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1. Folio
Real Simple, Maxim to Launch International Editions
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
By DYLAN STABLEFORD
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=1355

In a surprise move to only those who wonder if the cultural nuances of each country will be receptive, Time Inc.??™s Real Simple and Dennis Publishing??™s Maxim, two magazines that once were publishing wunderkinds??”and, in some respects, still are??”are prepping launches of international editions of their respective magazines, the companies indicated on Tuesday in separate announcements.

Time Inc. will launch three new international editions of Real Simple magazine in Greece and Japan in November and South Africa in December, partnering with Imako Media S.A. in Greece, Nikkei Business Publications in Japan and 8 Ink Media in South Africa. Real Simple special projects editor Sarah Humphreys was named editorial liaison for all three editions. Maxim??™s launch of an edition in India through a license agreement with Media Transasia will break some ground as the first international men??™s lifestyle magazine to launch in the country, according to Richard Bean, Maxim??™s international licensing director. The 80,000 circ launch will be Maxim??™s 30th international edition, which sell a collective 4,000,000 copies worldwide.

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1. Women's Wear Daily
Memo Pad: The Source's Day In Court
http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/102396

THE SOURCE'S DAY IN COURT: An attempt by The Source's principal lender to take control of the struggling hip-hop title seemed to falter in court Wednesday when the judge overseeing the case expressed sharp doubts about the plaintiff's legal strategy. Thomas Finn, an attorney for Textron Financial Corp., asked that Source Enterprises be placed into receivership to keep its executives from driving it into the ground; The Source owes Textron $18 million. The Source's lawyer, David Finkler, countered that Textron is merely a lender, not a stakeholder, and thus lacks standing to make such a request ??” a point that seemed to sway New York State Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Lowe. "It's your position that any creditor of any business that is not being run to the creditor's satisfaction has a right to go into court and ask for a receiver to be appointed?" he asked Finn skeptically, before agreeing to take the motion under submission.

As Source founder David Mays looked on, Finkler also noted that The Source had received a stay on an eviction order that would have driven the magazine out of its 23rd Street offices this week, and was negotiating a lease on a new space at half the rent. But The Source did lose one legal skirmish when Finkler asked Lowe to seal the record of the proceedings and block all parties from speaking to the press. "The preference of this state is against sealing court records," Lowe said. "You simply want it sealed so the public doesn't know there's litigation here? That application is denied." ??” Jeff Bercovici

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