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******* EdSchool presents: How to get freelance work (and end up on staff if you want to!) Mag freelancer and teacher Eric Butterman and Ed2010 present a 5-week super-intensive course on freelance pitching and writing. Enrollment limited to 15 students, plenty of personal attention. Learn how to write the best email pitches possible, be good on the phone and sell stories (one student sold $3,000 in freelance stories while still in the class--we're not kidding). About Eric: He's been an editor on staff at Folio: and Travel Agent magazine, and has written for Glamour, Men's Fitness and countless other titles. Classes are Wednesdays Feb. 21st-March 21st, 7-9pm at The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Creative Center, 311 West 43rd Street (near 8th Ave.) Cost: $285 To sign up: RSVP to freelance@ed2010.com is REQUIRED. You'll get an email back with the PayPal URL.
******* Wenner Media’s Us Weekly this month wants to get its readers close to the celebrities they follow—really close. Features set to launch on its Web site this month would let visitors enter to win a date with hunk Brody Jenner (son of Olympian great Bruce Jenner), go on virtual shopping trips with stars and play other new celebrity-themed games. Us Weekly, which had only a modest Web presence until last July, is the latest celeb title to bulk up online. In the next few weeks, visitors will be able to click to hear and buy the songs of musicians mentioned in articles on the site, through a partnership with Snocap, a provider of online music services. The goal is to provide a richer experience for visitors who are saturated with online news and videos about stars, said executives at Usmagazine.com. “Our readers love celebrities,” said Ken Baker, editorial director, Usmagazine.com. “They want to be able to get as close to them as possible. What we’re looking to do is take it from being a voyeuristic experience to ‘We’re in this together.’” MORE ONLINE
2. MediaWeek
With the dramatic rise and fall of laddie and shopping magazines behind them, men’s magazines are finding success in a somewhat old-fashioned concept: service. That concept, long associated with women’s titles, today accounts in part for the strength of magazines from Rodale’s Men’s Health to Dennis Publishing’s Maxim to Cond? Nast’s GQ. “In terms of what’s working in the market, it’s practical, useful, no-nonsense information that busy, successful men can use,” said Dave Zinczenko, editor in chief, Men’s Health. “They want to get information and get it quickly, and they want a payoff.” Other men’s magazines have upped their service quotient in recent months. While Maxim has prided itself on providing heavy-duty service to young men in a just-between-us-guys manner, editor in chief Jimmy Jellinek has begun to put more emphasis on service and fashion while downplaying the bawdy humor and sexy women. The move has been an effort to further distance Maxim from its early days, as well as from rival FHM, which Emap folded in December. MORE ONLINE
3. Fashion Week Daily
Tom Ford will be honored at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on March 26 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, along with legendary songstress Patti LaBelle. Those nominated for the awards for their work in representing gay and lesbian characters in media include CosmoGIRL! magazine; films Little Miss Sunshine, Quincea?era, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby; TV series Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, Project Runway, Nightline, and The Office; episodes of Grey's Anatomy, 30 Rock, and The Tyra Banks Show. Following the cocktail reception and silent auction, a sit-down dinner, Media Awards Show, and VIP after-party will ensue. For more information, visit www.glaad.org.
4. Fishbowl NY
In media terms, the anticipation and hype-y buildup to Radar's latest incarnation (the third, if you're scoring at home) has been like that of a rock album — albeit one whose lineup is as interchangeable as the studio it was recorded in. You could even say radaronline.com and the accompanying schadenfreude is like the rabid, forgive me, Radiohead or Coldplay (or, perhaps more accurately, Arctic Monkeys) fans who leak details and tracks of the album ahead of its street date. And then you have the magazine's detractors oiling the hype machinery while purporting not to care. And while we're as weary as the next media blog about anything as consistently over-hyped — and sniped — as Maer Roshan's Radar, we're compelled to give it a track-by-track review. The Cover: Shirtless Colin Farrell, "Toxic Bachelor #1," kicks off Radar 3.0 in bed with the ubiquitous blond and emptied pack of Marlboros. Following up Radar's Ali/Esquire ripoff — featuring a shirtless Tom Cruise — we're sensing a theme hairless and, like any men's magazine, quasi-gay. MORE ONLINE
5. Folio
Time4Media president Tom Beusse will step down as president of the Time4Media publications sold by Time Inc. to Swedish publisher, Bonnier Media Group last month. Terry Snow, CEO of Bonnier’s World Publications, which publishes Saveur, Garden Design, Cruising World, Sailing World, Islands, Spa, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, Resorts & Great Hotels, will oversee both the Time publications and World’s publications, said World spokesman Dean Turcol. Turcol said the World and Time magazines will be merged into a new company, the name of which will be announced shortly. Turcol also said, despite news reports to the contrary, the Time magazines will stay in New York and not move to World Publications’ Winter Park, Florida headquarters. Even though the company’s corporate offices are in Florida, it publishes magazines in different parts of the country. Saveur magazine, for example, is published in New York and will remain there with Bonnier’s newly acquired 18 publications, Turcol said. An employee of the former Time4 publications called reports of a move to Florida “nonsense.”
