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Ed2010 presents: Bonnie Fuller’s Seven Secrets to Magazine Success!
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WHO: Bonnie Fuller, the former EIC of Flare, YM, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Us Weekly, and the current editorial director of American Media who relaunched Star magazine and wrote "The Joys of Much Too Much," an autobiography about her career.

WHAT: Come hear Bonnie reveal her "Seven Secrets to Magazine Success" and get a copy of her book signed!

WHEN: Wednesday, June 6th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WHERE: Mo Pitkin’s, 34 Avenue A (between 2nd and 3rd).

WHY: Where else in the city can you find “The Bonnie” drink?!

COST: Seats are limited, so secure your spot online for $15, or chance your luck at the door for $10. Fine print for whippersnappers: There’s a one drink minimum, and if you aren’t at the event by 7, you will lose your spot and your money!

SIGN UP TODAY: RSVP to events@ed2010.com with the subject line BONNIE FULLER, your name, the year you graduated and your current job title. You’ll get an e-mail back with the PayPal URL.

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Attention NYC editors, EAs, and recent grads/job seekers! After a l-o-n-g break, Ed will be hosting his famous Speednetworking Event on Wednesday, May 30 from 7-9pm in a Union Sq-area location.
Like speeddating, participants will be paired to chat with each other for a few minutes, and then shift tables, so that most everyone will get a chance to meet and exchange business cards and advice. Unlike speeddating, love connections are purely optional.
Given the limited space (only 50 will participate!), please reply NO LATER THAN Tuesday, May 22 (one week from today!) to Events@Ed2010.com with the following info:
Your name:
Your current (or most recent) job title/publication:
If jobseeker, your year of graduation:
Your cell phone number:
If selected, you will receive an email confirmation of your spot and the location by Friday, May 25.
The cost is $25, which includes your first drink on Ed. And the event is cosponsored by LesserEvil Snacks, who will provide munchies!

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EdSchool online
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EdSchool presents: The online version of How to Get Freelance Work (and End Up On Staff if You Want To!)
What: A five-week course on freelance pitching and writing, taught by mag freelancer and teacher Eric Butterman
Why: Recent success stories like these: The last online class helped net a student an associate editor position at Oprah's O at Home and, in the last month, another Butterman student published a pitch in New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer while the class was still going on!
When: A weekly lecture is posted each Monday, followed by a one-hour online chat room meeting Wednesdays June 6th-July 11th from 9 to 10pm EST, with no chat July 4th
Cost: $185
To sign up: send an email to freelance@ed2010.com. We'll send back the required Paypal URL to reserve your spot.

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LA ED is gearing up for tasty margaritas and chatting with his buds on El Guapo's patio. Stop by between 7pm and 9pm May 23 and check out http://www.elguapocantina.com for more information. Don't forget to RSVP to your lovely hostess at losangeles@ed2010.com.

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News
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1. Radar
WORLD'S CLASSIEST MAG FACING FAILURE
By Jeff Bercovici
May 14, 2007
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/05/worlds-classiest-mag-facing-bankruptcy.php

Donald Trump is turning out to be about as successful in the magazine business as he was in casinos—in other words, not very.

Trump, the quarterly lifestyle magazine he publishes through a licensing arrangement, is on the verge of financial meltdown, according to sources. "They owe money to everybody and are being sued every which way," says one insider. Another source claims the title will likely go on hiatus unless Trump or some other backer comes to the rescue with additional financing. "Will Donald come in and help reinvigorate it with some personal funds? It's all a matter of timing," adds the source.

Trump has been around since 2004, when it was launched as Trump World. Last year, Premiere Publishing Group, which has a five-year licensing deal with Donald Trump, went public. Since then, its staff has dwindled from around 25 to fewer than 10. Among the refugees is editorial director Aaron Sigmond, who left in March. Sigmond says he and Premiere CEO Michael Jacobson "are longtime friends and remain so. I wish him and his company the very best."

