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******* Kent Brownridge, the colorful and controversial partner to Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, is stepping down from Wenner Media after 31 years. His last day as general manager ??” a title he has fashioned into a powerful No. 2 position in an empire said to be grossing more than $325 million a year??”will come in right after his boss celebrates his 60th birthday on Jan. 7 Where Wenner was the creative and sometimes overly meddling side of the editorial formula, Brownridge was the hardnosed businessman who kept tabs on manufacturing, distribution and circulation. "He's incredibly frugal," said one source close to the company, "but he keeps the trains running on time." Added the insider: "He's the only one saving the company from complete and utter madness." Brownridge was seen as a trusted adviser who helped Wenner move the corporate headquarters to New York, build circulation on the flagship Rolling Stone, start Men's Journal and buy Us, then a monthly. MORE ONLINE
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American men may end up getting a weekly lad magazine after all. Keith Blanchard, the former Maxim editor in chief who spent several months developing a prototype of a magazine called Bullet for Hearst earlier this year, has relocated to Bauer Publishing. The New Jersey-based company is home to a number of low-cost, newsstand-driven weeklies, including In Touch and Woman's World. Sources close to Blanchard say Bauer hired him to create a Bullet-like product, a title loosely modeled on the British publications Nuts and Zoo. Working with him on the project is Charles Coxe, who served as Maxim's executive editor under both Blanchard and current editor in chief Ed Needham. Neither Blanchard nor Coxe responded to calls for comment. Of course, just because Bauer is considering starting a men's weekly doesn't mean it will see the concept through. Besides Hearst, Time Inc. (which owns Nuts through its U.K. subsidiary, IPC) and Emap (which publishes Zoo in the U.K. and FHM in both countries) both have looked into the idea, only to conclude the challenges are too great. One is content: Nuts and Zoo rely largely on nudity and graphic accident photos to keep readers coming back to newsstands week after week. Few think that would fly with conservative American retailers such as Wal-Mart and Kroger. On the other hand, the monthly lad titles sell a high percentage of their copies at convenience stores, which are less fussy. A bigger hurdle perhaps is that the magazines would be newsstand-driven and most newsstand shoppers in the U.S. are women, not men. MORE ONLINE 3. AdAge.com Bauer Publishing??™s fast-growing In Touch Weekly has surged to the top of the celebrity weekly category in terms of average household income, according to the fall 2005 report from Mediamark Research Inc. In Touch readers have an average household income of $66,180, topping rivals like Wenner Media??™s Us Weekly ($65,169) and Time Inc.??™s People ($63,364) for the first time. It also surpasses household incomes for readers of well-regarded and widely-read titles like Martha Stewart Living ($65,995) and Conde Nast??™s Vogue ($60,432) and Glamour ($55,260). MORE ONLINE
4. New York Press It's not that I'm a puritan, it's just that I can't find it in me to rhapsodize about well-wrought bongs. The scent of fresh bud doesn't set my heart aflutter, and sometimes (I'll admit) the phrase "marijuana culture" sends my oxymoron detector into the red. All of which made me an odd choice to fill the position of assistant editor at High Times, America's oldest and most respected bastion of all things dank, green and illegal. A year ago, new investors took the bud out of High Times, replacing the familiar lush green photo spreads with tripe about the counterculture at large. "It was a traditional liberal-leftie thing," my boss assured me. "Like Harper's." They had tampered with an old formula in which High Times is to pot as Playboy is to naked chicks. Consider the "bud centerfold," or the offhanded way readers refer to their growing plants as "little girls." Onanistic fantasies about women (however airbrushed and bleach-blonde) fall somewhere in the vaguely depressing category. Quasi-sexual longing for dewy, moist marijuana plants is just plain creepy. MORE ONLINE
************ ... that OK! Magazine's L.A. office is hiring! We need an editorial assistant, junior reporter and a senior reporter/writer. Candidates for editorial assistant must have excellent organization and communication skills in addition to prior publishing experience. Recent graduates and those looking to gain experience in the industry are also encouraged to apply. The position is mainly administrative but there will opportunities for writing and reporting. Junior reporter applicants should have 2-3 years experience at a weekly magazine or newspaper and a portfolio of relevant clips. Must be ready to cover endless red carpets and parties, and have never-ending enthusiasm and ideas for news items and features in the magazine. Applicants for the senior reporter/writer position should have 4-5 years of relevant experience, close working relationships with celebrity publicists and be able to produce multiple everything from news items to cover features on a weekly basis. Please send resumes and salary requirements to ruth.hilton@ok-magazine.com please clearly state in the subject of the email which position you are applying for. (OK to mention Ed) ... that while this isn't exactly a magazine job, Melcher Media is DESPERATE for someone to help with our new book, Glamour Do's and Don't (YES, that GLAMOUR). The project involves scanning contact sheets of Do's and Don'ts. It's a big project, so it will probably last a week or more, with the possibility of it turning into an internship (if you're interested, it doesn't have to be an internship). The pay is $10 an hour; the hours are 9:30 to 6:30. We need someone who can work as many hours as possible. Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop is a MUST. A keen sense of style is a plus. To check out our company, go to melchermedia.com Send your resume to Bonnie Eldon, beldon@melcher.com. It's OK to mention Ed. Internships ... that Esquire magazine's editorial fashion department is looking for highly-motivated and ambitious fashion interns. This is a for-credit only internship opportunity. Applicants must be highly-organized, detail-oriented, responsible, dedicated, flexible, and highly enthusiastic about fashion. Prior office experience a plus. Please submit cover letter with hours of availability and resume to: ninamyers@hearst.com. Make sure to include "INTERNSHIP" in your subject line. (OK to mention Ed!) ... that DailyCandy.com is looking for an energetic, didactic, and enthusiastic intern to assist on the editorial and marketing teams. General office stuff, too. The position is unpaid and requires a commitment of three days a week. Tell us why we'll love you; write editjobs@dailycandy.com.
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