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******* Time Inc. abruptly removed Eric Pooley as the managing editor of Fortune magazine yesterday, and named Andrew Serwer, a senior editor at large, to succeed him, becoming the magazine??™s third top editor in less than six years. John Huey, editor in chief of Time Inc., a unit of Time Warner, gave no reason for the change, which was effective immediately, and did not return calls seeking comment. Mr. Serwer said in an interview that Mr. Huey had told him over the weekend that he wanted him to take the helm. ???I found out about it a couple of days ago,??? he said. ???It was a surprise to me that John wanted me to do this job.??? He added that Mr. Huey ???has a way of making surprising moves sometimes.??? MORE ONLINE
2. Folio
Six to ten companies have made it into the second round of bidding on the 18 titles in the Time4 and Parenting groups, with notices going out today, sources told Folio: late Tuesday. Second-round bids are due by the end of November. Survivors are said to include Bonnier, Charles McCurdy??™s Apprise Media, CurtCo CEO Bill Curtis, and Kelso & Co./VSS-backed Russell Denson, the former president and CEO of Gruner + Jahr. Final sale price estimates have not changed much, with a price falling somewhere between $200 million and $300 million. Despite a mix of strategic and private equity-backed bidders, observers are saying strategics will have the edge. ???This is a tough deal for private-equity backed bidders to win,??? says one source involved in the bidding process, and, notably, is backed with private equity, ???because the performance doesn??™t support much debt to finance the transaction. Strategics can take a longer view about the turnaround.??? MORE ONLINE
3. Tech Crunch
We just received confirmation that Cond?© Nast, owner of Wired and other magazines/websites, acquired Boston-based Reddit earlier this morning, and will make the announcement later today. The price is not being disclosed. All four reddit employees will relocate from Boston to Wired??™s San Francisco office and become part of Wired Digital. Reddit, founded and funded in 2005, is a YCombinator company (see our interview with YCombinator founder Paul Graham here). The two original founders are Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, and they were later joined by Christopher Slowe and Aaron Swartz. Reddit is a social news site that has always played second fiddle to Digg, although Reddit does have an active and loyal userbase. Users praise Reddit for having a very quick load time and no advertising. Like Digg, news stories on Reddit are submitted by users, and other users vote up or down on the story. When it gets enought ???up??? votes, the story appears on the home page. MORE ONLINE
4. TMZ
Brad Pitt struts his stuff on the cover of December's Vanity Fair -- and TMZ has learned that no one was more surprised to see the steamy cover on stands than Brad himself. A source close to Pitt tells TMZ that Brad shot the photos, taken by artist Robert Wilson, in September 2005, but didn't have any idea at the time -- or anytime since -- that they would be used for the cover of VF. Pitt had agreed to be in Wilson's avant-garde video art project last year, and signed a legal release at the time for the still and video images taken in the shoot. But until the Vanity Fair cover emerged this week, Pitt didn't know that he would be the magazine's coverboy. Reps for Vanity Fair tell TMZ, "In a letter dated October 5, 2006, and sent to Pitt care of Brillstein-Grey [Pitt's managers], Wilson informed Pitt that a still image from his portrait was going to be featured in the December art issue of Vanity Fair." A source says that Pitt never saw the letter. MORE ONLINE 5. Cool HuntingT-Post By Staff 10/31/06 http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2006/10/tpost.php The world's first international news magazine on cotton, T-post is a subscription t-shirt service based in Sweden. Silkscreened onto American Apparel tees, subscribers get a new "issue" every six weeks with a design about a current news item on the outside and a short article on the topic printed inside. Many of the stories covered by T-post are outside the radar of the traditional news media??”like conversations overheard on the subway or microchips implanted in butterflies??”but that is precisely why the editors at T-Post think they're important. Available worldwide, each edition costs ?‚¬26 including shipping and back issues are not for sale??”"you can't go trying to buy one like 'you was with it way back when.'" MORE ONLINE
************ Jobs ...that one of the associate editor postings for Atlanta Sports and Fitness is actually for Jezebel magazine. Everything else is the same: Candidates must be enthusiastic, energetic, creative and clever. This person will be responsible for writing intelligent and informative pieces on a variety of luxury lifestyle topics, editing and coordinating with freelancers, plus assisting the Editor-In-Chief with a variety of tasks. Must be able to think outside the box while meeting deadlines and have a killer work ethic. Must be interested in luxury topics covered by the magazine including homes, d?cor, fashion, real estate, celebs, profiles and more. You can expect to cover society events 2-4 nights a week. Looking for experienced writers only; 3 years+ of magazine or related experience. Good wit is a must! Please email cover letter, resume and writing samples to editorialassistant@jezebelmagazine.com. Please NO calls. ...that UrbanDaddy.com is looking for a Travel Editor. UrbanDaddy.com is an exclusive email newsletter targeting trend-seeking and high-income urban professionals. We are seeking a travel editor to write and edit weekly travel stories for UrbanDaddy's Jetset edition. Editor will be responsible for staying on top of travel trends, pitching stories to the editors, and researching and writing up one story a week. Flexible hours and telecommuting OK. Fee is $550 a month for one 200-word story a week. Must have a grasp of travel trends and be aware of hot and undiscovered travel destinations (i.e. don't pitch us Dubai as the hottest thing right now). Travel writing experience a plus, but not necessary. Must be able to write short, 200-word stories in our voice (which is witty, sophisticated, fun, always with a touch of humor). Please read submission requirements CAREFULLY. Please send a cover letter, resume, three pitches, and a few writing samples IN THE LENGTH AND VOICE OF URBANDADDY STORIES (no 3000-word articles on nature hiking that you published in National Geographic) to Maria Lin at jobs@urbandaddy.com. All submissions should be in the body of the email – NO ATTACHMENTS. Please carefully read our past travel stories (at UrbanDaddy.com) before you submit your application (check out the stories on Thailand, Mongolia, and our more recent stories on Bali http://www.urbandaddy.com/articles/371/jetset_bulgari_hotel_bali_indonesia, and Pategonia http://www.urbandaddy.com/email/356/urbandaddy_jetset__hotel_remota_patagonia). ...that Every Day with Rachael Ray, published by Reader's Digest, is seeking a copy editor who is looking for professional growth to join our team. The copy editor should be a proven wordsmith. He or she should have good communication and teamwork skills and be able to work effectively with editors, researchers and designers. The copy editor will review article texts after their first editing and pinpoint any clumsy transitions, slackening of pace or infelicitous use of language, and then suggest deft modifications. Later the copy editor will apply the same transforming touch to copy-fitted text, captions and callouts. Naturally the copy editor will be acutely alert to grammar, spelling and usage. Responsibilities also include managing copy flow to make sure monthly deadlines are met and proofreading final copy. He or she will also work with the web editor as required. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree required, with 5-10 years' related experience in magazine, newspaper or book publishing. Must be a proven team player and able to set priorities under deadline pressure. Strong journalistic judgment and knowledge of Quark and Word required. Web publishing a plus. To apply, please visit our website at: www.rd.com/careers Requisition number 2291BR Every Day with Rachael Ray is also looking for an editorial researcher who is looking for professional growth to join our team. Job Description: Need a bright, detail-oriented professional to perform in-depth fact-checking of magazine editorial content. Candidate will be responsible for ensuring accuracy through the final proof stage on a variety of assignments. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and previous fact-checking/journalism experience needed. Excellent interviewing and writing skills required. Ability to handle any topic and meet simultaneous deadlines in a high-pressure, high-volume environment crucial. Quark experience preferred. To apply, please visit our website at: www.rd.com/careers Requisition number 2530BR Internships The Fashion department of INTERVIEW magazine is looking for bright and motivated students with a desire to explore the fashion editorial world. Interns work together with the fashion director, fashion market director and the fashion assistant to help organize and put together the celebrity shoots, fashion, and beauty stories each month. Duties will include: maintaining the fashion closet, keeping careful track of incoming and outgoing samples, helping to send out the editor-in-chief's issues every month, attending and assisting on editorial photo shoots, and overall administrative duties. The internship is unique in that it allows the participants to get a general feel of an editorial office atmosphere while also letting the intern gain hands on photo shoot experience. All applicants should be well versed in pop culture, and have a substantial interest in the Fashion industry. Please note that this is an unpaid internship, however Brant Publications offers a $4 stipend covering the cost of getting to and from our offices by subway. Students will also be able to earn college credit for this internship. The program begins in the beginning of January and will end in the middle to the end of May or June. If interested please email Shauna Ramadhin at sramadhin@brantpub.com. (OK to mention Ed) ... that Hallmark Magazine, based in New York City, has openings for an editorial intern and a design intern. Internships are available for winter and spring semester and are open to students earning college credit. Hallmark Magazine (hallmarkmagazine.com) is a new lifestyle magazine for women covering food & entertaining, relationships, culture, home and beauty. The November/December issue is on newsstands now. Requirements: You must be a current student in a degree program at an accredited institution and eligible to receive credit for an internship. Juniors, seniors and grad students with magazine experience preferred. To apply: E-mail cover letter, resume, plus 1 to 3 clips to hmkeditor@hotmail.com. Or mail to: Intern Coordinator, Hallmark Magazine, 1412 Broadway, Suite 2010, New York, NY 10018. (OK to mention Ed) ...that Life & Style Weekly is still looking for enthusiastic interns to join a fast-paced, celebrity-obsessed, style-savvy editorial staff this spring semester. Interns must be able to work a minimum of two days each week, and it is preferable that they receive college credit. Among various administrative duties, interns will be required to assist with a multitude of tasks in each department. These include Nexis and other related research for news and feature stories, doing field work to gather information for the magazine, helping in the fashion and beauty closet, various organizational tasks, updating files of weekly magazine coverage, putting together the daily celebrity news packets that get distributed to the office, and, in time, much more. Life & Style Weekly is located in Englewood Cliffs, NJ - just a hop, skip and a jump (by public transportation) across the George Washington Bridge. Please send a cover letter and resume to Barbara Seigel, associate features editor, at bseigel@bauerpublishing.com for consideration. (OK to mention Ed) ...that Bridal Guide's art department is looking for a few enthusiastic interns to assist with packing for our upcoming move. We are in the middle of a close and moving in just a few weeks. It will be helpful if you know Quark, as this can lead to ongoing internship in which you will help with administrative tasks such as updating our mini wall and tear sheet books. Must be detail oriented, organized and responsible and willing to do some grunt work now, with more opportunities later on. Please respond to AssistAD@aol.com with BRIDAL GUIDE INTERNSHIP in the subject line. Please attach resume and cell phone number so you can be contacted immediately. (OK to mention Ed) ...that Ladies' Home Journal, the sixth largest magazine in America, reaching more than 14 million readers, is looking for editorial interns for the spring semester. Applicants must be at least 18, full-time college students and able to get documented course credit for the internship. Our ideal candidate has excellent writing and researching skills, previous journalism experience through internships or work on a college newspaper, and a strong interest in women's lifestyle and service magazines. This intern will have opportunities to learn about all aspects of the editorial process. Responsibilities will include researching story ideas, fact-checking, working on reader activism projects, assisting in both the beauty and fashion departments, and possible writing opportunities. Send a cover letter and resume to Kimberly Papa, Assistant Editor, Ladies' Home Journal, 125 Park Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017, or Kimberly.Papa@meredith.com. No phone calls please. 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