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Just a few spots left for Ed?s Dot-Com Class
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Ed got two of the best dot-com editors in the biz to teach Ed's first ever Dot-Com Class on Wednesday, July 30 AND Thursday, July 31 from 7 to 9pm. Rachel Sklar, Senior Contributing Editor and ?Eat The Press? columnist for The Huffington Post and Julie Hochheiser, Senior Web Editor for Seventeen.com, will teach you how to to write for the web, pitch story ideas and more. Click here for more info and how to RSVP or go to ed2010.com/events.

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News
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1. WWD
Growing Boy
By Stephanie D. Smith
July 25, 2008
http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/growing-boy-1652805

One day down, the next day up. While Men?s Vogue earlier this week reported a 4 percent decline in ad pages through September compared with the first nine months of 2007, the Cond? Nast title seems more confident in its circulation growth for next year. The three-year-old magazine will increase its rate base by 50,000 copies as of its February 2009 issue, to 400,000. Subscriptions have grown to about 287,000, while newsstand sales for the title have averaged 53,000 copies for the five issues published in the first half of 2008, according to figures from Audit Bureau of Circulations? Rapid Report.

Even with the rate base increase, Men?s Vogue will be less than half the size of corporate sibling GQ (with a rate base of 875,000) and smaller than Details, which has a rate base of 425,000. Details carries about 340,000 subscriptions and sold on average 72,000 copies a month during 2008?s first half.

Men?s Vogue also has made several changes to its masthead. First, deputy editor Ned Martel has been named editor at large. In his new role, Martel will write longer pieces and a television column for the magazine, and is currently on the road with the Barack Obama campaign for a story. Replacing Martel will be Mark Rozzo, who was promoted from articles editor, and Taylor Antrim will succeed Rozzo as articles editor. Antrim will join the magazine Aug. 1 from Forbes Life, where he was senior editor since 2005 and oversaw design, architecture and real estate stories.

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2. New York Post
Barack Obama Sells Out
By Keith J. Kelly
July 25, 2008
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07252008/business/barack_obama_sells_out_121474.htm?page=0

The controversial July 21 cover of The New Yorker portraying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a Muslim has been a virtual sellout on newsstands.

In fact, the demand has completely overwhelmed Cond? Nast's ability to fill requests for additional copies

The issue went off sale on Monday and preliminary estimates show single-copy sales surged 80 percent over average weekly newsstand sales, or around 75,000 copies, compared with average newsstand sales of around 43,000.

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3. Folio
Boston Magazine President to Step Down
By Jason Fell
July 24, 2008
http://www.foliomag.com/2008/boston-magazine-president-step-down

Dan Scully is resigning from his post as president of Boston magazine. He made the announcement to staffers Wednesday morning.

Replacing Scully as president is former Chicago magazine publisher Randy Hano, according to a report on Boston's Web site. Hano's appointment is effective August 4.

Scully started at Boston in 1984 as a newsstand sales manager. Since then he's held a number of titles, including general manager, publisher and executive vice president. He will remain with the magazine as a senior publishing consultant.

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4.Folio
Wild Working on a Google-Baiting Widget
By Dylan Stableford
July 24, 2008
http://www.foliomag.com/2008/wired-working-google-baiting-widget

For FOLIO:?s upcoming annual ?Big Idea? issue, I spoke with Wired.com editor-in-chief Evan Hansen about what the site?s strategic priorities are heading into 2009. You?ll have to wait for the August issue for the full profile, but here?s some stuff Wired is working on right now:

Photo Gallery. At the top of Hansen?s wish list for the next 12 months is a state of the art photo gallery?and one with enough automation as to not annoy editors. ?We?re hoping to have something to show that will blow people?s minds,? he says.

Widgets to End All Widgets. Wired.com is also looking at launching a series of widgets Hansen says could change the game for the way the site approaches content. First up is a Web reputation ranking tool?similar to one that Google recently launched (and Chris Anderson, oddly, helped develop)?which takes the user data from some of the big social networks like Facebook and MySpace using open API, crunches it, and spits out a list-style ranking broadcast across Wired?s widget network.

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Whisper Jobs
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Ed hears ...

JOBS

... that Celebrations.com, a new web site owned by 1-800-Flowers.com, is re-designing our site this summer to re-launch in October with new features, tools and content. We are in need of freelance writers who know the party idea space and/or whose focus is the 25-40 female demo. Please send resume and relevant writing samples to Editor, Diana Dornan Heather at diana@celebrations.com. (OK to mention Ed)

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

INTERNSHIPS

... that In Style Magazine?s Los Angeles bureau seeks a fall intern to perform entry-level tasks such as making copies, transcribing interviews, updating Excel and Word documents and researching celebrity contacts for our upcoming events. Applicants must be available to start August 28 or sooner and work full-time through November. Please DO NOT apply if you cannot make this time commitment. This is a paid internship (minimum wage). Prior experience within the entertainment/public relations industry is preferred. Email your cover letter and resume to angela_salazar@timeinc.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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