We wish Jack Kliger happiness in his forthcoming marriage. Because the Hachette boss' job certainly isn't much fun. The magazine group's titles, such as Elle, are mostly also-rans; and the 60-year-old publishing veteran is both starved of funds by the company's French owners, and second-guessed by agents of head office. "I'd heard the French were rats," he's known to complain. "But now I know." This might be the opportunity for the magazine exec to spend more time with the family.












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What is this, Paper Mag Envy Tuesday?
Rats do like cheese, I guess.
Maybe it's time for Jack to consider the Steve Florio approach ... retiring, opening a restaurant in the Hamptons, writing a book that never gets published, I mean, not dying. Really, that's what I meant.
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