Another Conde Nast mag lines up for its 25% budget cuts: A tipster tells us that Teen Vogue had about six layoffs today in the sales and marketing departments, including, they say, a pregnant woman. We also hear rumors of editorial layoffs at Details today, although we have no...details. Know more? Email us.


Elsewhere in magazine layoffs: The long-awaited Forbes layoffs are coming down this week. Keith Kelly says 30 to 40 layoffs there this week. And WWD says that Time Inc. is "expected to make staff reductions across the board next week." That follows the 600 layoffs there one year ago. Damn.


What horrible things are going on at the San Francisco Chronicle? The paper lost more than 25% of its circulation in the latest report. Which is great news, according to the publisher! "Frank Vega, publisher of The Chronicle, said the newspaper's loss in circulation was an expected result of moving away from a business model that depends mainly on advertising and instead relies on readers for a greater share of revenue." Ah yes: Now that your model relies on readers for revenue, you'd expect readers to flee from your paper in record numbers. Naturally. Also: "Starting next month, the paper will become the first in the country to use glossy, magazine-style paper in its daily editions, although not for every page." Um, just what the public's been waiting for? Even Romenesko is totally making fun of you, SF Chronicle.


Looks like Wonkette will be resuming its boycott of Politico, after discovering Politico is still way dumb.


There's a little war of words going on between "xenophobic" xenophobe Lou Dobbs and "self-important ass" Fox Biz mustache-haver John Stossel. Hopefully this will end with both men tearing each other limb from limb.

• Scientology flack Creepy McReminds-Me-Of-Tom-Cruise (real name Tommy Davis) walked out on Martin Bashir on Nightline, saying he wouldn't discuss "disgusting perversions" of his faith. Or, if you notice, deny said "disgusting perversions" about Xenu and volcanoes (because they're probably true.) Page Six reports that he then came back to the ABC studio 45 minutes before the show was set to air and tried to get it canned. Security guards and staffers, probably ridden with thetans, told him he couldn't speak to Bashir or the executive producer and that the show would run unchanged. This made Davis sad. As senior church members probably aren't allowed to savagely beat junior minions any more, we can only guess how he dealt with this crimp in his Sunday evening. [Page Six]
  
  
• Brooke Hundley, the 22-year-old ESPN production assistant who Steve Phillips was fired for sleeping with, has also been hefted out of the network. Perhaps not surprising considering she went 431 kinds of crazy after she got dumped by Phillips, and blew the whole thing. Most importantly though, the Post has a new insult-to-injury description of the pudgy paramour: "schlubby seductress." [New York Post]
  
  
• The stalker Justin Timberlake had to restraining-order last week apparently has eclectic taste in music. And by music I mean musicians. TMZ points out that Karen Jane McNeil also had a restraining order filed against her by Lars Ulrich of Metallica back in March. She's not allowed within 150 yards of the band, their families and the people who run the fan club (the last one just makes me sad at the caliber of modern stalkers). She's also banned from going near Axl Rose. Kenny Loggins, watch your back! [TMZ]
  
  
• Diane Von Furstenburg got mugged in Madrid while in town to pick up an award. "I just got robbed in the street in front of the Thyssen museum . . . My wallet, cash and all my credit cards!!" Tweeted DVF. Before adding "I am totally fine!! I hope it the worst thing that will happen to me. Getting a big prize tomorrow so going to sleep now." [Page Six]
  
  
• Ah, Phil Spector. You just can't stop underlining the kind of charming eccentricities that landed you in jail for murder. He once sent his friend, celebrity lawyer Marvin Mitchelson his romantic version of how a pre-nup should read: "1. If I like it, it's mine. 2. If it's in my hands, it's mine. 3. If I can take it from you, it's mine. 4. If I had it a week ago, it's mine. 5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. 6. If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine. 7. If it looks just like mine, it's mine. 8. If I think it's fine, it's mine. 9. If it is near me, it's mine. 10. If it's broccoli, it's yours." [Page Six]
  
