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Yesterday the Daily News's resident Aussie-gossie Ben Widdicombe took a break from doing blind items about closeted actors and offered up this little gem: "Which struggling new glossy is so out of money that staffers are having to pay for photos on personal credit cards?" Hmm! The reader who sent this in suggested it was Portfolio, but we're inclined to disbelieve that; for one thing, there's the famous $100 million figure that's been bandied about ad nauseam, and for another, Condé would probably close down first. To be extra fair, we considered all the suspects.
The first one that immediately springs to mind is Radar—no one really knows how much Yusuf Jackson is on the hook for, and maybe, after all that, the involvement of Ron Burkle really is just that—a rumor? Or maybe not, and Daddy Burkle just lost interest.
Other possibilities: OK!, though supposedly they're on an upswing; 02138, though it's not really glossy—it's more matte; GOOD, but don't they have like a gajillion dollars?; and... gosh, we're stumped. Radar it is then?
Don't Shoot the Messenger [NYDN]
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I am going with Cookie as who the buys this crap? I've had more Cookie magazines given to me for free that I thought it was a Niche Media publication.
Is Radar considered a "new glossy" each and every time it's relaunched? Or maybe Ben missed the first five incarnations?
@KarenUhOh: Hate to mention it, but you spelled Radar backwards.
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Maer, buddy, please tell me the secret of continually getting funding for a thrice (almost) proven failure. His investors must also be backing Enron 2.0 or epets.com too in an effort to catch 2000 in a bottle.
I was at OK! recently and they are definitely not struggling judging from what they paid me, so scratch them off your list.
If it is indeed Radar would anyone be surprised? I mean, I loved the mag but never even bought it!
Waiting for Radar to close is like waiting for the next Lindsay Lohan car wreck. You just know it's gonna happen.
Pretty weak blind item. How about: Which new glossy magazine isn't so out of money that staffers are having to pay for photos on personal credit cards?
When is Radar not in trouble? They're like the Jennifer Aniston of gossip magazines: someone feels sorry for them and gives them another go at it and they fail and fail and fail.
@Gigi: That is cold! but unfortunately true.
Hey Radar -- I've got a bitchen new camera-phone, and I take PayPal.
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