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A White Wash at Vanity Fair?
By Radar Staff
10/14/05
http://www.radarmagazine.com/fresh-intelligence/

Beyonc?© Knowles, who appears on the cover of this month's Vanity Fair, is the first African-American woman to front the glossy since Tina Turner flashed her gams in 1993. But is she too black for Graydon Carter? Publishing insiders have been whispering about the cover girl's strangely pale visage ever since the November issue hit newsstands. Now, a high-level source at Vanity Fair is alleging that the mag digitally altered Beyonc?©'s image to appear several shades lighter.

African-American entertainers have long complained about being ignored by mainstream magazines, which often avoid covers featuring black celebrities for fear that they will underperform on newsstands. Vanity Fair, which has drawn some of the sharpest criticism, has has not featured a solo black person on its cover since the late nineties, when it showcased Michael Jordan, Will Smith, and a clown-faced Chris Rock.

In recent months, a pronounced dip in newsstand sales has left its editor feeling especially skittish. Convinced that a series of gloomy covers has contributed to the slump, says our source, editor Graydon Carter ordered his art department to lighten up its act. Unfortunately, staffers got so carried away they ended up lightening Beyonc?© as well. ???Everything on the cover is bright, including the white background, to make it seem as white as can be,??? says the source, who claims that the pop diva's medium-dark complexion was airbrushed to a ???Jennifer Lopez shade of bronze??? to fit in with the magazine's cheery new aesthetic.

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Rodale will increase the frequency of Best Life to 10 times a year in 2006 from seven issues this year. The company will also increase the title's rate base to 400,000 from 300,000 effective with its February 2006 issue.

???This is an exciting next step for Best Life magazine,??? said publisher Mary Murcko. ???By all measures, from reader satisfaction to advertiser support, Best Life is in a prime position for growth. Most importantly, however, we are responding to the growing number of men who tell us that they want more of what we're offering. "

Best Life launched in spring 2004 as a men's lifestyle title for fortysomething men. The title had an inital rate base of 200,000.

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Jann Wenner hasn't gotten around to addressing the troops at Men's Journal who are suddenly without an editor.

The company acknowledged that it would not renew his contract, which expires in November.

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Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's brilliant "The Daily Show," recently gave the beleaguered magazine industry a wake-up call.

I hope the nation's editors and publishers are smart enough to take him seriously.

The sarcastic comedian appeared before hundreds of advertising executives and journalists at an invitation-only gala on Sept. 29 in New York's regal Lincoln Center. It was sponsored by the Magazine Publishers of America, a professional association.

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