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'Bazaar' Hates You, Puts Naked Britney on Cover

Jessica — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:27:28 EDT

EIC Glenda Bailey, you've got some explaining to do. Where to start with this? Obviously, yes, it is a pregnant, naked picture of Britney Spears. No, no, it is not necessary. Isn't Bazaar a fashion magazine? Should it not aspire in the direction of Vogue rather than Perfect 10?

We're not sure where Bailey's contract situation is headed, but her soul is going to hell for this one. ~~More horror after the jump.~~ Nevermind, the lawyers came marching through on this one. Oh well — the cover image is more than enough for your delicate stomachs, anyhow.

Britney Spears Nude in Harper's Bazaar [Yeeeah!]

Media Bubble: Is the Couric Move a Done Deal?

Jesse — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:40:30 EDT

• "Katie Couric's deal to move to CBS News is completed in principle, and an announcement that she is leaving NBC might come as early as this week." Which would be a relief, so we could finally stop hearing speculation about it. [TV Week]
• Budget Living's failure shows that indie mags just don't work anymore. But shhhhh... Ron Burkle might hear. [NYT]
• Jim Cramer says the Times should ditch paper and move entirely online. He's crazy, of course, but in that case also probably right. [NYM]
• The NYT's new web redesign — and the Journal's of a few weeks ago — are about creating more ad inventory and adding news aggregators. [Ad Age]
• Is Hearst looking to replace Glenda Bailey at Bazaar when her contract is up later this year? Well, no, says the company, and her numbers look good, too. [WWD]
• ESPN to start broadcasting dominoes games (matches?). Remarkably, this does not seem to be an April Fools joke. [NYT]
• NYO TV columnist Rebecca Dana has a signed picture of Richard Dawson on her mantelpiece. We're a little jealous, to be honest. [Jossip]

Gossip roundup

Gawker — Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:37:41 EST

· Richard Meier says his proposal for Ground Zero got slammed by New Yorker critic Paul Goldberger because Meier refused to bend the LMDC's rules and give Goldberger the plans in advance. [Page Six]
· Possibly coming to New York: "J Edgar! The Musical." (Starring the actors behind the Simpsons, Kelsey Grammer, John Goodman and Christopher Guest.) [NY Daily News]
· Harper's Bazaar Editor Glenda Bailey on rumors of her impending demise: "If people want to waste time gossiping, that's up to them. I couldn't feel more secure." [The Word]

The GQ succession race

Gawker — Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:05:02 EST

Have they no decency? Quicker than Art Cooper's tears can dry, the media commentators are handicapping the race to succeed him as editor of GQ. Keith Kelly is offering odds.
· Dylan Jones, editor-in-chief of British GQ: 2-to-1 favorite
· David Zinczenko of Men's Health, although he's taken himself out of the running: 5-to-1
· Michael Hirschorn, past editor of Spin: 10-to-1
· Kurt Andersen, resting at public radio: 35-to-1
· David Kamp, a VF editor: 35-to-1
· Maer Roshan, if Radar doesn't fix: 50-to-1
· Glenda Bailey of Harpers, because SALTYT thinks it's time a lad's mag had a woman editor.

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Gawker — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:36:16 EST

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Glenda Bailey and Bazaar

Gawker — Wed, 05 Feb 2003 12:02:20 EST

Harper's Bazaar Editor Glenda Bailey's head may not be on the chopping block just yet. Newsstand sales for the second half of 2002 were up. Subscriptions, however were down 2%. A Hearst spokeswoman dubiously insists that the drop occurred because they're managing circulation and "the dip was by design." (Elsewhere in Manhattan, AOL execs are slapping their palms against their foreheads and saying, "Why didn't we think of that?")
Union blues at Bloomberg [Keith Kelly - Post]