2. New York Daily News
Fiend dream to slay the style queen
BY BARBARA ROSS and CORKY SIEMASZKO
May 15, 2007
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/05/15/2007-05-15_fiend_dream_to_slay_the_style_queen-3.html

"I'm going to kill Anna Wintour because I feel like it," Braunstein wrote in a monstrous manifesto that cops found after he was arrested for dressing up like a firefighter and sexually abusing a former co-worker on Halloween 2005.

Braunstein wrote that he wasn't content to just shoot Vogue magazine's editor-in-chief, because that would be "too impersonal."

3. The New York Sun
The Little Magazine That Could
By THOMAS MEANEY
May 15, 2007
http://www.nysun.com/article/54472

Little magazines have the lifespan of gerbils and goldfish — you can shower them with love and attention but still count on them dying in three years. For a literary journal like the New Criterion to have survived a quarter century is equivalent of a man reaching the age of 100: He stands as a triumph of the life principle, no matter how much of a codger he may now be.

Tonight at the CUNY graduate center, the magazine will celebrate its 25th anniversary and the publication of "Counterpoints: 25 Years of The New Criterion on Culture & the Arts" (Ivan R. Dee, 484 pages, $35), an anthology of some its best essays on literature, history, fine arts, theater, music, and world affairs. The symposium will include Judge Robert Bork, Anthony Daniel, Eric Ormsby, Mark Steyn, and co-editor Roger Kimball in what is sure to be a lively discussion about the state of American culture.

The New Criterion was born at an important cultural moment that shows no signs of subsiding. In 1982, Hilton Kramer, exasperated by waning critical standards at the New York Times, left his post as chief art critic to start a new magazine dedicated, in T.S. Eliot's words, to "the elucidation of works of art and the correction of taste." Along with his co-editor, the late Samuel Lipman, the first issue featured Norman Podhoretz on F.R. Leavis, Joseph Epstein on the state of literary culture, Frederick Brown on Simon de Beauvoir, and Elias Canetti on his first impressions of Bertolt Brecht. Many of the best New York intellectual journals — the New Leader, Partisan Review, Commentary, the New York Review of Books — gave prominent coverage to the arts, but here at last was one devoted exclusively and unabashedly to high culture.

4. WWD
Memo Pad
By Gabriel Snyder and Irin Carmon
May 15, 2007
http://www.wwd.com/memopad/article/115807

MAGAZINE MAKE BELIEVE: Now that Candace Bushnell's novel "Lipstick Jungle" has spawned a TV series — NBC revealed at its upfronts on Monday the soap would begin airing on Sunday nights early next year — the fictional magazine featured in the book is going to become real (sort of), too. In the series, one of the three main characters is the editor in chief of fashion glossy Bonfire, and once "Lipstick Jungle" begins to air, NBC and iVillage will launch Bonfire as a "fully editorialized online publication," which, according to NBC's announcement, "will offer users fashion profiles, relationship advice, topical articles, quizzes and forums."

FOR YOU, ANYTHING: The trained eye might detect a very particular location for the photograph of Diane von Furstenberg in Vanity Fair's portion of the latest Cond? Nast "Point of Passion" advertising campaign. Yes, that is the Edward Sorel mural, and that is a fairly choice table at Vanity Fair editor in chief Graydon Carter's side project, the Waverly Inn. New York Times critic Frank Bruni had noted in his review of the restaurant in January that it had denied press photography inside, marking the ad campaign as a kind of public debut. "The request came from the Cond? Nast Media Group, and Graydon was fine with it," said a spokeswoman for the magazine. "People do call and request, and he'll consider it."

5. REUTERS (published in NY Times)
Magazine Publisher Is Selling Special-Interest Unit for $1.15 Billion
May 15, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/business/media/15mag.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The publisher Primedia said yesterday that it would sell its Enthusiast Media division, which includes magazines like Motor Trend, Soap Opera Digest and Surfer, for about $1.2 billion in cash to Source Interlink Companies, which is controlled by the billionaire investor Ronald W. Burkle through his Yucaipa investment firm.

