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******* I Want My US Weekly Jann Wenner's $300 million purchase of the other 50 percent stake in Us Weekly could be read as a sign of genius or fear, depending on whom you ask. On one hand, the celebrity weekly has become the cash cow of Wenner Media, which also includes the marginally profitable Men's Journal and the struggling Rolling Stone. MORE ONLINE Jumpsuit Cindi After 67 years of running photos of fashion travesties from exposed body parts to oversize hairdos on its "Dos & Don'ts" page, Glamour and Gotham Books on Sept. 7 will compile such tragedies — and advice on how to avoid them — in the "Big Book of Dos & Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman," which has an initial print run of 100,000. Glamour also is launching a Web site, glamourdosanddonts.com, which includes "Dontspotting," where readers can submit their own seen-on-the-street "don'ts" to the site. MORE ONLINE Breaking News Is Hard To Do Cond? Nast is whipping its magazines to step up their Web presence, and a sign of future strategies for the Vogues, Portfolios and Vanity Fairs of the world may be coming from GQ. The magazine's exclusive with Abu Ghraib whistle-blower Joe Darby comes with a standard "Good Morning America" appearance today; what's new is that the magazine is simultaneously posting online the accompanying story, written by Wil S. Hylton. The posting will come roughly two weeks before the September issue of GQ containing the story hits newsstands nationally. Baby steps for the nonstop-refresh Internet age, but giant steps for the glossies. MORE ONLINE
2. The New York Times
The Walt Disney Company is about to make a 650 percent profit on its stake in Us Weekly, selling it back to Wenner Media for $300 million after acquiring it from Wenner in 2001 for $40 million. Disney revealed the planned sale of its one-half interest in Us Weekly yesterday, almost in passing, during a conference call with financial analysts. Thomas O. Staggs, Disney's chief financial officer, said the company wanted to concentrate on its core assets and had made "an outstanding return" on its investment. Jann Wenner, chairman of Wenner Media, had originally sought out Disney as a partner to help pay for the transition of the magazine from a monthly to a weekly — a move that has made Us Weekly one of the success stories of the magazine industry. Its circulation has reached 1.75 million, growing 7 percent in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year. "Disney provided crucial financial, moral and public backing when a lot of people questioned the wisdom of the whole thing," Mr. Wenner said in an interview. Ad pages have been flat recently, and some in the industry have speculated that the celebrity magazine category might start to contract. "Right now it looks as though People and Us are continuing to thrive, but the category is definitely changing and it's hard to say what's going to happen," said Reed Phillips III, a managing partner of DeSilva & Phillips, a media investment banking firm. MORE ONLINE
3. New York Daily News
Does someone in the Cond? Nast cafeteria believe that the publishing empire's corporate name is shorthand for condescending and nasty? Or is it just a puckish sense of humor - or maybe the thankless struggle to please the demanding palates of staffers for Vogue, Vanity Fair and other slick mags - that provokes all those sour responses to the comment cards posted in the Frank Gehry-designed eatery? The other day, Lowdown found the following written exchanges on an official comment board while visiting the fourth-floor cafeteria in Cond? Nast's Times Square headquarters: "Trisha" asked for "a jelly w/no sugar added and brown rice for sushi," and went on: "Can you order more diet root beer ... and more vanilla low-cal yogurt?" The cafeteria's typed answer: "Yes we will order these things ... just as soon as we change the cafe into a Health Food Store." Another customer requested "raspberries and blackberries @ the fruit table." The cafeteria's response: "You can sit and patiently wait for the Farmers Market." MORE ONLINE
4. Wired
Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories. "Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad" (June 27, 2006), "NASA Boosts Heart-Monitoring Tech" (July 7, 2006) and "Don't Flush It -- Breathe It" (July 14, 2006), all by Philip Chien, relied in part on quotes and citations from Robert Ash, described in the first two stories as a "space historian" and in the last as an "aeronautical engineer and amateur space historian." In a phone conversation with Wired News editors, Chien had identified Ash as a professor of aeronautical engineering at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Reached by phone this week, Ash said he is not a space historian and has never participated in interviews with Chien. Ash is an aeronautical engineering professor at the university and has been involved in numerous NASA projects. Chien is a freelance space reporter who has worked for online, print and television news outlets, and recently authored a book on the Columbia space shuttle disaster. He's written seven stories for Wired News, two of them in 2004, the other five in the past few weeks. MORE ONLINE *******
************ ... that LifetimeTV.com is seeking a copy chief who wants to be part of a fast-paced, dynamic, fun, creative team! This individual should possess the following: 3 to 5 years experience in proofreading and copyediting; strong organizational skills; knowledge of AP style. Magazine or website experience preferred. The ideal candidate will also have some familiarity with web authoring tools. The Copy Department is responsible for copyediting and proofreading feature articles, quizzes, news briefs, homepage/index display copy, newsletters, games, buttons/banners, and broadband and wireless content. There is a wide variety of content to review that covers the following: lifestyle (diet/fitness, relationships, leisure, beauty/fashion and home), entertainment news, horoscopes, games, public affairs, business development, and programming (movies and shows). The copy chief must also manage freelance copyeditors, maintain house style, and keep track of copy flow. The volume of content is high and needs to be frequently updated. This individual will help keep the information fresh, timely and accurate. Content is sent to Copy every day and comes in the form of HTML files, word docs, jpegs, and e-mail. Additional responsibilities may include: Generating story ideas; Writing articles; Assigning and editing articles; Writing and editing display copy. Send cover letter and resume to Candy Ellison, Ellison@lifetimetv.com. (OK to mention Ed) ... that URBANDADDY.com, a hip new email newsletter for young professional guys covering the latest trends in restaurants, nightlife, fashion