Jacobs, Prada and more.

“Dua’s Dua, but she has this drive and determination and strength that is really similar to Madonna’s,” says the producer Stephen “Koz” Kozmeniuk, who has worked with both women. “She’s focused, she keeps pushing, but she does it with real style and class.”

Read on at W Magazine: Dua Lipa Is Quarantine’s Queen of Pop’, but not before we bring readers up to date on the ownership changes at W.

W Magazine editor-in-chief Sara Moonves assembled a new ownership consortium that was led by supermodel-influencer-entrepreneur and ‘Project Runway’ host Karlie Kloss.

The consortium behind the new joint venture, W Media, includes movie producer Jason Blum; racing driver Lewis Hamilton; Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green; head of marketing at Peloton Dara Treseder; model Kaia Gerber; Lion Tree's Aryeh B. Bourkoff; and investment and talent advisory firm Copper.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the new company is planning “one aggregate print issue for the remainder of 2020,” which will be its annual “New Originals” issue in the fall. Starting in 2021, W Magazine intends to resume a regular six-times yearly publishing schedule. Bustle Digital Group (BDG) will handle sales and operations including technology for the new magazine brand, with BDG CEO Bryan Goldberg serving as managing partner. 

W Media will focus on expanding W’s footprint “through a forward-thinking approach centered around elevating the next generation of talent in art, entertainment, fashion, media and pop culture,” the company said. That will include expanding W’s editorial offerings through “both preexisting franchises within the W ecosystem and new content initiatives,” such as a contributor network “designed to support diverse voices and more equitable representation in the industry.”