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******* ******* ******* What: A five-week course on freelance pitching and writing, taught by mag freelancer and teacher Eric Butterman Why: Success stories like these: One class helped net a student an editor position at Quick & Simple and another Butterman student published a pitch in New York Magazine's Daily Intelligencer while the class was still going on! When: Classes are Wednesdays March 26th-April 23rd, 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. BTW, Ed doesn't endorse the random non-Ed advertisement you see at the top of the newsletter. It's just what happens when you use a free e-newsletter service.
******* Though it was supposed to be a luncheon for Cosmopolitan magazine to honor "fun, fearless" men, the celebration Monday at Cipriani's put singer/actress Jessica Simpson in the spotlight. Cosmo bestowed its Fun Fearless Male of the Year title to Simpson's ex, singer John Mayer, and some of his fellow honorees could have been straight from her little black book: Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current Simpson squeeze Tony Romo and Dukes of Hazzard co-star Dane Cook, whom tabloids linked to her. Last year, Simpson's ex-husband, Nick Lachey, received top honors at the same ceremony. MORE ONLINE
2. The New York Observer
New York Times music critic Kelefa Sanneh is leaving the newspaper to become a staff writer at The New Yorker, according to an internal memo distributed yesterday. (Radar had reported a rumor to this effect.) Also heading over to 4 Times Square is New York Magazine contributing editor and writer Ariel Levy, who has already posted the news to her personal web site. David Remnick wrote in an email to Media Mob that they are both expected to "write reported pieces." MORE ONLINE
3. Folio
The 150-year-old Atlantic magazine, known for its long-form journalism, today launched a digital publication—the Current—aimed at those who don’t have time for long-form anything. “In print, the magazine has always been famous for its 5,000 to 10,000-word essays,” says Atlantic president Justin Smith. “We’re crunching that [word count] to 250-300 words.” Smith says the idea for the Current is to give the Atlantic’s “marquee” writers, bloggers and other editorial staffers an opportunity to write “short essays or posts on a variety of topical subjects.” MORE ONLINE
4. WWD
BACHELOR PARTY: What's the bigger honor: being a member of the Time 100, the newsweekly's annual roster of most influential thinkers, politicians and performers, or being named Cosmopolitan's Fun Fearless Male of the Year? John Mayer earned both honors within the past 12 months, and thought hard about which gave him more pride before going for the brains over the brawn: "Time," he said, although he recognized the two events gathered a different set of peers. "One of them is a little younger, more hip and fun, and the other one is like me standing next to Malcolm Gladwell and a guy who made an alarm clock that runs on steak." Cosmo celebrated this year's Fun Fearless Male Awards at a lunch Monday at Cipriani 42nd Street. Other honorees included Chris Brown, Common, Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace (where fun and fearless twentysomethings oversharing personal details have put their employment at risk since 2003); Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (who spoke fearlessly about his relationship with Jessica Simpson as a handler nervously stood nearby); comedian Dane Cook, and "The Office"'s John Krasinski, who said the most unabashed thing he's done for an audition was to tell the executive producer of "The Office" the show wouldn't work because the American version would screw up the brilliant British version. "Telling him to his face that the show wasn't going to work was a stupid thing to do. Not fearless. Stupid." APAX ON THE PROWL, AGAIN: There's never a dull moment at Apax Partners, which is now said to be eyeballing Reed Business Information (RBI), the Reed Elsevier division that puts out Variety, Publishers Weekly and Broadcasting & Cable, among others. According to a report in the British tabloid Sunday Express, Apax has retained Deutsche Bank to advise it on a potential deal. The bank was the same one that advised Apax on its $2 billion purchase of Emap's B2B arm with Guardian Media Group last year. An Apax spokesman said the company does not comment on rumors, but an industry source in London confirmed Apax was indeed looking at RBI, although a bid was not a certainty. Other potential bidders include the European private equity firms Cinven and Candover, and the Rhode Island-based Providence Equity. As reported, Cond? Nast Publications, which also owns WWD, said it was not interested in bidding for the division. INTERVIEWING OTHERS: Two Interview editors in chief take up the pen this month — in Vanity Fair and Bergdorf Goodman magazine. Ingrid Sischy, who departed the editor's chair at Interview two weeks ago, profiles Calvin Klein in the April issue of Vanity Fair, detailing the designer's life and times from her memory of their friendship and from conversations with Klein dating back to summer 2006. Meanwhile, Glenn O'Brien, the new co-editorial director of Brant Publications' Interview, Art + America and The Magazine Antiques, fires off against celebrity in the latest Bergdorf magazine. "I'm so sick of celebrity," he writes, and issues a call to action to boycott the cult of fame. O'Brien says he avoids new movies and TV, shuns reading living authors, has no interest in commercial music, and as for comedy —"no disrepect to Larry David...but I am happily diverted by long playing vinyl recordings of comedians known principally to retirees in South Florida." So guess that means there won't be celebrities on Interview's covers from now on, but instead archival shots of the likes of Henny Youngman and Shecky Greene? NEW BRIDES: There was a reshuffling of titles and responsibilities at Cond? Nast Bridal Media on Monday. Bill Wackermann, senior vice president and publishing director of Glamour and Cond? Nast Bridal Media, said Katherine Rizzuto will continue as publisher of Brides but no longer also serve as publisher for Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Your Prom. Jennifer Hicks is taking over as publisher of those three titles. Hicks has been the associate publisher of Brides, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Your Prom since November. Susan Rerat, vice president and publishing director of Cond? Nast Bridal Media, was named vice president of brides.com (she launched the Web site in April 2006). Jennifer Cole will continue as publisher of brides.com online and local print. MORE ONLINE
************ JOBS ...that Doggie Aficionado, a luxury lifestyle magazine for affluent dog lovers, is seeking a well-connected editor for celebrity features/cover stories. Looking to hire ASAP. If qualified and interested, contact the publisher Tam Goins at tgoins@doggieaficionado.com. (OK to mention Ed) For even more jobs, go to http://www.ed2010.com/jobs/whisperjobs or click here. INTERNSHIPS ...that AOL Home, a division of AOL Living, is a newly relaunched site focusing on home d?cor, entertaining, green living, and DIY projects. We are seeking a motivated and Internet-savvy intern. The ideal candidate will possess an interest in interior design, style, home d?cor, green living and entertaining. The intern will work closely with the Sr. Programming Manager to build content for the site, generate story ideas, cover the home market and support the site on a day-to-day basis. AOL will train for its publishing programs, however, experience creating web pages is a plus. While the internship is grounded in Web publishing, interns will have a hand in the editorial process. A great opportunity for anyone with interest in publishing and new media. Internship is unpaid but eligible for college credit. Flexible hours available based on class schedules. Please send resume, cover letter to Allison Mezzafonte: a.mezzafonte@corp.aol.com. For more about AOL Home: visit home.aol.com. (OK to mention Ed) For even more internships, go to http://www.ed2010.com/ed-campus/internships/list or click here.
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