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After a long day at work, do you ever start to wonder if what you do still counts as "writing"? Do you ever think back wistfully to your college writing classes, or get frustrated seeing another year end with your great unwritten novel still unwritten? Well, you're not the only one. That's basically the motivation behind what we're calling The Jaded Journalists Writing Workshop. Our goal is to form a small group of like-minded writers that will serve as an creative outlet for our personal writing -- both non-fiction and fiction -- that's not limited by column length, AP style, or an editor's whims. We'd plan to have workshop sessions every two weeks, with writing prompts and outside reading selections that we'll hammer out together at our first meeting later this month. (Time and place TBD.) We're hoping this is a group that can adapt with us over time as we develop as writers, so we're looking for people who are able to make something of a long-term commitment. Sound good to you? If so, e-mail us at jadedjournalists@googlegroups.com, and tell us a little bit about yourself, your writing, and why you want to join our group.
************ …that a national magazine is hiring an editorial assistant to assist an extremely busy Senior Editor. We're looking for someone who loves books, is highly organized, smart and creative, willing to work long hours, great on the phone; someone who works well under pressure, who is naturally at ease with writers and editors, and can handle myriad details involving managing writer contracts and tracking hundreds of book galleys. Magazine experience preferred. Please email a cover letter (paste it into the body of the email message), resume, and two clips to job.search2007@yahoo.com, attention Books Editor. OK to mention ED. ...that Marymount Manhattan College is hiring a Communications Assistant to assist the Director of Communications and Publications with the alumni magazine, annual President's Report, newsletters, web site and other publications/materials. Send resumes and three clips to hr@mmm.edu. For more details, go to: http://marymount.mmm.edu/learn/administrative/hr/staffpositions.html#CommunicationsAssistant. ...that a new global street style gallery & blog called STREET PEEPER is looking for young & hungry fashion or photography students and post- grads who would be interested in taking street fashion photos, as well as event photos & writeups. Applicants must have a decent digital camera, a unique eye for fashion, and should be outgoing enough to approach stylish people on the street or at events to take their photo. If anything, it's a good excuse to go talk to cute boys/ girls. We're looking for those in major international cities such as NYC, LA, Miami, London, Paris, Sydney, etc. Be apart of something new and exciting, and kinda fun. StreetPeeper.com. Please send an email to jobs@streetpeeper.com. Internships ...that Harper's Bazaar is looking for several motivated interns to begin immediately and continue through the spring and summer semesters. Interns will be working alongside all of the fashion edit team, specifically, with the Italian market. We require a minimum of 3 full days a week. Tasks will include running errands, picking up clothing at showrooms, making copies, creating look boards, managing samples, etc. Please send availability, a brief cover letter, and resumes to David Thielebeule at dthielebeule@hearst.com. Please note this is a FASHION internship and will not involve any writing. (OK to mention Ed) ...that Metro Corp publishing in Center City Philadelphia needs to fill an editorial intern spot immediately. Must be available 2-3 days per week. Responsibilities include: office work, research, assisting editors on photo shoots, writing opportunities and light fact-checking. Must have a pleasant phone manner and an outgoing personality. This position is unpaid but we pretty much guarantee you will get a clip and have a blast at the same time. Please send your resume and any relevant writing samples to Jen Iacovelli, jiacovelli@phillymag.com. (OK to mention Ed.) ...that LAPTOP magazine seeks a paid intern. The intern will assist in getting products to our contributing writers for review and returning them to the companies once the stories are written. Other responsibilities include tracking products and entering them into our in-house database system. Skills required for this position include good organizational skills and a team-player attitude. Opportunities to write for our Web site might exist for the right candidate. Ideally, we are looking for someone to come into our offices for a few hours each day (Monday to Friday), but this schedule will be flexible. Competitive hourly pay is offered. Interested applicants should submit their resumes to: jobs@bedfordcommunications.com, Attn: Anthony Losanno. For additional information on the company, visit www.laptopmag.com. (OK to mention Ed)
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