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Ed hates the word "Gal"
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So don't use it or he'll HOULLHHHH on you. (See No. 2 story below).

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News
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1. Folio
Stewart Skewers Consumer Magazine Editors, Industry at MPA Panel
By Dylan Stableford
9/29/05
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=1210

For one evening at least, it was America The Magazine.

Presiding over a dais of top consumer magazine editors, Jon Stewart, Emmy award winning comedian and host of The Daily Show, skewered Time's Jim Kelly, Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter, Cosmopolitan's Kate White and Dave Zinczenko of Men's Health in front of 1,000-plus industry and advertising executives on Thursday evening at Lincoln Center in New York.

"Do the men on the cover always have to be--what's the word--glistening?" Stewart asked Zinczenko of Men's Health. "I enjoy health, yet when I read it, I don't know whether to go to the doctor or rub my nipples."

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2. American Journalism Review
Everyone's a Grammarian
By Robin T. Reid
9/29/05
http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3971

Few words irritate me more than "facilitate." It's one of many editorial pet peeves that I've developed or picked up from other editors. "For example" is another pet peeve, a phrase that was verboten at the Baltimore Sun several years ago because, the metro copy desk was told, then-Executive Editor John S. Carroll disliked it.

It turns out Carroll never laid down such a rule. In a recent interview, he recalled a similarly mysterious guideline that held sway over the paper's editors when he arrived at the Sun as a reporter in 1966. "Nobody was allowed to be described as 'notorious,'" Carroll says.

Some peeves are justifiable. Sam Boyle, a crusty editor at the Philadelphia Bulletin, hated "reportedly" because he said it really meant "we don't know." AJR asked journalists about the serious or silly pet peeves that they have developed, encountered and enforced:

Dick Friedman, senior editor, Sports Illustrated: "I once had a colleague at TV Guide go ballistic because I used 'gifted' as a verb. As in, 'He gifted him with a Porsche.' Gee, I don't know; it's in the dictionary."

Allan Fallow, managing editor, AARP Books: "In the pages of a Time-Life book, you could not instruct the public to 'chop the onions finely'; ex-Managing Editor Jerry Korn insisted that adverb technically applied to the person doing the chopping, thus giving him or her a mincing appearance. Instead, he mandated all Time-Life cookbooks would henceforth command the reader to 'chop the onions fine,' employing an adjective that properly described the post-chopped condition of those vegetables."

2. Planned Parenthood Press Release
Albertsons Pulls Seventeen Magazine, Planned Parenthood Outraged
September 29, 2005
Planned Parenthood Expresses Outrage at Albertsons For Censuring Seventeen Magazine
Sexual Health Article Leads to Removal of Publication
New York, N.Y.--Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today expressed outrage at the removal by Albertsons stores of the October issue of Seventeen magazine. Albertsons pulled the magazine from 2,500 stores across the country citing objections to an article titled > "> Vagina 101.> "> The article provides basic heath information targeted to young women, who form the bulk of Seventeen readers. "> It is nothing short of astounding that Albertsons would censor this basic sexual health information," said PPFA National Medical Committee Chair Scott Spear, M.D., director of clinical services, University Health Services, and associate professor of pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. > "> Too often, young people don't know where to turn for accurate information about their reproductive health care. In removing the magazine, Albertsons has done a disservice to teens by blocking access to information that serves to keeps them healthy. Young women deserve better, and Albertsons should quickly reconsider their decision.> "> > > Studies show that access to medically accurate information about sexuality and body functions play an important role in lowering rates of teen pregnancy, abortion and sexually transmitted infections. To that end, teenwire.com?®, PPFA> '> s award-winning sexual health Web site, gives teens the facts about sexual health so they can make responsible choices. teenwire.com provides honest and nonjudgmental information about sexuality in language teens can understand with the hope that they will use this knowledge to reduce their risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

3. NY Daily News
For poorer: Demi photos cost OK! $3M
By Lloyd Grove
9/30/05
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/351140p-299491c.html

How much are the exclusive rights to Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's hush-hush nuptials worth?

To OK! magazine, approximately $3 million, Lowdown hears.

The notoriously deep-pocketed Brit glossy is reportedly forking over that eye-popping sum for intimate photographs of the kabbala-style ceremony - which took place last Saturday at a home in Beverly Hills under a veil of secrecy - and an exclusive interview with the deliriously happy newlyweds.

