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    Image of Anthony De Rosa Anthony De Rosa
    11/30/09

    In reply to Either Sell Maxim or Die
    I think the most shocking and depressing thing about this is that the guy who runs ClubPlanet.com has $40m to throw around.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/30/09

    In reply to Either Sell Maxim or Die
    God, I used to love this magazine--loved the humor, the fashion, the choice of cover models... Now, I don't know who any of the "models" are, the cover design is awful, and the content...well, now that I think about it, I can't remember the last time I read the content.
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    11/30/09

    In reply to Either Sell Maxim or Die
    O Rly? $300 mil? With what sort of content exactly? Very soft core pics of hot chicks? Lame "humor" that does nothing innovative and merely thumps its chest about how non-PC it is? The occasional badly written tough-guy article about some guy's EXTREME undercover ops at a motorcycle gang/drug gang/Mob family? Some other semi-pictorial article about what pickup lines work best? Everything I listed is easily replicable and is found elsewhere in large quantities.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    10/23/09

    In reply to Maxim Layoffs
    Just as long as they don't lay off any of the talent. #maxim
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    Image of AndPreciousLittleofThat AndPreciousLittleofThat
    10/23/09

    In reply to Maxim Layoffs
    Thankfully, vigorous action by Airbrusher's Union Local 405 was able to prevent any further losses. #maxim
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    Image of Del Swazio Del Swazio
    10/23/09

    In reply to Maxim Layoffs
    They have other departments? #maxim
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/17/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
    Words to live by: http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/felix-dennis/index.htm
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/17/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
    He seems like a Howard Hughes type of tycoon.

    It's interesting and kind of sad to celebrate a man that achieved more in publishing than most companies and to know it won't ever happen again.

    Felix is a bit of a publishing martyr. Back in his hippie phase (not unlike the other cool tycoon, Sir Richard Branson) he went to jail briefly for pornography charges for publishing nudity in his 'Oz' magazine: http://www.oneplusoneequalsthree.com/2007/02/god_save_oz.html
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    Image of mladen mladen
    07/17/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
    Felix Dennis was in a band with John Lennon. And recorded with him too: "Do The Oz" by the Electric Oz Band, or whatever it was called. These other magazine bigwigs - what have they done to compare with that? Met MJ at the Clinton inaugural events in '93?

    Another plus for Dennis is that he still owns The Week, a newsmag which, though it ain't quite The Economist, is a far more informative and intelligent rag than Newsweek and Time - combined - are nowadays. (Or it was when I last looked at a copy, about a year ago.)

    The Week has David Frum and Robert Shrum as contributing editors. You just know Dennis hired them because their names rhyme with "bum." They just don't make those kind of editorial decisions anywhere else.

    This is the first time I've used the new comments setup and I'm irritated because I've got to write this into Notepad and then cut-and-paste it if I want to write this in minutes instead of hours. Or maybe I should just shell out the $400 for a new laptop.
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    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    07/17/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
    Also, his main office is in the same building as his own lap dancing club. Accessed by private elevator.

    *cough* or so I heard. Just a rumour though.
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    Edited by bowleserised at 07/17/09 10:31 AM bowleserised was starred bowleserised was unstarred
    Image of oopsidoo oopsidoo
    07/17/09

    @bowleserised: "Gentleman's club" with prostitutes coming in and leaving with said gentlemen. Perfectly legit business. Oh and it's employees of the year, not month, that get the trip.
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    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    07/17/09

    @oopsidoo: It's been a while since I heard that tale, and I thought it might be less libellous to go for "lap dancing club".
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    Image of elinorwhyme elinorwhyme
    07/17/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
    The trips to Mustique are true as well.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    07/17/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
    He's Jerry Garcia with a type-A personality.
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    Edited by CaptainFantastic at 07/17/09 10:24 AM CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of Smitros Smitros
    07/15/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis Is a Food Safety Fanatic
    He wrote a poetry book and bribed people with wine to come and listen to it. That's strange enough.



    His meter and rhyme are sound, but his sensibility is nothing that Kipling didn't do already.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/14/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis Is a Food Safety Fanatic
    I've witnessed Felix's shenanigans and somehow still respect the man. His shrewd business sense really worked and he seemed to be one of the few millionaires I know who did all the things I would want to.



    Have an island, smoke crack, have multiple girlfriends, hang with Mick Jagger, write a poetry book and force your minions to listen to the readings, buy a forest, smoke cigs anywhere you please... the list goes on.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    07/14/09

    In reply to Felix Dennis Is a Food Safety Fanatic
    This guy got rich publishing non-nude pinups and a news-aggregation blog printed on paper. Such a genius must not be criticized, only learned from.
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