Details editor Dan Peres had a little red meat for the crowd at his speech at Columbia J-school last night: "He called a neighbor in Westchester an 'asshole' after the man wondered aloud why anyone would pay j-school tuition... 'We'll be around a lot longer than his investment bank will,' said Mr. Peres." No comment. Whatsoever.


Sure, high school journalists like Josiah Jones of Lee's Summit, Missouri, know that the journalism industry is in rough shape, but "Jones plans to pursue a journalism career, completely undeterred by the forces buffeting the profession." Yea well millions of high school kids also plan on being NBA players and rock stars. The odds are against you, my friend.


Bad media news roundup: Media General is closing its DC bureau and laying off six journalists; NPR, of all places, is canceling all of its newspaper subscriptions; and a new report from Barclays Capital predicts that US advertising revenue will decline by 13% this year. Only three things, it's a good day!


NYT publisher Pinch Sulzberger: ""The immediate future looks, at a minimum, grim...Traditional revenue streams are anemic and getting worse." This is true. Though admirably direct, by NYT standards! He says the paper may start charging for some of its online content, which is inevitable.


See a family resemblance here? Eh? That's right, it's young AG Sulzberger, intrepid rookie NYT reporter and son of the man pictured above! The Observer reports he has the "attitude and presence of an intern." Buck up son! [Pic via]

Not Ben's Words [Page Six]

• No she didn't.
  
• Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet is such a bitch and it's awesome! Responding to aging model Molly Sims' assertion that two of the models in her last show were too skinny and lumping her in with "low-end" designers, Stacey was all, "Before Molly calls us 'lower end,' maybe she should stop begging for free pants and a plane ticket." [Page Six]
  
• Details editor Dan Peres is going to be a dad. As we all knew. [Page Six]
  
• Former rock star Tommy Lee uses his descriptive skills to paint a word-picture about the "bitch-slap" he received from "no career havin country bumpkin" Kid Rock at the VMAs. [TMZ]

A former Fairchild title, Details is a smallish magazine within the Conde Nast stable (not as small as Jane, though), so it's not surprising that its 2006 revenues were $65 million vs. GQ's 2006 comparatively whopping $190 million. That $65 million was a 13.5% increase over 2005. Its ad pages were also up 5.5 percent. And in the first three months of 2007, revenues were up a nice 24.4% and ad pages 9.7% compared to the previous year's period.

Hey, that's great! But let's remember the staff of ElleGirl, who were shocked when Hachette Filipacchi closed the magazine in May 2006 despite its strong numbers—they were showing better growth than Details. Your theories and speculation welcome!

Earlier: Dan Peres Okay With Being A Douchebag

• Don Imus' contract with CBS said: "Services to be rendered are of a unique, extraordinary, irreverent, intellectual, topical, controversial, and personal character." Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin thinks that makes Imus's $40 million lawsuit against CBS a bit more plausible. [CNN]
  
• Grocery store magnate/alleged Radar investor Ron Burkle in talks to merge with American Media Inc. (Star, National Enquirer, etc.). [NYP]
  
• Former Maxim EIC Keith Blanchard has left Wenner Media, where he's been since October. [WWD]
  
• Time Warner's cable business is carrying the can for its sorry publishing component. [NYP]
  
• Details douchebag Dan Peres rises a bit in our estimation. His take on Mark Whitaker's branding Adam Moss "the new David Remnick": "Remnick is beloved, as you know. It would have been much funnier if it had been about someone we all can't stand." [WWD]

WE HEAR... THAT some magazine editors — you know who you are — were furious they weren't asked to join Jim Kelly (Time), Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair), Kate White (Cosmopolitan) and Dave Zinczenko (Men's Health) on a panel to be moderated by Jon Stewart at the Rose Theater in the Time Warner Center on Sept. 29.

Where to go with this? Off the top of the head:

• We bet it's Anna Wintour. That chick's hi-fucking-larious.

• We bet it's Dan Peres. That dude's always joking. "Straight guys read Details." Ha! You're killing us, man.

• We bet it's Maer Roshan. His whole mag's a joke.

• We bet it's Tina Brown. She's been a punchline for the last few years, anyway.

Got something better? Do share.

Page Six [NYP]

Wynter Weds in Simple Sydney Ceremony [SMH]