  
• Talking of potential pre-nups: Renee Zellweger plans to spend the holidays in Philadelphia with the family of her boyfriend Bradley Cooper. "Renee and Bradley are crazy about each other," says 'a source'. Come on source, come up with a more original line than that. How about "Renee and Bradley fucking loathe each other but are desperately insecure and always have to be dating someone else famous"? Whether it's true or not it beats the same old "this definitely solidifies how serious they are" and "they're really trying to keep this under the radar," crap we get every time Mr. or Mrs. Source-Close-To picks up the phone on this kind of story. [NYDN]
  
  
• Ivanka Trump will stay kosher for Jared Kushner. Also, the swag bags at their wedding featured flip-flops with the tag "Ivanka and Jared - what a pair" on them. Which goes to prove that swag at every event, even the joining of extraordinarily rich families, now sucks. [Cindy Adams]
  
  
• A-Rod and Kate Hudson celebrated the Yankees' win by going to Serafina on the Upper East Side. A few tables away was Hideki Matsui, also celebrating. For some reason the civilized nature of these celebrations upsets me. [Page Six]
  
  
• Teen Vogue are working on a new reality TV show because they miss having Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port around the place, apparently. [Page Six]
  
  
• Ricky Gervais will present the Golden Globes. And has a "free rein," which seems to predict at least one or two awkward moments. [Sky News]
  
  

Keith Kelly reports today that Teen Vogue, Allure, and Details—three of the company's shakiest titles—will not be killed. At least not right away!

A report from management consultants McKinsey & Co., now in the preparation stage, is expected to provide a blueprint for keeping all the magazine brands intact, although there will be some major ratcheting down of expenses, as has been widely reported.

Still. If those three mags and both Gourmet and Bon Appetit are all around a year from now, I will eat my shoe (which is made of pizza).

[Teen Vogue editor Amy] Astley recalled a recent job applicant who was clearly unqualified to work at her magazine.

"I interviewed someone who hadn't seen ‘Twilight,' " she said. "You can't work at Teen Vogue if you haven't seen ‘Twilight.'"

That cuts it down to 87 million people. Next, those of you not related to Conde Nast executives may also leave.

Fashion!

This year Conde is not publishing its annual ad-heavy Fashion Rocks supplement, which itself significantly hurts ad pages, apart from the effects of the recession and the decline of print. Of course, Fashion Rocks was killed because of those things, so whether you should factor it into the year-over-year ad page loss is a philosophical question.

But even when giving Conde the benefit of the doubt and not factoring in Fashion Rocks, the losses are grim.

Best performer: Teen Vogue, -17%
Worst performer: W, -47%
Other notables: Vogue, -30%; Allure, -28%; Wired, -26%; Glamour, -25%; Vanity Fair, -24%

Conde Nast Traveler and Architectural Digest both posted losses of well over 30%. If you include Fashion Rocks in your calculations, many of the titles' losses swell to more than 40-50%. Bad news all around.
For a full chart of Conde titles, see Media Memo.

Winner: Wired. A deserving one! Wired is, it's safe to say, the most fully developed and cerebral magazine of the bunch. It's been thin lately, but it obviously has plenty of fans. And we'll be buying ten subscriptions and handing them out to you. Stay tuned.

Runner-up: Portfolio. A thoroughly respectable showing! Especially considering the amount of trash talk directed at Fort Polio around here. It does have some great content every once in a while. But the money Conde spends to put this magazine out may prove to be its downfall.

The Tie: Bon Appetit and Gourmet. Two separate food magazines, with different approaches, both of which are losing advertising at an alarming rate, separated by just six votes. We wondered: does Conde need two food magazines? Answer: no. Combined, they would have won this poll running away. Deciding which title to keep was just as hard for you as it would be at 4 Times Square.

The Dregs: Allure, Teen Vogue, Cookie. None of these got a lot of support, but we're guessing your demographics and their demographics aren't the best match. So call it even. Ironically, Cookie, which came in last, is perhaps the most promising start-up at Conde Nast, business-wise.

