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******* Magazine veteran Isolde Motley will edit a book ISOLDE Motley, a quiet be hind-the-scenes power at Time Inc., told Media Ink yesterday that she plans to leave the company, probably around June. The exact date hasn't been finalized yet, but I'm hoping it's around early June because that's when school gets out," she said in an exclusive interview from Anguilla. She and her husband Joel Motley had adopted Senai, who is now eight years old, from an orphanage in Ethiopia early last year. Once she leaves, she says she plans to edit a book for the Adoptive Families Foundation on adopting children overseas. She joined Time Inc. in 1990, and held the title of corporate editor since 2000. She was widely expected to leave a year ago as John Huey prepared to move up from editorial director to the editor-in-chief job. Huey officially succeeded Norman Pearlstine on Jan. 1. MORE ONLINE
2. NY Times
The Economist, the urbane British weekly magazine that has been expanding its foothold in America, appointed its United States editor as its editor in chief yesterday. The editor, John Micklethwait, 43, who is British, was the magazine's New York bureau chief and set up its office in Los Angeles. He has been the United States editor since 1999 and runs that desk from London. The selection of Mr. Micklethwait is an indication of where The Economist expects to find its growth. The magazine, founded in London in 1843 by a Scottish hat maker to promote free trade, has a circulation of more than one million, with more than half (569,000) in North America. It now sells more than three times the copies in the United States that it does in Britain. "Covering America well is an absolute priority for the magazine," Mr. Micklethwait said in a telephone interview from London after his selection, though he added that the magazine was also trying to grow in the rest of the world. MORE ONLINE
3. BusinessWeek
Procrastination 2.0: The business model. Don't laugh. It's driving Time Inc.'s newest and strangest launch, the Web site Office Pirates, a big-league play for a kind of disaffected young man who's glued to his office computer. This guy is a pop-culture freak who gravitates toward "crashes, explosions, girls, craziness, obscenity, blah blah blah," says Simon Assaad, CEO of heavy.com. (Heavy.com, which features short videos ranging from scabrous cartoons to swimsuit fashion shoots, has a channel entitled Crashes and Explosions.) He spends hours trolling sites like Viacom's (VIA ) iFilm.com, which lets users post and view video clips. When he finds something there he likes -- say, Star Trek's William Shatner murdering Elton John's Rocket Man -- he sends a link to his friends. Guys like him made Andy Samberg a star. Samberg became a new "featured player" on Saturday Night Live this season, which roughly translates as "glorified benchwarmer." Then he co-conceived and co-starred in a short, spectacularly entertaining rap video, Lazy Sunday. Within hours of airing last Dec. 17, it hit sites like iFilm and youtube.com and became an immediate "viral video" hit. Within weeks the video had been played more than 5 million times on youtube alone, and Samberg appeared on David Letterman and Conan O'Brien. MORE ONLINE
4. WWD
MOTLEY CRUISING: As WWD first reported Thursday online, Time Inc.'s corporate editor Isolde Motley will leave the company by June, according to well-placed sources at the magazine publisher. A Time Inc. spokeswoman would not comment, but a high-level executive confirmed Thursday that an announcement about Motley's leaving would be forthcoming. Talk of her departure has been circulating within company headquarters since former editor in chief Norman Pearlstine passed the reins to John Huey at the end of last year. Motley adopted her third child, Senai, from Ethiopia, a year ago, and is said to want to spend more time with her family. (Last fall, she lost her mother-in-law, the prominent civil rights attorney Constance Baker Motley, who argued 10 cases before the Supreme Court, won nine of them and clerked for Thurgood Marshall.) MORE ONLINE BRIDE OF RADAR: Believe or not, Radar might be on the verge of being brought back to life. Again. Three sources close to the defunct (dormant? pesky?) magazine - which launched in 2003, only to shut down, relaunch in May of last year and fold during the holidays - said that editor in chief Maer Roshan could be close to securing a deal with famously press-shy billionaire Ron Burkle - whose investment group, The Yucaipa Cos. LLC, earlier this week snatched up British jeweler Garrard. MORE ONLINE TOWERING ANXIETY: Completion of Hearst's new corporate headquarters is still several months off, but the details of the relocation plans are already causing agita among many