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Two EdSchool Freelancing classes:
Online Class AND an L.A. Class!
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Online class: How to Get Freelance Work
What: A five-week course on freelance pitching and writing, taught by mag freelancer and teacher Eric Butterman
Why: Success stories like this: One student from a previous class sold a 2000-word feature to Running Times, another sold a $1000 food article and a first-time writer sold three items--all while the class was still going on.
When: Sept. 27 - Oct. 25. A weekly lecture is posted each Monday, followed by a one-hour online chat room meeting Wednesdays from 9 to 10pm EST.
Cost: $185
To SIGN UP: http://tinyurl.com/ry9oc

Los Angeles class: How to Get Freelance Work, also with Eric Butterman
When: Wednesdays October 18 to Nov 15, 8-10pm. Where: The Stella Adler Academy, 6773 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood
Cost: $245
To SIGN UP: http://tinyurl.com/j5d9t

While The Economist is published across the pond, the newsweekly in recent years has been growing its presence—and its influence—in the United States. And last month, the erudite publication took another step forward by joining the American Society of Magazine Editors, which will allow it compete against National Magazine Award darlings The New Yorker, Time and Newsweek.

“It’s all part of our growth strategy to be a leading player in the market,” said Paul Rossi, publisher for the Economist’s North America edition. While membership is limited to magazines that are edited, published and distributed in the U.S., ASME made an exception for the Economist because nearly half its circulation is in the U.S., explained Marlene Kahan, ASME executive director. “We feel like they’re firmly a part of the media landscape.”

Though just half of 1.1 million-circ The New Yorker, the Economists’ paid and verified circ rose 14.8 percent to 545,699 in the first six months of this year.

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2. WWD
Memo Pad
by Amy Wicks, Courtney Colavita, and Samantha Conti
September 25, 2006
http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/109308

WOMEN ISSUES: Paola Bottelli, the recently appointed editor in chief of L'Uomo Vogue, didn't last the summer. The veteran Italian financial journalist, who replaced Anna Dello Russo as head of the men's fashion glossy in June, has been moved to deputy editor at the Italian edition of Vanity Fair. Franca Sozzani, Vogue Italia's editor in chief, will perform double duty and take on L'Uomo Vogue as well. Bottelli's tenure was so abbreviated she didn't even get on the L'Uomo Vogue's masthead. The September issue has Dello Russo in the top spot and the upcoming October issue is said to have Sozzani's name already there. The shift at L'Uomo Vogue comes on the heels of Bruno Dante's exit as editor in chief at Vogue Hommes International. French Vogue's former features editor Olivier Lalanne is taking on editor in chief duties at that book and will also serve as associate editor in chief of French Vogue, a new position.

DESIGN'S DOUBLE ACT: Forget about plastic surgeons, yogis, diet doctors, shrinks and rabbis. Designers have some other gurus they rely on for life's most important decisions: architects. The October issue of Wallpaper magazine features American and European designers photographed with their structural soul mates. The magazine, which asked designers to choose the architect who most inspired them, features double-page spreads of power couples including Tom Ford and Ron Radziner; Giorgio Armani and Tadao Ando; Donna Karan and Dominic Kozerski; Alexander McQueen and Sir Norman Foster; Ralph Lauren and Charles Gwathmey; Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren and Siebe Tettero, and Karl Lagerfeld and Zaha Hadid.

DISCHARGED: After almost 18 years at Newsweek, veteran foreign correspondent Joshua Hammer has been recalled from Cape Town, where he was serving as the magazine's Africa bureau chief and correspondent at large. Though Hammer had long freelanced on the side for publications such as The New Republic and The New York Times, sources say the last straw for Newsweek was a June 26 New Yorker piece on Zimbabwe he wrote while on vacation. After offering and then promptly rescinding an offer for Hammer to serve as a New York-based online correspondent, Newsweek is said to have fired Hammer for "gross misconduct," though there have been no allegations made.

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3. The New York Times
Newsweek to Team Up With Kaplan to Offer Online M.B.A.
by KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
September 25, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/technology/25newsweek.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Read Newsweek and get your M.B.A.

Well, maybe it’s not quite that simple. But Newsweek is joining up with Kaplan Inc., the education service provider, to offer an online business degree called Kaplan University/Newsweek M.B.A. Executives at both Newsweek and Kaplan said they believed this was the first time a national media outlet had joined with an online degree program.

But why pick Newsweek, a general-interest magazine, to teach students about business when there are plenty of other publications better known for their business coverage? The answer, as anyone with an M.B.A. knows, is synergy: both Newsweek and Kaplan are owned by the Washington Post Company.