The unit, which Primedia said in February it would consider selling, includes more than 70 magazines and 90 Web sites. It leaves Primedia with its Consumer Source business, which publishes free consumer guides.

The move comes after Primedia agreed to sell its hunting and fishing magazines to the private equity firm InterMedia Partners for $170 million in cash in December.

...that entertainment website CinemaBlend.com is looking for hardcore gamers with a passion for writing to cover breaking gaming news. They want people able to commit to writing and submitting five to 10 news articles of medium to short length every week. No pay, but there may be free games in it for you in addition to the experience you get from working on a high profile site. Email writing samples (apps without writing samples get ignored) to the site's editor Josh Tyler at josh@cinemablend.com.

...that a monthly Washington DC-based regional luxury lifestyle publication is searching for an associate editor to join a fast-paced team. This person will contribute to all aspects of editorial, including story conception, research, writing and editing of articles about arts, culture, fashion, beauty and more. Knowledge of rising trends, local hot spots and tastemakers is a must. Description: Work with editor-in-chief and features editor to conceptualize content for all sections of the magazine. Oversee certain front of book sections. Keep current on local news, prominent people and places. Hire and supervise editorial interns. Attend events, meet with PR contacts, etc. Familiarity with Mac and Quark a plus. To apply for the position, please submit your resume, three writing samples and salary requirements—A MUST—to Karen Sommer Shallett, kshalett@modernluxury.com. This position is best suited for someone closer to the beginning of his or her journalism career. Candidates with a deep knowledge of the DC metro area are preferred. (OK to mention Ed)

...that Cookie magazine is looking for summer and fall 2007 interns for the fashion department. The internship is unpaid and the intern MUST receive college credit. Responsibilities include maintaining the fashion closet, sample pickups and returns, possibly going on photo shoots. Please note: this is NOT a writing position. Interns must be organized, responsible, and able to multi-task. Interest in fashion is a MUST. To Apply, please send resume to jane_sung@condenast.com with INTERNSHIP in the subject line. (OK to mention Ed)

...that Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles magazine seeks a summer design intern that is motivated, enthusiastic and detail-oriented. Some responsibilities include but are not limited to page layout, photo files management, photo editing, and generally assisting the art director, with the opportunity to assist on photo shoots. Mac and quark proficiency is essential. Please respond to Rachel Cardina rcardina@atlantahomesmag.com with resume and online portfolio (PDFs are acceptable). Label the subject of your email: "Design Intern." This internship is unpaid and can be used for college credit. Ideal candidate will commit to working June through August. Also accepting fall intern applicants. No phone calls, please. *This is an official Ed2010 posting*

...that Niche Media Holdings, publisher of ASPEN PEAK, BOSTON COMMON, CAPITOL FILE, GOTHAM, HAMPTONS, and LOS ANGELES CONFIDENTIAL, is looking for interns. You will gain hands-on experience at a luxury magazine publisher, and the opportunity to jumpstart your career and create new business connections. Because we are a prominent, regional publishing house, you will be exposed to six different magazines operating in various cities across the U.S. Our interns participate in various areas of the business. You will not only file and run errands, but you will also acquire real world experience on the many facets of publishing a magazine. We have internship opportunities in various departments including editorial and fact checking. Please be sure to indicate which type of internship you are interested in when applying. In order to be considered for our internship program: You must be enrolled currently in a college or university. You have to earn credit for your internship through your college or university. You are prepared to contribute 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday. For your efforts, you will receive a weekly stipend, payable in two intervals: one payment a few weeks into the program and the final payment at the conclusion of the program. For immediate consideration, interested candidates are advised to submit their resume and cover letter, including salary requirements, to: Ms. Melissa Anzman, jobs@nichemediallc.com, and indicate which position you are interested in, in the subject field. Resumes submitted without salary requirements will not be considered. Please no calls.

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