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more about #maxim more comments → Anthony De Rosa: I think the most shocking and depressing thing about this is that the guy who runs ClubPlanet.com has $40m to throw around. more » DahlELama: 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 cove... more » Wrapitup: 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... more » depardoo: Just as long as they don't lay off any of the talent. #maxim more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Thankfully, vigorous action by Airbrusher's Union Local 405 was able to prevent any further losses. #maxim more » Del Swazio: They have other departments? #maxim more » Cheap Shot: Words to live by: http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/felix-dennis/index.htm more » Cheap Shot: 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 compani... more » mladen: 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 m... more » bowleserised: 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. more » elinorwhyme: The trips to Mustique are true as well. more » CaptainFantastic: He's Jerry Garcia with a type-A personality. more » Smitros: 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 sensibili... more » Cheap Shot: 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 milli... more » TedSez: 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. more » -
#magazines
Either Sell Maxim or Die
The man behind clubplanet.com wants to buy Maxim for $40m and is convinced he can turn the ailing magazine around using the internets. If the owners don't sell, says Andrew Fox, they will DIE. More » -
#rumormonger
A tipster tells us Maxim fired three people in the art and photo departments today.
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#thewaywewere
Felix Dennis on Management: 'I Need to Stop Smoking Crack'
Maniac publisher Felix Dennis sold Maxim for $250 million to Steven Rattner's Quadrangle Group in 2007; now, Rattner's firm is about to lose control of the magazine. Related: Dennis "once exclaimed at a meeting, 'I need to stop smoking crack.'" More » -
#rumormonger
Felix Dennis Is a Food Safety Fanatic
Felix Dennis is publishing's wild man! How is the former Maxim publisher and admitted (then hastily retracted!) murderer keeping himself busy these days? More » -
#branding
Maxim Sure One of These Spinoffs Will Work
Maxim recently folded its UK print version, and it's facing the horrific specter of a world with no cigarette ads. Times are tough. So they're coming out with yet another brand spinoff! It's a full-blown trend now: More » -
#mediacrack
No Need to Buy a Plane Ticket Just For the In-Flight Magazine Any More
In your magaziney Thursday media column: Maxim UK's dead in print, Airline magazines go terrestrial, Michael Wolff's Vanity Fair retribution piece, and Esquire plays with toys: More » -
#greatmagazinedieoff
Blender Magazine Folds
Blender, the music magazine, is dead. Its owners folded it this morning, eliminating about 30 jobs in the process. More » -