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4. New York Post
COMMODITY JANE: EDITRIX EXTRAORDINAIRE TO LAUNCH IN_SIRIUS ORBIT
By KEITH J. KELLY
September 25, 2006
http://www.nypost.com/business/commodity_jane_business_keith_j__kelly.htm

Jane Pratt, the founder and former editor-in-chief of Jane magazine, has finally landed her own radio show on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network.

Sirius is expected to announce today that she will be chatting it up once a week in a live, three-hour show called Jane Radio that will feature music, rants, and plenty of call-ins.

The Post reported last year that Pratt was in talks with Sirius.

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5. Newsweek
Through Her Lens: In her new book, Annie Leibovitz, our most famous photographer, places celebs side by side with surprisingly personal images of love and loss. An exclusive.
By Cathleen McGuigan
October 2, 2006 issue
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14964292/site/newsweek/

Annie Leibovitz is tired and nursing a cold, and she' s just flown back to New York on the red-eye from Los Angeles, where she spent two days shooting Angelina Jolie for Vogue. Like so many of her photo sessions, there was nothing simple about it. "I talked with Angelina before the shoot," says Leibovitz, who's famous for her preparation. "She felt like she was coming back from having the baby and she felt very sexy and ready to go." Jolie, a pilot, suggested shooting on an old airfield near the desert, with motorcycles and small planes among the props. (She flew herself to the location and the next day, Brad Pitt buzzed up in his plane.) They also spent a day shooting in the dunes near Death Valley, where the mercury hit 104, and the wind whipped so hard that everyone was peppered with sand. There were 50 people on the set, and racks of clothes from the New York spring collections to be tried and styled. It was as if Leibovitz were directing a small movie.

Even for America's foremost celebrity photographer, it's been a busy couple of months—starting with the interruption of her August vacation to shoot that elusive Hollywood infant, Suri Cruise, for the cover of Vanity Fair. You might think, after a career spent photographing divas and presidents, that taking pictures of a cute little baby would be a ... snap. But no. "It's very hard when the baby is that small," says Leibovitz. "It's being held by the parents all the time. It's not really connecting to anything else." She spent the better part of two weeks capturing 3-month-old Suri's waking moments with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, at Cruise's homes in L.A. and Telluride, Colo. Though Leibovitz had less control over her tiny subject than she's used to, she did manage to direct the now ubiquitous cover shot of Suri, inspired by Linda McCartney's famous picture of Paul with their firstborn wrapped in his jacket—which she calls "one of my favorite pictures of a father holding a baby."

A nice homage—but it's usually Leibovitz who's inventing the iconic shot. What other contemporary photographer has produced as many indelible images of American pop culture? You know these pictures, from Whoopi Goldberg in the milk bath, to a nude and very pregnant Demi Moore, to the most famous picture of all: John Lennon, bare as a baby, curled around Yoko Ono, taken hours before he was killed. (The American Society of Magazine Editors recently voted the Lennon and Moore covers, which graced Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair respectively, the No. 1 and 2 magazine images of the past 40 years.) Leibovitz has become the master of the highly theatrical portrait, carefully staged in elaborate settings with witty props—pictures that have often come to define the image of her sitters.

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6. The New York Times
Cond? Nast Alumnus Follows His Fine Arts Muse
By MARIA ASPAN
September 25, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/25/business/media/25truman.html

James Truman, the former editorial director at Cond? Nast Publications, left the company in January 2005 after its chairman, S. I. Newhouse Jr., declined to approve his idea for a fine arts magazine. This week, the magazine world will get some insight into what Mr. Truman had in mind.

The first issue of Culture and Travel, a new luxury travel magazine from LTB Media, a fine arts publishing company owned by Louise T. Blouin MacBain, will be released on Friday. The magazine, which will cover art exhibits and urban architecture the way other glossies cover golf courses and spas, is the company’s first new publication since Mr. Truman took over as chief executive and managing editor a year ago.

“This to me is what magazines can still do well,” Mr. Truman said. “It’s not blogging; it is a somewhat slower-paced experience.” The bimonthly magazine, which has an initial controlled circulation of 81,000, will be distributed free to a selected list of potential readers. (About 5,000 copies will be available at Barnes & Noble stores, for a newsstand price of $5.99).

