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more about #publishing 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 » Mediahohoho: By waiting in line, these people are demonstrating more perseverence than their idol brought to the actual task of governing. Who in their right mind ... more » Rachael Jones: Can we end the exploitation of people waiting in line? I really don't want to have to wait in a line and worry about some smart-ass blogger shoving a ... more » Mediahohoho: Beats thinking. more » randomnessish: I have a mental list in my head. It's called, "Reasons to Stay in America: Pros and Cons." And the cons are growing. Con 34892084: Will be too temp... more » Lincolnsbeard33: meh this is no different then some of the people who supported Obama during the election. There are incredibly stupid people on both sides more » jordos1: Jesus, where were the above pictured passengers flying? Cheeseburgerville to Raw Cookie-Dough City? more » bythesidewalk: fhskjhfdjkshsdhjdsfhsdjhfdjhgj... more » Glib and Bitchy: And there I was hoping that -- just once -- someone being pressed to explain their answer would say: "In what respect, Charlie?" more » Lucky: "I've heard that over and over again." If Fox News AND my pastor AND my neighbor says they heard it somewhere, it must be true! Right? These people ... more » Spirit Fingers: This is extremely unsurprising. Dumb sheep blindly talking nonsense about their anointed jester...obviously. Who else would actually show up? I'd lik... more » Buttafooco: So he's basically interviewing Sarah Palin in various human forms. This is proof of reincarnation. more » Al Swearengen: A suggestion - if you are going to be for or against a particular candidate, make sure you know enough about their policies to make an informed decisi... more » -
#greatmagazinedieoff
Giant Magazine Folds (Officially)
Last April, Giant magazine was targeted by (someone posing as?) rival XXL, which sent out letters to Giant advertisers warning them the mag would be going out of business. Denials all around! In May: another rumor denied. Today: Giant folds. 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 » -
#goingrogue
'The State That She Did Govern Was Right Across the Street from Russia'
Some nice people decided to interview Sarah Palin fans at a book signing in Ohio about precisely which of her policies, in detail, made them want her to run for president in 2012. More » -
#cruising
Read Your In-Flight Magazine and Save Journalism
Apparently the way to get people to read magazines, and advertisers to pay you enough money to support your fancy editorial aims, is to lock them in planes where there are fewer distractions. More » -
#mediacrack
Martha Stewart Caught in Bed With Big Government
In your cheery Wednesday media column: our nemesis Martha Stewart's magazine implicated in decoration-for-prestige scheme, iTunes for magazines is coming, your weekly layoff roundup, and the Search Engine Media Wars heat up. More » -
#greatmagazinedieoff
Time Inc. Folding InStyle Weddings
We've just confirmed that Time Inc. is folding Instyle Weddings, a quarterly publication. The wedding magazine category is rough these days. More » -
#magazines
Playboy Now Able to Afford Tara Reid
Playboy, which is really just hobbling along waiting to be sold at this point, is outsourcing its non-editorial production duties to AMI, which now has the weirdest stable of publications in the business. More » -
#reportersinperil
Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
Imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were freed from North Korea's clutches in August. One week later, Ling—the more telegenic one, with the famous sister—was shopping a book. But Euna Lee beat her to a book deal! More » -
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#literature
Sarah Palin Is Finally a Regular Jus'-Folks Millionaire
Sarah Palin received at least $1.25 million to write her chapter book, Goin' Rogue, Also: An American Tail. If that is it, it is much less than Tina Fey got, which is amusing. More » -
#badnews
Here Come the Forbes Layoffs
Last week we heard large-scale layoffs are hitting Forbes this week. An insider tells us "at least three" sales staffers were canned today. FishbowlNY got an internal memo from Steve Forbes telling his staff about what's to come: More » -
#media
Conde Nast's Big Bad Gamble
This year, Conde Nast hired McKinsey, folded several magazines, and instituted across-the-board budget cuts and layoffs. Clearly, the fancy days are over. Right? No, says the company. This is just a temporary blip. More » -
#mediacrack
Computer Beats Humans at Formulaic Crap
In your malicious Monday media column: computers replace sportswriters (finally), rumored layoffs at W mag and Lucky, a new way for death to save the media, and the salvation of publishing arrives. More » -
#theellies
Fancy Magazine Awards Open to Riff-Raff
Even as the magazine industry has crumbled in the Great Magazine Die-Off, publishers have always been able to assure themselves: "At least we're the only ones who can win National Magazine Awards." ¡No mas! Now, even we're eligible. More » -
#filthylucre
Astonishingly, HarperCollins Is Publishing Sarah Palin's Book for Money, Not Love
The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove reports that Sarah Palin's editor secretly hates her and worked on a book mocking her. Well, doesn't everybody? How's she supposed to find an editor who doesn't think she's an idiot? It's publishing! More » -
#freespeech
Big Scary Cartoonist Coming to Scare Yale
Speaking of idiotic uproars over cartoons, at colleges: The guy who drew the Danish Muhammad cartoon that set off worldwide riots is coming to Yale—the provincial little school whose University Press allows religious psychos to dictate what it publishes. More » -
#mediacrack
Man Succeeds on TV Despite Literacy
In your trailblazing Tuesday media column: Byron Pitts overcomes hardships, chuckle as a newspaper editor talks trash, Ebony's bound to sell, and The Daily Beast is publishing books, fast! More » -
#media
Conde Nast's Last Month Being Rich
Weep, struggling members of the creative underclass, for your secret aspirations are drawing to a close: this may be the very last month of Conde Nast, Luxury Version. Coming soon: Conde Nast, Wailing Version. More » -
#media
Conde Nast: 25% Cuts, Layoffs Loom. Except at The New Yorker!
For weeks now, a scary number has been floating through the hallowed halls of Conde Nast: 25%. That's how much the gossipmongers speculated McKinsey would chop the company's budget. Evil rumors! Now it looks like that frightening number was correct. More » -
#magazines
Will the Weakest Survive at Conde Nast?
Conde Nast! Every scrap of news about it is precious, because everyone's afraid that this McKinsey review is just an excuse to gut the once-fancy magazine empire. But! Conde's weakest magazines might even make it through this alive. More » -
#publishing
Conspiracy Nuts Save Random House
Nine short months ago, employees at Random House were silently urinating in their knickers after a new CEO seemed poised to drastically cut budgets. Now, they're poppin bottles. What changed? Dan Brown! More »
