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    Image of ifstone ifstone
    12/12/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    I knew a guy who wrote for Men's Health as a freelancer, and he was a dyslexic and a very poor writer. He accepted payments from PR people to hawk products in his articles.
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    Image of mexiback mexiback
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    But really, who's reading the lines, when that GLORIOUS photo of Jason Statham is on display?
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    12/12/09

    @mexiback: Men, I guess
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    mexiback promoted this comment Dirk Anger was starred Dirk Anger was unstarred
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    12/12/09

    @Dirk Anger: Yeah, right. Men's Health readers are the straightest of them all.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    12/12/09

    @mexiback: Some commenter said she read women's health and her bf men's health, so I guess that's the guy who reads the text.
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    Abrams' site should change its name to Mediate. Or just Wuss.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to The Week the New York Times Bought Everyone Out
    I hereby dub thee Spoilin' Moylan.
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    Image of karion karion
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Week the New York Times Bought Everyone Out
    Goddamn it, Pareene.

    And Betsey, this was very well done.
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    12/11/09

    @karion: Thank you
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    Brian Moylan promoted this comment IDunnoIzJustAPerson was starred IDunnoIzJustAPerson was unstarred
    Image of aztecprincess aztecprincess
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    All the guys are kinda like the same too.
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    Image of JPisme JPisme
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    That "never trust a number over 30 on a cover" rule sucks, because I can't even tell you how many times I've actually counted things in an entire issue for coverline purposes at my title.
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    GlasgowRose promoted this comment JPisme was starred JPisme was unstarred
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    12/11/09

    @JPisme: So if you can't count the # of times, how could you count items for coverline purposes? (I keed @Jpisme, I keed...)
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    12/12/09

    @GlasgowRose: Rats, you're right. :)
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    In their defense, Cosmo's randomly-numbered sex tips ain't exactly breaking new ground.
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/11/09

    @Perhaps Not: Quasi-quantifiable tantric quadratic equations on a Cosmo cover? Count me in, baby!
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    12/14/09

    @GlasgowRose: This week: prime-numbered ways to please your man! Augment his square root by subtracting your clothing, and multiply!
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    12/14/09

    @Perhaps Not:
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    Image of ifstone ifstone
    12/11/09

    In reply to Men's Health Editor Says Running the Same Cover Lines Twice was Deliberate
    I knew a complete sell-out hack who wrote for Men's Health once in awhile. He was honest-to-god dyslexic. He sold magazine mentions of products PR guys were pushing him.
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    Image of PimpMyCouch PimpMyCouch
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    My boyfriend subscribes to Men's Health; I have a subscription to Women's Health. One month, I discovered that they had used the same exercise tips for both magazines (something regarding BEST ABS EVER!), but the men performed the exercises with weights, and the women didn't.

    I figured they always recycled stories and tips, but this is insane.
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    Image of elizabeth.straebel elizabeth.straebel
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    perhaps it's not to this degree of blatant headline copy/paste action, but women's magazines run like broken records as well. please your man, styles of the season, edible stuff to put in your hair as conditioner, etc.
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12/11/09

    @elizabeth.straebel: Oh, but I love those "put food in your hair" tips. Off the top of my head, I can recall being advised to use vinegar, avocados, honey, beer, eggs, oatmeal, various teas, various tomato products, and mayonnaise by the various lady mags.

    Hair salad. Gotta love it.
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    ABS-olutely shameful.
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12/11/09

    @GlasgowRose: That's an oblique statement.
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    Image of HowardRoarkLaughed HowardRoarkLaughed
    12/11/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: Quite "The Situation".
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    12/11/09

    @HowardRoarkLaughed: It makes me sick to my gut.
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    Image of deepey deepey
    12/11/09

    It just goes to show the advice in Men's Health is worth diddly squats.
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    12/11/09

    @HowardRoarkLaughed @Beau Nerd @Miss Anita Manbadly: ABS-ent editor who ABS-tains from ABS-olute editing = A BS artist + ABS-cess on mag biz.
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    12/11/09

    @deepey: And squiddly dots.
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    12/11/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: ABS-o-bloody-lutely.
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    12/11/09

    @HowardRoarkLaughed: You're being a little ABS-tract for me...
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    12/11/09

    @Beau Nerd: No gut, no glory!
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12/12/09

    @GlasgowRose:
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    12/12/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: ABSolution!
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    Image of TurdBlossom TurdBlossom
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    Take the money you'd spend on Men's Health and invest in a personal trainer for actual results...
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    Image of pollyannacowgirl pollyannacowgirl
    12/11/09

    @TurdBlossom: Yes, but a year's worth of magazine=half an hour with a trainer.
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    Miss Anita Manbadly promoted this comment pollyannacowgirl was starred pollyannacowgirl was unstarred
    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    12/11/09

    @pollyannacowgirl: Since the magazine retails for $25 a year, that's one inexperienced trainer you're dealing with, there.
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    Image of pollyannacowgirl pollyannacowgirl
    12/11/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: I was just guessing, actually. I am WAY too cheap to shell out for something like that.

    Now, DVR'ing "Inhale" yoga on Oxygen and doing it on my living room floor? That's my speed.
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    The part I still don't understand is, if you go on eBay and search for a copy of the Statham '07 magazine that was featured yesterday, it has completely different cover stories than what this example has. I know this example is from Men's Health own archive on their website, so I really don't get it. What's the full story here?

    [cgi.ebay.com]
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    Image of tse-tse-fly tse-tse-fly
    12/11/09

    @MyNameIsChris: The editor says only newsstand editions had the recycled copy, so perhaps that eBay item is a subscription edition. Fits in with my theory, but YMMV.
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    12/11/09

    @tse-tse-fly: Ahhhh... gracias.
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    12/11/09

    @tse-tse-fly: You are correct. These are the newsstand covers. The issues on eBay are subscriber copies.
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    12/11/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: Sooo are they just assuming that subscribers already have six pack abs? I mean... maybe they'd want to step it up to an eight pack? I was always aware newsstand covers could be different from subscription, but this seems like entirely different stories and a totally different magazine. Granted, my abs aren't up on how Men's Health works anyway...
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    Image of tse-tse-fly tse-tse-fly
    12/11/09

    In reply to Update: Men's Health Stopped Writing New Cover Lines Years Ago
    Maybe the brand strategy is to use attractive men and the promise of getting your man in shape to induce women to buy the magazine. Ladies won't care if the copy is the same month-to-month and, in fact, it is better if the copy is the same and the eye candy is different--broader appeal over a 12 month period!
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    Image of hotpinklovesofa hotpinklovesofa
    12/11/09

    @tse-tse-fly: I get it. It's Playgirl except it's for straight women instead of gay men...
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