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The Weirdest Sports Illustrated Covers Of 1978
Sports Illustrated has put a huge gallery of its archived content online for free. The best part is the selection of old covers, from back in the grainy days of short shorts and wild hair. Some of the production meetings back then probably involved drugs. We've selected the five weirdest covers from 1978, a year we picked because SI put Clint Hurdle on the cover that year, and you have to admit that man has a fine name. Look at the covers below! More »
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Porn Money Fine With Time Writer, But Not Actual Porn
Time writer Lisa Takeuchi Cullen thinks her publisher is obnoxiously proud of its Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which it slipped into everyone's office in the dead of night, and which contains, gasp, pictures of young women in various states of undress. The women don't even look real, and the bikinis are of no interest to Cullen because she's pregnant, so Cullen shouldn't even have to be bothered to throw away what she accurately describes as "porn." But she'll happily cash her paychecks every few weeks, even though they come from the annoying porn; according to Time Inc. and Cullen's own blog post, the "Swimsuit Edition franchise... is the most profitable of any single magazine-branded franchise." Basically, the Time writer doesn't want to have to come face to face with how her publisher makes its money. And who can blame her: if she took a hard look and started engaging that topic a bit more closely on her blog, there would be no office to come back to. [Folio]
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Business Types Find Excuse To View Swimsuit Issue At Work
Now that the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has hit the stands, most Americans are wondering: What does it mean for the S&P 500 Index? Luckily, some financial bloggers have gone through their back issues, correlated the country of origin of the cover models with economic statistics, and answered the question! Turns out that an American on the cover, like we have this year, equals a much higher average gain for the S&P. This so-called "Swimsuit Issue Indicator" is the exact opposite of the "Time Magazine Indicator," which predicts that having George W. Bush on the cover of Time correlates closely with poverty and war. Har. After the jump, Bespoke Investment Group's full 30-year chart in all its number-having glory [via Dealbreaker]. More »
ESPN got sportswriter Rick Reilly from Sports Illustrated for a "five-year, $10 million package." Time Inc. says they would have countered with $1.5 million a year. Seriously? What? Nothing against the dude, but for real? No wonder these people have to lay everyone off once in a while. [NYP]
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Media Bubble: Suck It And See
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Time Inc. Layoffs: Surveying the Wreckage
If you can stand another memo on the Time Inc. layoffs, we've got one. This one comes from the Newspaper Guild, and it gives a pretty good look at what Time Inc. wants its "volunteers" to walk away from. Those numbers after the jump.More »
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Time Inc. Layoffs: Initial Reports
Details are starting to trickle in concerning the carnage at Time, Inc. Here are a couple, there will be plenty more to come.Sports Illustrated: 23 total, among those, six writers, one senior editor, one photo editor, three copy clerks, one writer reporter, one reporter...I couldn't transcribe the rest in time. as of now, asking for volunteers. don't know the timing...
From the Entertainment Weekly business side, they've made the following cuts:
Fred Nelson - Vice President, Digital Media
Fabian Castro - Director, Entertainment Partnerships and Promotions
Jennifer Wade - Los Angeles Ad Sales Account Manager
They canned the entire DC bureau of People.
Keep 'em coming.
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• Did you know about this crazy site YouTube? It's amazing! How have we not heard of it until now? [WSJ]
• We always figured Seth Mnookin for a Vespa. Live and learn. [Seth Mnookin]
Media Bubble: Continuing Education
• Is Time Warner going to sell off Time, Sports Illustrated, and People? You've got questions, Slate's got answers. And more questions. [Slate]• Did you know about this crazy site YouTube? It's amazing! How have we not heard of it until now? [WSJ]
• We always figured Seth Mnookin for a Vespa. Live and learn. [Seth Mnookin]
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• Hey, remember the big USA Today expose on how the phone companies were colluding with the government to create a big database of all sorts of domestic phone-call records? Yeah, well, the paper's still convinced about the database, but it's not so sure anymore the telcos played along. [USAT]
• Was Pemberton's Spin too much like Blender? Plus, a Detailser leaves to become — wha? — a morning-show DJ. In Oregon. [WWD]
Media Bubble: Time Inc. Lives on the Edge
• Time Inc. to launch SI Edge, fitness mag that won't offer abs tips. Retorts Zinczenko: "[W]e promise not to point out that he's naming his magazine after a shaving cream." [NYP]• Hey, remember the big USA Today expose on how the phone companies were colluding with the government to create a big database of all sorts of domestic phone-call records? Yeah, well, the paper's still convinced about the database, but it's not so sure anymore the telcos played along. [USAT]
• Was Pemberton's Spin too much like Blender? Plus, a Detailser leaves to become — wha? — a morning-show DJ. In Oregon. [WWD]
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Terry McDonell Makes the Big Bucks for His Smart Ideas and Clever Headlines
Sports Illustrated, issue dated March 20, 2006:More »
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Gossip Roundup: Damon Dash's UWS Street Justice