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7. Jossip
The Part of the Us Weekly Scandal Where Denials Flow Like Payola
By Jossip Staff
Sept. 25, 2006
http://www.jossip.com/gossip/us-weekly/the-part-of-the-us-weekly-scandal-where-denials-flow-like-payola-20060925.php

It wouldn't be proper to begin the week without more news on the Us Weekly-Ken Baker scandal front. After last week's merry-go-round with news of the magazine's west coast exec editor refusing to pay a measily three-figure bill from publicist Jessica Meisels for help with his June charity poker event – and gossip columns from Page Six to Lowdown trying to get their newspaper inches involved – the tabloid went after Meisels where it counts: their editorial. At the end of last week, Us' New York office was last seen making ominous phone calls to Meisels, threatening to end its support for any of her clients. They also told her if she had a problem with anyone at Us, she should've gone to the magazine first, not the media blog you're reading right now.

Which would make sense, if only Meisels was our source. But, hey, 1290 Sixth? She's not — and we only tell you that in hopes you two can become friends again. But that doesn't mean Meisels hasn't been talking to us. Under pressure from Us' editors, she's gone and denied our report.

"Fingerprint Communications maintains a positive relationship with US Weekly and the magazine's staffers. ... Fingerprint Communications has worked on two events for Head To Hollywood including the poker event in vegas. Our fee for the event was paid."

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... that Niche Media is looking for a full-time freelance fact-checker with experience. Position is in-house for two weeks, starting September 27. We need someone ASAP! Contact is lesleyb@nichemediallc.com. (Best not to mention Ed)

Internships

... that U.S. News & World Report is looking for a PAID intern for its Health & Medicine section, a signature part of the magazine’s heritage of consumer-oriented journalism. Based in Washington, D.C., the ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree and some experience writing and reporting on topics in the health and medicine arena. Responsibilities include assisting senior reporters in their coverage of a variety of health issues. There is ample opportunity to write for the magazine and the magazine’s website. The year-long internship is a paid position in the Washington, D.C., headquarters and starts immediately. To apply: Please send resume and clips to Margaret Mannix, AME/Health, U.S. News & World Report, 1050 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007.

... that the fashion department of Town & Country is still looking for one intern for the fall semester. Intern MUST receive college credit. 3 days/week, hrs approximately from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Duties will include maintenance of fashion closet, filing, organizing, updating databases, assisting on shoots, go-sees, castings, making sit-sheets and other various projects. You will have your own computer and desk, and will NOT be stuck in the closet all day! Looking for someone eager, extremely organized, with a professional demeanor and a keen interest in high fashion. Must have a positive attitude! Please send cover letter and resume stating why you are the ideal Town & Country fashion intern to Anna Reyes at acreyes@hearst.com.

... that Gotham Magazine is looking for a fashion bookings intern. You will assist with the bookings for our fashion photography layouts. Duties will include: facilitating model castings, organizing location ideas, aiding with the production on photo shoots, in addition to several other office duties. Candidates must be detail-oriented and articulate as well as posses an interest in fashion and photography. Send resumes to rachaelj@nichemediallc.com

... that the literary editor at Playboy is seeking an undergraduate intern to work 1-2 days a week for the fall semester. This is a paid, non-credit internship. The intern will be primarily responsible for assisting the literary editor in reading unsolicited fiction submissions, as well as managing galleys and advance proofs sent from publishers. In addition, the intern will have the opportunity to read fiction by top authors being considered for publication in the magazine. Applicants should have strong writing and reading skills, be familiar with the magazine_s history and character, and, ideally, be studying English, creative writing, or journalism. Please submit cover letter and resume to releases@playboy.com, subject line should read "Literary Intern"

... that The Homeland Security Daily Wire, a daily internet newsletter covering business and technological developments in the homeland security sector, is looking for editorial interns for the fall and spring. Interns will write short articles and assist the editorial staff with research. There will be opportunities to write longer analysis and profile pieces as well. There will be few, if any, administrative responsibilities. Applicants are expected to work 15-20 hours a week and must be able to receive university credit. They should send a cover letter and two writing samples to Avi Klein at aklein@hsdailywire.com. We are looking to fill these positions ASAP.

... that Working Mother magazine has an immediate opening for an intern to work closely with the business development director. It's an internship that will involve editorial duties, such as helping write reports for the biz development side, do research for the company's 100 Best list, and assist on our biz development head with the many projects she's involved in, including getting the CEO's second book published. A variety of projects. Broad experience. We are looking for someone who is organized, a good problem-solver and excited to learn about business development and licensing at a major New York magazine. You will gets lots of hands-on experience. Send your resume and brief cover letter explaining why your interests and skills make you an ideal match for this internship to tammy.palazzo@workingmother.com, and make the subject of the email "Internship." This internship is in midtown in NYC, can begin immediately, and is unpaid.

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