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 Madge Sizzles 
 With Boy-Toy 
 Foursome 

Madonna comes to Jesus in 'W' spread

Feb 8, 09 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A sizzling-hot Madonna is about to hit newsstands in an eye-popping spread of simulated sex with a foursome of Brazilian boy toys, reports the New York Daily News. One of the beefcake hotties prominently featured in the 45-page show-all in W is 22-year-old Ford model Jesus Luz, a key rival... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • magazine • Madonna • group sex

film review

 She Wears Prada, 
  But Forget the Devil Part 

The September Issue parlays blanket access into 'engrossing' portrait

Jan 24, 09 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A Sundance documentary offering a rare, unfettered look at steely Vogue editrix Anna Wintour proves “engrossing even if you don't care much about fashion,” Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon, and goes a long way to humanize the subject of The Devil Wears Prada. In a Q&A,... More »

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fashion • film • magazine • Vogue • documentary • The Devil Wears Prada • Anna Wintour • RJ Cutler

Ambassador Anna? Rumors Have Vogue Ed Paris-Bound

Wintour rumored new French ambassador

Jan 9, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Rumors are flying that Vogue editor Anna Wintour will become ambassador to France, the New York Post reports. Wintour's rumored replacement at the pinnacle of fashion journalism would be Carine Roitfeld, editor of French Vogue. But is the scuttlebutt, which appears to have originated with the Fashion Week Daily website,... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • politics • France • magazine • Vogue • editor • Anna Wintour • ambassador • President Obama • Carine Roitfeld • wowOwow

Want Ashley's Email? Ask Marie Claire

Mag forgets to Bcc in holiday blast, exposes celeb addresses

Dec 24, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Whoops! Marie Claire accidentally gave an early Christmas gift to 582 people: the email addresses of celebrities including Ashley Olsen, Tina Fey, and Lindsay Lohan, Gawker reports. The blunder occurred when the mag forgot to use the good old Bcc line on its holiday email blast. It’s the third... More »

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email • Lindsay Lohan • magazine • Tina Fey • celebrity • holiday card • Ashley Olsen

OPINION

Why Are We Gaga Over Jen?

'Movie star' has nude pics, famous breakup, pithy quotes—but no blockbuster, uh, movies

Dec 17, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston is everywhere. “Have you opened a paper or magazine in the last two weeks and not seen her? Did she finance Marley & Me herself?” asks Ken Levine on the Huffington Post. Even without a blockbuster to her name, the former Friend has become a bonafide movie... More »

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magazine • celebrity • Vogue • Jennifer Aniston • GQ

OBITUARY

 Sci-Fi Guru 
 Forrest Ackerman 
 Dead at 92 

Magazine editor coined term 'sci-fi'

Dec 6, 08 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Fright-film magazine writer and editor Forrest J Ackerman—credited with coining the term "sci-fi"—died this week of heart failure, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 92. Ackerman introduced new generations to horror films with his magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland; he was also known for... More »

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obituary • magazine • editor • writer • science fiction • horror flims

Rolling Stone
Shrinks to Smaller Format

After 40 years, magazine shifts to a more standard size

Oct 14, 08 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who better to welcome an iconic shift at Rolling Stone than self-proclaimed agent of change Barack Obama? The presidential candidate beams on the smaller, standard-sized cover of the Oct. 30 issue, which features a glossier, thicker look after 41 years of the large format. Last month's final big issue featured... More »

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music • Rolling Stone • magazine • magazine publishing • Jann Wenner • publishing industry

Economic Crisis Translates to Bad News for Ethnic Media

Dip in advertising hits hard in print journalism's one bright spot

Oct 3, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ethnic newspapers and magazines, until recently a bright spot in the gloomy print-journalism industry, are feeling the pain of the economic crisis, New America Media reports. Ethnic publications rely on ads from local businesses—like real estate brokers—and as their business goes downhill, so do the papers'. “I... More »

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newspaper • Southern California • magazine • publishing • American media • ethnic diversity • advertising sales

Critic's Hoax Makes Spectator Turn Red

Wine magazine
honors 'excellence' of imaginary restaurant

Aug 22, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wine Spectator bestowed one of its awards of excellence on the Milan restaurant Osteria L'Intrepido. Problem being, the restaurant doesn't exist. A mischievous wine critic made it up, along with its wine list—which featured wines panned by the magazine—then forked over the $250 application fee, the Los ... More »

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advertising • wine • magazine • restaurant • hoax

 50 Favorite Magazines 

From popular to niche, selected for being fun and instructive

Jul 16, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - From US Weekly to a quarterly for Godzilla enthusiasts, the Chicago Tribune's list of 50 favorite magazines both entertain and take readers to new places. The list includes:
  • NME: A rock and roll crystal ball, this UK music mag forecasts tomorrow’s megastars
  • Seed: Science never
... More »

