To: Time Inc. Employees

From: John Huey

Re: Staff Announcement

On the recommendation of Martha Nelson, I am pleased to announce that
Charla Lawhon has been named Editor of the In Style Group. Ariel
Foxman will succeed Charla as Managing Editor of In Style.

Charla joined In Style in its test phase when it was known simply as
"Project X." Since she became Managing Editor in 2002, she has
overseen a period of great expansion for the In Style brand.

The core magazine continues to be a powerhouse. This year, In Style is
up on the newsstand, an impressive achievement in an environment when
every competitor is down. Charla and her team recently completed a
comprehensive redesign, which has been well received by both readers
and advertisers. The international portfolio has grown to 14 editions,
including new launches in 2008 in China, Poland and Romania. In Style
specials (Weddings, Makeover) have increased in frequency to six
issues a year. Charla has also guided the development of InStyle.com
which, in the first half of 2008, averaged 1.1 mm unique visitors per
month, an increase of 69 percent year over year.

Ariel Foxman first joined In Style in 1999 and worked at the magazine
until 2003, when he left the building to become the launch editor of
Cargo. Since his return to Time Inc as an Editor at Large, in 2006,
Ariel has concentrated on In Style and contributed to both the core
magazine and the website. While he may not be a buyer of Manolo
Blahniks, he is a keen observer of fashion and popular culture, a
talented editor who is deeply familiar with In Style and its readers.

Given the size of the In Style business, the demands for growth and
the complexity of the brand, this new arrangement makes sense.
Although this structure is new to In Style, it is familiar at Time
Inc., and has worked effectively at the People Group. I have every
confidence that it will fuel new growth at In Style as well.

I know you'll join me in wishing Charla and Ariel the very best in
their new positions.

J.H.

[pic via NYO]

• Plucky Canadian feminist Rachel Sklar (happy birthday, kiddo!) confronts Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter about that Chris Hitchens "Bitches Ain't Funny" column. Carter pal Kurt Andersen defends Carter's right to run a whole bunch of crap in his magazine without reading it first. [Observer]
  
• What's the secret to getting a table at Graydon Carter's new restaurant? When you call to make a reservation, start by saying "Chicks are only good for sucking dick and cleaning clothes." [WWD]
  
• Clutch Cargo refugee Ariel Foxman to Time Inc. [NYP, second item]
  
• Russ Mitchell named CBS Early Show news anchor. Your life will remain the same. [TVNewser]
  
• Be honest, would you pay $5 for Newsweek? Yeah, we thought not. [Mediaweek]
  
• There's space available at the forthcoming Times tower. [NYP]
  
• Katie Couric's hairstylist pitches a fit. It's another Radar EXCLUSIVE! [Radar]
  
• Thumbvertising. Yes, it's exactly as stupid as it sounds. [Guardian]
  

"The show is comprised of work that navigates and explores the transformative nature of art. Through sculpture and painting, Robertson takes a down-the-rabbit-hole journey into a new dimension where yesterday's news emerges as today's precious keepsake. Each piece is executed in a decidedly low-tech yet obsessively arts-and-crafts style, inviting the viewer into the singular mindset of an "artiste savant" who, with his unique brand of x-ray vision, can imagine the extraordinary in the everyday."

Robertson, as it turns out, is the former creative director of Cargo. We just figured out what "down the rabbit hole" means.

Earlier:: Ariel Foxman, Art Impresario

We got a copy of this lovely invitation to an upcoming showing at the Atlantic Gallery. The best part? It was put together by former Cargo EIC Ariel Foxman. We've no idea what "works in newspaper and house paint" actually look like, but we're gonna guess they all have little stickers that say "Buy" or "Save" on them.

The full page is after the jump.

Magazines 24/7 [Magazine.org]

"It was never a men's shopping magazine," Mr. Foxman said. (Each issue included a sheet of page-marking stickers reading "BUY" or "SAVE.") "It was a magazine that helped guys figure out the things they would need." (September 2005: "These jeans reverse from a dark blue rinse on one side to a light gray-blue on the other.") "It never identified with metrosexuals." (November 2005: "I would love to find a cleaner, less painful depilation process — and maybe sugaring will do the trick.")

Riiight. And for all those Cargo subscription-holders who will be put on the GQ mailing list? What ever will become of those not-metrosexuals?

"We'll work hard to earn the loyalty of those new readers, and hopefully we'll be able to give them something of what they looked for and came to respect in Cargo," [GQ editor Jim Nelson] said.

The March edition of GQ features an item urging men to consider wearing "subtle pleats on slim cut-pants" such as a $425 pair from Miu Miu. Another page instructs readers "How to Pull Off Workwear (Without Looking Like a Tool)": "If you buy one of Carhartt's iconic zip-front jackets, get it a size smaller than you normally would — it'll be trim and snug, the way you want it."

You know? We think those displaced Cargo fans are going to be just fine.

Cargo-Ergo Sum: I Shop, Therefore I Am So Bummed! [NYO]

From: Foxman, Ariel
Sent: Mon Mar 20 11:50:03 2006
Subject: GLAAD

What about Chris Carmack, who stars on O.C. And is playing the gay hustler in that new Alec Baldwin Broadway show "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" ... He needs a connection to the magazine. He's hot! We could shoot him for fashion?

But remember, Cargo isn't gay —- except for when it totally is.

Cargo

So Ariel Foxman was on the Today show this morning, showing off fall's must-have items for guys, and perhaps he got a little distracted by the model showing off a wool vest over what looked like a lumberjack outfit. Cause this is what he said:

"You don't bottom — the bottom button, do not button it."

Hmmm. So many rules at Cargo.

So many rules, indeed. And so many fantasies just destroyed.

Cargo [Cargomag.com]
Today [MSNBC.com]