The Real Loser: Details. It didn't come in last. But around here—considering our audience—Details really should have been able to pull at least 10% or so — or at least beat out Teen Vogue. The fact that it didn't is an ominous sign.

The magazine is opening a store, called the Teen Vogue Haute Spot, in the Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey. But the magazine does not intend to sell merchandise.

Instead, the store will be a place for girls to relax, try on clothes and drink smoothies — all while marketers woo them.

Bring your daughter in to charge her iPod and enjoy snacks and relax and be attended by stylists and try on makeup and perfume and clothes and then be escorted to the stores in the mall where she can buy those very items, thereby proving that she supports the media and journalism and free speech in America, Q.E.D. Then get her a mall tattoo. Of a screaming bald eagle holding a Teen Vogue. [NYT]

"Our aim is to deliver factual, issue-based coverage to young people who may not follow politics on a day to day basis. But I also wanted to make an election source that was fun," says the site's twenty-year-old founder Will Ruben, a junior at Harvard studying economics and government.

...A few weeks ago at the Teen Vogue offices, I caught up with Bobby Kennedy III, the 24-year-old Outreach Director at the newly launched website Ameritocracy.com. A recent Brown alum, he and 28-year-old Porter Bayne teamed up to create the site as a way to filter—and fact check—all kinds of political talking points that are being thrown around by the media... "It's not that people aren't smart enough; it's not even that people don't care. It's just that they're not getting good information from a format they can trust," Porter continues.

...According to Why Tuesday's twenty-five year-old executive director Jacob Soboroff, the US census reports that about one fourth of the people who don't vote say that they didn't vote because they were "too busy."

... Meghan McCain—the 23-year-old daughter of Republican nominee John —has been a bit more politically involved than past presumptive first daughters, especially when it comes to the printed word: the recent Columbia grad has taken to blogging on the campaign trail and, as of Tuesday, has penned a children's book about her father's life called My Dad, John McCain... Her insider info-packed posts are often accompanied by a song of the day —she uploaded Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" to set the tone for her write-up on the RNC, and hits ranging from indie up-and-comers Augustana to soulful crooner Johnny Cash to glam rockers T. Rex have also graced the website.

I did what I always do when faced with an opportunity to dress up: I completely disregarded my own well-stocked closet, choosing instead to borrow pieces from friends. I wore my roommate's black dotted Swiss Debra Rodman mini-dress, opaque black tights and my brown Miu Miu wedges. To add a little edge—and warmth—to an otherwise "girly" outfit, I threw on my friend Chase's leather biker jacket by Rick Owens—the same one Rachel Bilson and Ashley Olsen wear.

Partly thanks to my ensemble, I felt confident when EJ and I went over my resume, my work experiences, my interests and career goals (NOTE: Interviews are not as scary as that sounds...)... Basically, I would be writing for the official website, researching photos of young, fashion-savvy celebrities, and, in general, completing tasks to help take pressure off EJ's crazy schedule. And what's more, I would have the opportunity to apply myself and demonstrate what I view as my "professional" strengths: my creativity, communication skills, diligence and ability to follow direction well. [Teen Vogue]

• Lindsay Lohan had coke on her in her DUI arrest this morning; she was arrested after cops got reports of her white Denali chasing another car. (Two other people were in her car, by the way,and they were released.) [TMZ, TMZ] [Photo: X17]
  
• A tipster tells P6 that Teen Vogue will be the next Condoleeza Nast publication to get its plug pulled, based on the fact that "a bunch of editorial staffers have recently jumped ship, including [editor-in-chief] Amy Astley's assistant, and many more are looking for new jobs." Huh! We hear Amy's assistant quit because she was passed over for a promotion she so totally deserved, but what do we know. Anyway, deathwatch type thing starts now. [Page Six]
  
• So Diddy recorded a revenge song about his baby mama Kim Porter? Dude, so gay. [Page Six]
  
• Hilary Duff made a 9 year old girl cry. No, not about her body image. [Gatecrasher]