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1. Slate
Inside TV, a new weekly magazine from the publishers of TV Guide that just hit the newsstands last Thursday, is marketing itself as a TV Guide for women, (more specifically, in the words of one press release, "a bright, upbeat, in-the-know weekly that reflects how the new independent, intelligent young woman of today watches TV.") The most obvious question raised by the appearance of yet another full-size, glossy, celebrity-centric weekly on the newsstands is: Why on earth do women need their own TV guide? The almost-as-obvious answer is that young women, "independent and intelligent" as they may be, don't need their own TV guide??”at least not as much as TV Guide needs them. TV Guide is the most widely read weekly magazine in the United States. It has a circulation of 9 million and a readership of 25 million, including newsstand sales. But as recently reported in the business section of the New York Times, TV Guide is in rapid decline. The now 52-year-old magazine has an aging reader base??”like the three big nightly news broadcasts, it's a lumbering relic of another time. TV Guide's median reader age is 44.1, while the median household income of its subscribers is $48,516, or $3,000 below the national median. n addition to being (by the brutal standards of marketing research) old and poor, TV Guide's subscribers tend to be "analog" rather than "digital"??”less likely to get their information online or take advantage of new television technologies (TiVo, webcasts, podcasting, etc.) In terms of advertising dollars, TV Guide readers may be big fat nobodies, but they still provide the company with a huge and loyal subscription base. So, rather than alienate its core audience by trying to jazz up the guide's now-iconic format, the TV Guide Publishing Group has chosen, in essence, to cut TV Guide loose, letting it die out slowly along with the generation that's currently reading it, and turn its attention to the publishing industry's latest goldmine, the celebrity weekly. MORE ONLINE 2. GawkerPaper Feels Your Pain By Gawker Staff 4/28/05 http://www.gawker.com/news/media/mediabistro/paper-feels-your-pain-101482.php Paper Magazine wants a new Production Manager who is "energetic, detail-oriented, a multi-tasker, able to effectively manage time under pressure, deadline-oriented (a ball-buster able to crack whips when necessary to meet schedule), a problem-solver, trouble-shooter, resourceful, flexible, and a team player" At the bottom of the ad, they add, "Salary starts mid-40s commiserate with experience."[sic] Nice to know they feel the pain of anyone trying to live in New York on $40,000 a year. MORE ONLINE
3. Folio
Jayson Blair, the disgraced New York Times reporter implicated in a plagiarism scandal the paper called a "low point" in its 152-year history, has turned up with a first-person column in the spring issue of bp, a magazine chronicling bipolar disorder. In it, Blair gives his account of being diagnosed as bipolar??”a recovery that includes medication and speaking engagements??”as well as his take on the May 11, 2003 "7,000-word above-the-fold, front page story (accompanied by a 6,400-word litany of corrections)." Blair writes: "As a team of Times reporters and researchers dug into my background pulling together loose threads for (the article), I was sitting in Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut following a suicide attempt only years earlier I would have thought unimaginable." Blair says the disorder, combined with "trying to accomplish my job while I was sick without letting anyone know (what) was wrong with me," led to "the dangerous territory of mania??”high risk behavior in the form of fabricating and plagiarizing stories." The quarterly magazine, distributed mainly through mental health professionals and community organizations, has a ratebase of 50,000. "Like Icarus, I soared like an eagle," Blair writes, "but fell with a shattered wing." MORE ONLINE
************ . . . that The Jewish Week, the country's largest independent Jewish newspaper, is looking for a copy editor to work 15 hours per week on a longterm basis. This position would be ideal for a journalist, who is working on a book project or who has young children at home and wants some steady income (at a competitive wage). This is not for someone looking for a temp job. Candidates should have some prior copyediting experience. Serious applicants can send cover letters and resumes to Robert Goldblum, our ME, at robert@jewishweek.org. (Best not to mention Ed) . . . that CosmoGIRL! is looking for an intern for our photo department for the summer. Great opportunity for someone interested in getting first hand experience in the photography department of a magazine. Responsibilities would include organizing expansive photo archive, portfolio tracking, propping, location scouting, as well as some administrative duties. Must be organized and enthusiastic, and have a strong interest in magazines and photography. Also opportunity to attend and assist photo shoots on occasion. Because the internships are unpaid, applicants MUST be able to receive academic credit for the internship. If interested, send your resumes directly to Lori Segal, Internship Coordinator, via e-mail at lsegal@hearst.com. Please put "Ed2010 photo" in your subject line. (OK to mention Ed, obviously.) . . . that CosmoGIRL! is also looking for an art department intern for the summer. Great opportunity to learn how a magazine is produced, from idea to execution. Graphic Design majors are preferred. The internship includes scanning, designing some front-of-book pages, some illustration work on occasion. Because our internships are unpaid, applicants MUST be able to receive academic credit. Applicants can send their resumes and cover letters directly to Lori Segal, internship coordinator, at lsegal@hearst.com. Please put "Ed2010 Art" in your subject line when emailing. . . . that Redbook magazine is looking for a summer intern to work in the photo department. Background in photography is desirable, but not necessary. Internship would be May-September (dates flexible). Intern will help with a variety of duties including helping prepare for photo shoots, photo research, processing photographers contracts, etc. This internship is not paid but we offer school credit. Please send resumes to ldabate@hearst.com with SUMMER INTERN in the subject line. (OK to mention Ed) . . . that M Magazine is looking for a photo intern to begin in early June, two days a week during the summer. Interest in celebrities, music and pop/teen culture is a must. Duties will include some administrative work, filing, photo research and assistance with photo shoots. The internship is very flexible, but it must be for credit. M is located in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, a short subway and bus ride away from Manhattan. Interested candidates should e-mail resumes to tsmithers@bauerpublishing.com. (OK to mention Ed)
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