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media • Vanity Fair • list • magazine • culture • magazine industry • Godzilla

New Service
Is Like Netflix
for Magazines

Maghound will give subscribers more choice, flexibility

Jul 5, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Subscribing to a magazine was once a 1-year commitment, but Time Inc.’s Maghound is changing that, reports Folio. The Netflix-like service launching this fall offers “flexibility, choice, control and personalization,” says Maghound's president. The service allows customers to swap subscriptions at any time, liberating readers from... More »

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online retailers • magazine • subscribers • subscription • magazine industry • magazine publishing • Maghound • Dave Ventresca

Legendary
New York Editor Dead at 82

New Journalism pioneer Felker defined city magazine format

Jul 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the... More »

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New York • obituary • magazine • journalism • print industry • magazine industry • print journalism • magazine publishing • Clay Felker

Michelle, Barack
Cover a Major
Success for Us

Wannabe first lady's image catapults mag sales—sans interview

Jun 24, 08 3:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Featuring Michelle Obama and hubby on the cover of Us Weekly paid off big time for the gossip mag, MSNBC reports. Early sales figures have already far outpaced recent covers sporting Jessica Simpson and Heidi Montag—the mag's usual celebrity fare. The circulation bump is a boon for the flagging... More »

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Michelle Obama • magazine • celebrity • Us Weekly • magazine industry

 How to Win the Caption Contest 

Don't be too funny, urges Patrick House in Slate

Jun 5, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to win the New Yorker's cartoon caption contest? The first rule: Don't be too funny. So says recent winner Patrick House, who lays out his can't-miss strategy in Slate. Keep in mind that reading the New Yorker is an introspective pursuit, one of "lonesome withdrawal." Which means... More »

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New Yorker magazine • humor • magazine • jokes • cartoon caption contest

Opinion

 Bringing Sexy Back?
 How About Just Reality?

Beyond blemishes, glossies have retouched the truth out entirely

May 23, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of seeing the truth airbrushed and Photoshopped entirely out of Vogue and its glossy rack-mates, Mark Morford, in the San Francisco Chronicle, ruminates on his ideal reality-based publication. His mag—Truth Hurts or My Eyes, My Eyes!—will feature "wrinkles and scars and flab and sag, stretch... More »

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media • magazine • photo editing • Photoshop • doctored photo • magazine industry • altered photos

Mag Uses
Wheat Paper
for Green Issue

Canadian publication
is first in N. America to try forest-friendly idea

May 23, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian magazine is printing a special environmental issue on paper made from wheat straw, the CBC reports. Canadian Geographic's "wheat sheets," made from harvest waste, will be a first for a North American magazine. Environmentalists say using wheat-straw pulp could save millions of trees every year and... More »

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environment • Canada • magazine • publishing • wheat • straw

 Usher Won't 'Pimp Out' Son 

Speaks out about celebrity trend of selling baby pics to highest bidder

May 2, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a world where Jennifer Lopez made $6 million off her twins’ first photo and famous-for-no-reason Nicole Richie raked in $1 million from her baby, Usher is one celebrity who won't profit from parenthood, the pop singer says. Upset by rumors he was trying to peddle photos of his infant... More »

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magazine • baby • Nicole Richie • Jennifer Lopez • Usher

Paparazzi Punk Plan Doesn't Scare Mags

Editors rip Kutcher's turn-the-tables show as 'conceited celebrity'

Mar 26, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Avril Lavigne with a baby bump. Paris Hilton out with a monk. Ashton Kutcher's plans to punk gossip rags by teaming up with celebrity friends to serve fake news stories doesn't have many editors shaking in their boots, the New York Daily News reports. “A fake belly doesn’t... More »

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reality TV • Paris Hilton • magazine • paparazzi • celebrity • Ashton Kutcher • hoax • Avril Lavigne • Pop Fiction

Web Content Breathes Life Into Magazines

New model uses
online submissions
to fill pages

Mar 12, 08 9:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Circulation is down and Web content is taking over: what's a magazine to do? Milk the Internet for all it's worth and gather a plethora of content on the cheap, Newsweek reports. Publisher 8020 fills its travel and photography magazines with content submitted by readers via the web; its JPG... More »

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Internet • online media • magazine • publishing • freelance • magazine industry • 8020 • JPG • Everywhere magazine

 Atlantic Denies Going Tabloid 

Spears cover story raises eyebrows among loyal readers

Mar 12, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Loyal Atlantic subscribers are in for a shock: Britney Spears graces the April cover. Though the magazine has showcased Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart, the prime real estate granted to the pop-tart has some questioning the effect dropping advertising and newsstand sales are having on the venerable journal's direction—and... More »

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media • Britney Spears • advertising • magazine • ad revenue • advertising sales • magazine industry • The Atlantic • David Bradley • Justin Smith • Reader's Digest • print journalism

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