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Ed enjoys the fruits of his magazine labor:
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Cupcakes, chocolate covered cherries, cookies—yum!

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Ed's Trust Fund Summer 2008: EARLIER DEADLINE!
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Listen up, up-and-coming Edsters in the city soon for summer internships! Ed is back on his giving spree and is handing out his Ed's Trust Fund for the summer session, and he wants to let you know that the deadline has been moved up to FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008. If you're an UNPAID intern at a magazine in New York City this summer, then Ed wants to help you out! Read Ed's Trust Fund rules (aka: the "fine print")—and snatch an application—at www.ed2010.com/ed-campus/trust-fund. (Ed also encourages potential applicants to read the amazing testimonials from past winners on the same web page.) You only need to have your summer internship secured when you apply. The prize? $1,000 to use however you please. (But Ed hopes the winner'll use it to, well, live in this amazing yet ridiculously expensive city!) But don't forget: The deadline is earlier this year: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008!

Psst! If there's a random wacky ad at the top of this newsletter, know that it's not Ed's. It's just what you have to put up with for a free newsletter service..

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May EIC Happy Hour!
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There's no better way to enjoy the spring weather than an EIC Raffle! Join Ed on May 14th for some networking and enter for a chance to win meetings with Sarah Gray Miller, EIC of O at Home, and Field & Stream's Anthony Licata. They're both amazing! We'll be at Revival (on 15th St near Irving Pl.) from 7-9 taking advantage of $4 beers and $5 well drinks. Tickets will be available online next week and there's no need to RSVP. Send all questions to Lisa at lisa@ed2010.com. Can't wait to see you there!

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News
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1. WWD
Crowing Rights
By Irin Carmon
May 2, 2008
http://wwd.com/memopad/article/124607?page=0

AT LEAST FOR NOW: There were no multiple onstage moments for New York magazine's Adam Moss or The New Yorker's David Remnick this year at the National Magazine Awards Thursday night at Jazz at Lincoln Center — probably much to the relief of their rivals. While each category is judged by different groups, they all seemed to decide to spread the love around this time, avoiding the numerous wins by the two New York-named titles of past years.

In fact, they each only received one award apiece, with National Geographic being this year's big winner with three — for General Excellence, Reporting and Photojournalism. Vanity Fair won two, for Profile Writing ("Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood") and Photo Portfolio (again, its Hollywood one), but other than that, no single magazine dominated. Cond? Nast, which also owns WWD, had the biggest presence of any company, with seven awards.

But a significant number of small or single-title companies, such as The Nation (for Public Interest), Harper's (for Fiction), The Atlantic (for Reviews and Criticism), New Letters (for Essays) and Backpacker and Mother Jones (both for General Excellence) also were recognized, New Letters for the first time.

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2. Mediaweek
Ziff Names Weedfald President
By Lucia Moses
May 2, 2008
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003797513

Troubled technology and video game magazine publisher Ziff Davis Media named Peter Weedfald as president, a new position, as it strives to emerge from bankruptcy by June.

Weedfald most recently was senior vp, chief marketing officer for Circuit City. He also is a vet of Ziff Davis, having spent nine years there in the 1980s, in various senior sales and executive positions at PC Magazine and other titles.

Ziff Davis has had a rough ride since being acquired by Willis Stein & Partners in 2000 for $780 million. Since then, it’s closed several magazines including Yahoo Internet Life and sold off its Enterprise Group unit for about $150 million.

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3. NY Post
Dykstra Swings Away
By Keith J. Kelly
May 2, 2008
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05022008/business/dykstra_swings_away_109137.htm

Former Mets outfielder-turned-magazine entrepreneur Lenny Dykstra is embroiled in a bitter legal brawl with the publisher of Players Club, a financial advice and lifestyle magazine aimed at affluent pro athletes that Dykstra founded.

The finger-pointing by both Dykstra and the publisher, Doubledown Media, centers on cost overruns at the magazine, as well as charges by Dykstra that Doubledown used his name without permission to launch a newsletter and Web site called The Dykstra Report, which isn't connected to Players Club.

"He thinks I'm going to buckle," said Dykstra, referring to Doubledown President Randall Lane. "I don't buckle - I go to war."

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4. Mediabistro
Massive Changes at The Parenting Group
By Noah
May 2, 2008
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/

Susan Kane, editorial director of Bonnier's Parenting Group, announced "a new organizational structure" in an email to staffers yesterday.

Babytalk's Nancy Smith will be the creative director of The Parenting Group, while Elizabeth Shaw will step into the role of deputy editor at Parenting. Dawn Roode jumps from managing editor of Babytalk to ME of Parenting. Christina Vercelletto, the "resident baby gear guru," is the senior products editor at Parenting and Meredith Bodgas gets a promotion to senior editor at BT.

Lisa Singer Moran has previously been named the new editor-in-chief at Babytalk. Ellen Fair, Kayo DerSarkissian and Andrea Messina will leave the group.

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Whisper Jobs
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Ed hears ...

JOBS

...that First30Days.com, the only site on the web to focus on change, is looking for enthusiastic bloggers with top-notch writing skills to write daily updates on our site. We're looking for short, insightful, occasionally provocative and generally amusing content in the following categories: Career, Finances, Health, Diet and Fitness, Family, Home, Technology, Relationships, and New Directions (includes meditation, being happier, and more). We are offering $500 a month to start, but there is immense room for growth. To apply, send a resume and a short update sample of no more than 250 words to f30deditorial@gmail.com. Please look at our site and pick a change to get an idea of what we're after. Be creative! (OK to mention Ed)

For even more jobs, go to http://www.ed2010.com/jobs/whisperjobs or click here.

INTERNSHIPS

...that Natural Health is looking for an unpaid intern in their New York City office to assist the health editor, beauty editor, and features editor. Tasks will include carrying out research projects, keeping tabs on breaking health-related news; and performing administrative tasks, including opening mail, filing press releases, xeroxing items, and mailing packages to writers and article sources. The intern will also be encouraged to take the initiative in discovering news, trends, and personalities in the worlds of health, green-living, and fitness. Editors will help interested interns develop their story-pitching skills, and will give them writing assignments (depending on editors' needs). Interns can also sit in on the weekly staff meetings. Required time commitment: 40 hours a week for May – August 2008. The internship can be done for school credit, but credit is not mandatory. Candidates should send a brief cover letter, resume, and 3-5 clips to: naturalhealthinternship@gmail.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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