and other trends in New York City, is looking for a full time editorial assistant. Competitive pay. Individual should be highly organized, quick, with strong communication and writing skills. Lots of opportunities for advancement within this dynamic, creative and fun start-up company. Send cover letter, resume, and three writing samples closely matching the voice of www.urbandaddy.com articles to mlin@urbandaddy.com. ... that "a fast paced magazine" seeks an individual to support a high level editor as well as acting as liaison to high profile individuals in fashion, art, business & entertainment fields. Ideal candidate must have excellent communication and follow through skills. Minimum 2-3 years related experience, preferably in publishing or entertainment. Computer knowledge: MS Word; 4 yr degree; Knowledge of fashion and art worlds is very helpful. E-mail resume and salary requirements to Magspublisher@yahoo.com. ... that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is seeking a critic to lead the newspaper's coverage of popular music. The successful candidate will be an experienced journalist who has outstanding writing skills, creative story ideas and a strong work ethic. The candidate also should have excellent leadership abilities and experience in writing deadline reviews of concerts and albums in a variety of musical genres, particularly rock/pop, R&B, hip-hop and country. This candidate also will direct our coverage of local and national music by identifying emerging artists and trends and by integrating popular music with pop culture as a whole. The candidate should recognize that reviewing concerts involves late nights, loud music and smoky clubs. An interest in improving our coverage of the local music scene also is important to this position. Applications must be in hard-copy, written form and should include a resume, cover letter, clips and references. Send to Jill Williams, Assistant managing editor/features and entertainment. You may contact her at (414) 224-2349. Deadline: 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2006 (Don't mention Ed) Internships ... that LIFE, America's Weekend Magazine, has an opening for a PAID fall intern to work in both the edit and research departments. The intern will begin September 6th and we require a two-month commitment. The candidate should have strong reporting and FedExing skills, and must have previous magazine or newspaper experience. The fall intern will work on everything from entertainment to food and home improvement. Please send your resume, cover letter, and availability (hours are somewhat flexible) to lifemagazineinternship@yahoo.com (OK to mention Ed) ... that Cookie magazine is looking for a fall fashion intern to work 4 days a week, starting Sept. 5th. The job involves helping the fashion assistant with daily duties like keeping the closet organized, tracking incoming and outgoing samples, and requesting samples for stories. All candidates must love fashion and be willing to work hard. Please note: this is NOT a writing position. The intern MUST RECEIVE SCHOOL CREDIT for the internship. Please send an email to jane_sung@condenast.com with your cover letter, attached resume, and subject: "Cookie Fashion Internship." (OK to mention Ed) ... that Utne magazine, aka the Utne Reader, has one spot left for its fall editorial internship program (in Minneapolis, MN). Internships are six months long, and include a $75/month transportation stipend. Interns can expect to learn entry-level job skills (permissions, unsolicited manuscripts, fact-checking, etc.) but should come prepared to be full-fledged, passionate members of our editorial team. Interns pair off with editors to craft department content, write for the magazine and online edition, read from our library of 1,500 indie publications and pitch reprint content. For more information, see www.utne.com/magazine/internships.html, or email Julie Hanus, Assistant Editor (jhanus@utne.com). It's OK to mention Ed. ... that Rodale is currently seeking a bright, outgoing fall-semester intern for Little Brown Book (a Bloomingdale's fashion magazine) and RVLiving (a fun, quirky travel magazine about the RV lifestyle). Since we are a small staff, there will be ample opportunity for the intern to try his/her hand on a wide variety of projects – from assisting the photo department on photo shoots to editing, writing and possibly designing. (Of course there will be research and administrative projects as well.) The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter with various interests. InDesign experience a definite plus! This is an unpaid position that must be taken for college credit. Send a resume along with a cover letter explaining why you'd be perfect for the job to Rob Williams at robert.williams@rodale.com. (OK to mention Ed2010.) ... that Seventeen magazine is looking for fall photo interns for the photo department Our ideal candidate is enthusiastic and hard-working with good organizational and phone skills, a strong interest in photography a good knowledge of popular culture and celebrities. Responsibilities include photo research, assisting with photo shoots, organizing film, calling in and tracking portfolios. You must be a college student eligible to receive school credit. Please email resume to Gloria Dawson at gdawson@hearst.com with the subject "Internship". No phone calls please. Deadline to send in resume is August 23rd. ... that House Beautiful magazine is looking for a Fall editorial intern. An intern's duty would be to assist the Decorating Department Editors. This includes calling in the selected props and product for photography, returning samples, gathering credit information, organizing material for our house scouting meetings, assisting on the occasional photo shoot and providing general administrative assistance for the Decorating Editors at the magazine. We are looking for a candidate who is very organized, takes initiative, resourceful, and a team player. This internship will offer a close look at the inner-workings of how shelter magazines work. This candidate should be able to come work two to three days a week at our midtown Manhattan office for each week of the fall semester. This internship is unpaid but in return for college credit. For consideration please submit your resume and cover letter to Anne Collins at aecollins@hearst.com. ... that Inside Lacrosse Magazine still has internship spots available in the editorial and graphic design departments. Interns will be directly involved in the complete production of the only men's Collegiate Lacrosse Faceoff Yearbook, including writing, editing, interviews, layout, and photo decisions. Submit resumes and clips/portfolio to assistant art director Keely Knopp at keely@insidelacrosse.com. Deadline is September 1.
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