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4. Gawker
Learning Annex Special: Discount Atoosa Rubensteins!
By Gawker Staff
9/30/05
http://www.gawker.com/news/atoosa-rubenstein/learning-annex-special-discount-atoosa-rubensteins-128376.php

Don't get us wrong; it's a nice Atoosa Rubenstein. Well made. We like it. We'd love to buy it. But, what, you expect we should pay retail?

Oh, good. Much better.

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6. The Reeler
Toback, Bernard Join Forces to Celebrate 'High' Art
By The Reeler Staff
9/29/05
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/005918.html

Having long ago given up pot for the more urgent, urbane pleasures of heroin, The Reeler thought High Times Magazine's Stony Awards would be the last place it would find itself late on a Wednesday night. Alas, the velvet rope unclasped, clearing a path down the event's green carpet and into Spirit's smoky West Side recesses for a glimpse at the festivities.

I figure the event's infrequency had to be part of the gag, but High Times editors explained that this was the first Stonys since 2002--evidently nobody could get their shit together enough to organize the "annual" event either of the last two years. At any rate, last night's presentation scoured pot culture for the finest work of the last 18 months, such as Bill Murray's and Sissy Spacek's respective toking scenes from The Life Aquatic and A Home at the End of the World. Sony Pictures Classics' Tom Bernard--who accepted Philip Seymour Hoffman's Best Actor Stony several years ago for Love Liza--reappeared this year to collect a "Best Restoration" prize for re-releasing Antonioni's The Passenger.

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Whisper Jobs
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Ed hears??¦

. . . that Hearst's new weekly, Quick & Simple, has an opening for a full-time freelance copy editor to join the copy desk staff for a period of 12 weeks, but it could lead to a permanent position. The job entails copy editing manuscripts and proofs, entering changes into layouts and trafficking pages. They're looking for someone who knows their way around a layout (InDesign). And they're also looking for someone with a great eye, good computer skills and team spirit. And while weekly mag experience is not absolutely necessary, magazine/newspaper copy editing experience IS necessary. They need someone who can work fast with great accuracy. The hours are pretty casual and are usually around 9:45am - 6:30/7pm. The job will start around mid to late October. Contact Jennifer Gunn, Copy Chief, jgunn@hearst.com (OK to mention Ed)

. . . that The Real Deal, the only monthly magazine exclusively covering the New York City real estate market, is searching for freelance writers. We are looking for someone who is excited about business reporting, who sees the possibility for great stories in the most competitive real estate market in the world, and who is willing to go up against media rivals for scoops. Negotiable per-word payments and opportunities to grow with 40,000-circulation, fast-expanding trade magazine that the New York Post labeled "the hot new real estate glossy" and that recently launched the nation's first real estate Podcast. Please send a brief cover letter, resumes, and 2-3 news clips to associate editor Tom Acitelli at ta@trdeal.com. No attachments, please, just post in the text of the email. OK to mention Ed.

. . . that Breathe magazine (NYC) is looking for an editorial intern to work all day on Mondays and a half-day on Fridays. The position is unpaid and does NOT require school credit. If interested, please send a resume and cover letter to Kristine Brabson at kristine@breathemag.com. (OK to mention Ed)

. . . that interns are wanted at World Picture Network, a fast growing, independent, photo agency based in New York City that is a world leader in photojournalism, distributing imagery of top photographers to more than 3,000 news media clients worldwide. Our website is: worldpicturenews.com. Working as an intern with WpN, you will gain familiarity with all aspects of the photo agency business, and have first hand experience of the daily runnings of a busy newsroom. Be a part of the biggest stories of the day as they happen in real time. Among your responsibilities will be to process daily news images; package diverse picture stories in travel, business, health, science, arts and sports from around the world; learn the diverse ways in which to package and market stories across media on a global basis; and meet some of the top journalists and editors in the business. Interested candidates should have a strong knowledge of and interest in photography and news events, a desire to work with a winning team in a historic TriBeCa setting (NYC), and possess a general delight and curiosity about photography and the world. Interns should have good computer skills, both on Mac and PC platforms and technical skills of using Imacon or flatbed film scanner(s) and familiarity with Adobe PhotoShop CS. Accuracy and attention to detail are key when the world is depending on the quality of the information provided. Please send resumes to info@worldpicturenews.com with the subject "Internship" or fax your resume with a cover letter to the attention of Deirdre Finzer/Assistant Photo Editor at 212.925.4569. (OK to mention Ed)

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