• Hip-Hop mogul Damon Dash keeps the area around 89th Street and Central Park West safe for his son, whose cell phone was stolen by local "thugs." Next up, Dash will work on eliminating gang activity outside Dylan's Candy Store. [Page Six]• Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt settle the details of their divorce: He gets the production company, she gets the house and the bloated alcoholic. [IMDb]
• Model Molly Simms is reportedly unhappy with her picture in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. As it turns out, most women don't enjoy looking like Vegas hookers. [Gatecrasher]
• Rapper Eve falls for Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the son of Equitorial Guinea dictator Teodoro Nguema. Spending Christmas on Paul Allen's yacht, however, makes it easy for to Eve to forget that whole torture situation. [R&M]
• Because he knows how to read, Henry Rollins is a threat to Australian national security. [Page Six]
• Chelsea Clinton lays low with her new boyfriend, Goldman Sachs banker Marc Mezvinsky. Not that we were particularly intrigued by the whole situation. [Lowdown]
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Time Inc. Layoffs: All Over but the Namin'
Time Inc. staffers can now exhale. Word came yesterday that 30 editorial staffers — concentrated at Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Money, and the already hard-hit flagship, Time — have accepted voluntary buyout packages, ending the current round of job cuts. So if you work for the world's largest mag publisher, and if you still have your job today, you can be confident you'll still have your job tomorrow and the day after, too. Will you still have it in six or nine months? Well, that's another story. (Who knows what further cutback plans Ann Moore has up her sleeve?) More »
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'SI' Swimsuit Issue Cock-Teases Your Cell Phone
Sports Illustrated's much-revered swimsuit issue hits the stands tomorrow, bringing with it all sorts of new, sticky possibilities: More »
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• Brandon Holley digs 20-something smart chicks. [NYT]
• Daily News TV guy Richard Huff still doesn't like Jon Stewart. [NYDN]
• The Observer redesigns its blogs, which now look thoroughly swell (if, sadly, less pink). [The Real Estate/NYO]
• Missed In Style: Celebrity Weddings on ABC Monday night? Then you missed your chance to see highlights from Details editor Dan Peres' wedding. We're sure you're as sad as we are. [WWD]
Media Bubble: Nachos, Beer, and, Maybe, a Free Football-Phone!
• Maxim, Sports Illustrated, and Playboy to spend up to $1 million each to host dueling pre-Super Bowl parties. Maybe some of those recently laid off from Time Inc. and Dennis Publishing will be invited. [NYP]• Brandon Holley digs 20-something smart chicks. [NYT]
• Daily News TV guy Richard Huff still doesn't like Jon Stewart. [NYDN]
• The Observer redesigns its blogs, which now look thoroughly swell (if, sadly, less pink). [The Real Estate/NYO]
• Missed In Style: Celebrity Weddings on ABC Monday night? Then you missed your chance to see highlights from Details editor Dan Peres' wedding. We're sure you're as sad as we are. [WWD]
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• Oh, except that there is a TV deal at Conde, in which MTV is shooting a reality show in Teen Vogue's West Coast office. [WWD]
• The Times loves it some red staters, says Eric Alterman. [Nation]
• Myrna Blyth comes to bury celebrity editors. Again. Virtually word for word. [FishbowlNY]
• Remembering magazines' sexy, sultry summer of Scientology. [Folio:]
• There's a new national editor at the Times, which, come to think of it, doesn't change anything for nearly any of us. [NYT]
Media Bubble: 'SI,' Si, Everywhere There's Sis
• All those stories today on Si considering a TV deal with Comcast? They're about SI — i.e., Sports Illustrated — not about Conde Nast. It took us a while to figure that out. [NYP]• Oh, except that there is a TV deal at Conde, in which MTV is shooting a reality show in Teen Vogue's West Coast office. [WWD]
• The Times loves it some red staters, says Eric Alterman. [Nation]
• Myrna Blyth comes to bury celebrity editors. Again. Virtually word for word. [FishbowlNY]
• Remembering magazines' sexy, sultry summer of Scientology. [Folio:]
• There's a new national editor at the Times, which, come to think of it, doesn't change anything for nearly any of us. [NYT]
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• Times digital chief Martin Nisenholtz says the hope is that office move will make NYTimes.com "part of the DNA of the newsroom." Our hope is that people finally stop talking about inanimate objects' DNA. [OJR]
• With the network-news changing of the guard complete, advertisers might reconsider all the money they spend on the evening news. [NYT]
• New sports spinoffs TK from Times Magazine and, natch, SI. [NYO]
• Francis Bean Cobain, Kurt and Courtney's daughter, to appear in "Young Hollywood" package of October Teen Vogue. [WWD]
Media Bubble: Icahn Do Anything You Can Do, Smaller
• Carl Icahn wants to split up Time Warner. [NYT]• Times digital chief Martin Nisenholtz says the hope is that office move will make NYTimes.com "part of the DNA of the newsroom." Our hope is that people finally stop talking about inanimate objects' DNA. [OJR]
• With the network-news changing of the guard complete, advertisers might reconsider all the money they spend on the evening news. [NYT]
• New sports spinoffs TK from Times Magazine and, natch, SI. [NYO]
• Francis Bean Cobain, Kurt and Courtney's daughter, to appear in "Young Hollywood" package of October Teen Vogue. [WWD]
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Nick McDonnell, campus casanova
Nick McDonnell first-time author, Harvard freshman, and son of Sports Illustrated Editor, Terry McDonnell is apparently using his newly acquired literary caché to woo women. We'll admit that "Let me read to you from my best-selling novel," isn't a bad pickup line when used legitimately by an 18-year-old. We suspect, however, that "And my daddy knows the publisher!" is conveniently omitted.Nick at night [Post]
