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To All The Sad Young White Media Interns Working For Free…
There's blind item is causing a mild shitstorm on Fashionista today about a "publishing house" that has been "quietly paying interns — but only if they're of a 'minority.'" Commenters immediately called out Hearst, which, what do you know, we called them up and it turns out that like myriad other media organizations recruits local minority interns* through a separate internship program with special terms and specifications, one of them happens to be a salary of $12 an hour. Now there is something to get enraged about. Not. Who planted this fucking item? Don't tell me, I don't want to know. This is for you. More »
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Why Are Mean Fashion People So Mean To Marie Claire's Joanna Coles?
I get the sense Joanna Coles is one of those people whose unbridled enthusiasm for everything lends her a dorky quality that make her gargantuan ambitions somehow endearing. Since she took the editor-in-chief spot at Marie Claire two years ago, the magazine's newsstand sales have plunged nearly 30%, but you get the feeling she doesn't let it get her down! And anyway, people are paying attention to Joanna this Fashion Week because she just hired Project Runway judge Nina Garcia away from Elle. Fashion people sometimes say bitchy things about Joanna, mostly "that Joanna Coles is a nerdy poser who has to pay Nina to sit next to her at fashion shows," because fashion people are ridiculous and so is Joanna, a little bit. Just today Fashion Week Daily ran a huge long interview with her along with a little gossip item that seemed harmless but was actually sort of cruel! Read that and our Coles FAQ — and just for kicks, see a pic of Nina Garcia in a realllly short skirt — after the jump. More »
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Can New Nina Garcia Marie Claire Show Be As Fun As Reality Itself?
Well if it isn't a blessing from the Gawker Media Gods who brought us that pretty fundamentalist rape victim hating Alaska Governess! The Style Network plans to double your viewing rations of Project Runway judge Nina Garcia! This was known already, actually, but now there are details: the show is called Running in Heels and revolves around the staff of Marie Claire magazine, Elle having fired Garcia after deciding to make a reality show featuring Garcia rival Anne Slowey. Nina vs. Anne! Elle vs. Marie Claire! It is like Road Rules vs. The Real World, only…something we'll actually set our DVRs for! But can the show be anywhere near as awesome as the reality-TV-esque circumstances that enabled it to be? More »
Oprah Tired Of Posing For O Magazine Covers
Such a pain! "It takes a lot of time and energy and she's sick of it. She's given them six months to figure out what to do without her." [Post]
Rumormonger: Quick & Simple Folds?
We hear that Hearst's Quick & Simple, the housekeeping tips magazine, has just folded. No word yet on what's happening to the current staff, but there's been heavy turnover there for months, particularly in advertising and marketing. Any further info? Email us. [UPDATE: Ad Age says it's true. Click through for the spelling-challenged intro to a perfunctory goodbye note from a Q&S editor.]
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The Passing Of The Old Guard
The people who run some of the (once) grandest institutions in print media are tumbling from their perches like so many fallen leaves, cast off in the face of a new season. It's not always their fault. Print is slowly wasting away, and as companies shrink, they cut off their own heads in a desperate bid to prove that they're doing something to address the problem. Not fair, but that's capitalism for you. After the jump, a list of recently deposed members of the old guard; mourn their passing, briefly. More »
Silicon Valley Hearst May Have Pushed Out CEO
"Several industry observers zeroed in on William Randolph Hearst III, a family trustee widely known as Will, as a potential source of conflict with Ganzi." [Post]
"Several industry observers zeroed in on William Randolph Hearst III, a family trustee widely known as Will, as a potential source of conflict with Ganzi." [Post]
Hearst Chief Fired Over Web Issues?
"The word had come from on high that they weren’t doing enough getting into digital, nothing big enough to fundamentally change the business model." [Times, Previously]
"The word had come from on high that they weren’t doing enough getting into digital, nothing big enough to fundamentally change the business model." [Times, Previously]
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