employees. Particularly troubling for some was the news, circulating this week, that several Hearst magazines will not be moving into the Norman Foster-designed tower, which The New Yorker called "a thrilling addition to midtown Manhattan." Left behind, once the move is completed sometime in the second half of the year, will be Shop Etc., Weekend and Quick & Simple, Hearst's three newest titles. While this might seem to some an ominous portent for magazines that have yet to establish themselves in their markets, a Hearst spokeswoman presented the exclusions as a simple matter of real-estate reality. "It's literally a function of space," she said. "When we made plans for the tower in 2001, the new launches weren't even a glimmer in our eye. The units and the magazines that won't be in the tower will still be very close, and will have access to all the amenities" - which include a gym and a theater. The spokeswoman noted that Smartmoney magazine, a joint venture with Dow Jones & Co., will also be housed outside the tower. MORE ONLINE CLAIRVOYANT CRITICISM: Careful readers of the weekly press may wonder how it is that OK consistently manages to review new films before any of its rivals. But extremely careful readers - for instance, those rivals - have already figured it out: OK has been reviewing some movies without actually seeing them. In recent weeks, the magazine's film critic, senior editorial assistant Karen Berg, has passed judgment on a number of major studio releases that either weren't screened for critics or were screened after the deadline of the issues in which they were featured. OK's editor in chief, Sarah Ivens, confirmed the practice to WWD. "We go to advance screenings of 90 percent of the movies featured in the magazine," she said in a statement. "Sadly, many do not have screenings in time for our deadline. So our film reviewer thoroughly researches the movies, casts and directors to provide the best preview/service to our readers." MORE ONLINE
5. Jossip
Last May, Vanity Fair Oscar party planner Matt Ullian left Graydon Carter's side to join Jim Nelson downstairs at GQ. Now he's making a trade back, once again being lured to the 22nd floor. An industry insider forwards us the goods from the "update your contact info" email sent around by Matt himself. Matt Ullian has returned to VF as their deputy director of special projects. This comes almost 1 year after he made the jump from VF to GQ to become their special events director ... perhaps he missed the Oscar party glamour VF provided, and decided to exit the sausage party that is Gentleman's Quarterly? MORE ONLINE
************ ... that Popular Science magazine is seeking a few dedicated, resourceful fact checkers to work onsite in our Murray Hill office. You should be available starting in about a week and through April 10, with the possibility of returning for future issues. Pay is $18/hour. Hours are fairly standard (up to 40/week) but sometimes run into the evening. Consumer-magazine experience is essential; science and/or tech background is a plus. Please send a note and resume to rina.bander@time4.com. (ok to mention Ed) ... that Golf World, a weekly magazine based in Wilton CT, seeks a freelancer fluent in InDesign (and K4 preferred) to assist with Monday closes. Please contact Jennifer.Cole@golfworld.com with resume and availability. (OK to mention Ed) ... that an art/production associate is needed for two fashion industry magazines in New York. Successful candidate will have 2 years of design/production, ad and/or editorial trafficking experience, as well as solid administrative skills. Must be personable, adaptable and extremely organized, as the job requires working multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent MS word and excel skills, as well as the ability to learn Data Trax ad management data system (training will be provided). Photoshop, Quark and InDesign experience, and FTP and PDF experience. Position will primarily interface with sales and art/production departments in managing ad/edit materials flow, trafficking through all stages of production, and working on design, marketing and advertising projects. Send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to ghcreative@aol.com. (Official Ed2010 posting) Internships ... that Aspen magazine seeks editorial interns for summer and beyond. Aspen, Colorado's leading publication, is looking for smart, talented, and enthusiastic students to intern for the editorial department. Non-paying but flexible hours. Responsibilities include: fact checking, attending events, story idea generating, general office duties with the possibility to write front and back of book pieces. Please send your resume to debbie@aspenmagazine.com. (OK to mention Ed)
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