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    Conde Nast's September: Ouch

    Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us

    Is Jimmy Wales stalking his ex-wife in Alabama?

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    Mainstream media in edit war over Jimmy Wales's waistline

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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    07/22/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    Print still does things the web can't do---and it should. I do think doing away with Men.Style.com for example is a good move---several times last year I wanted to go to the GQ site, not some watered-down style thingie.
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    07/22/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    Fashion Rocks was always an embarrassment, though. It looked like crap.
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    Image of tailpipebananna tailpipebananna
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    one of the problems for me is that mags like W feature the same photogs every issue. with (it seems like) the same models. CN needs to make a hip, YOUNG (20-35) fashion mag that not Teen Vogue. At this point all their mags are yawns. I get my mags from London.
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    Image of DeltaGuy DeltaGuy
    07/21/09

    @tailpipebananna: British GQ is a dreadful, dreadful mess. I picked it up the last time I flew, and almost thought that I had accidentally purchased FHM.
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    Image of meg9 meg9
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    The internet has definitely replaced magazines for me. It feels like such a waste to spend 3 or 4 dollars on something I'll flip through once at the train station. During that same time, I can check out a bunch of funny, amazing and thoughtful websites on my ipod.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/21/09

    @meg9: Have to disagree, strongly, there. I tried to read the new Michael Lewis story on AIG on the Vanity Fair website, and couldn't get through one page. It's a horrible, horrible site. And I ADORE Michael Lewis.

    I picked up the magazine itself to keep me busy while travelling, loved it, forgot it at a Starbucks one day, and went out and bought another copy of the same issue. That's how good it was. The same edition I couldn't get through 1 page of online.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    07/21/09

    @raincoaster: I also loathe Vanity Fair's web site, and that's the main reason why I still buy the magazine every month.
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    I also think what's killing magazines is that the writing is not very good. At all. I found myself trying to remember when I was impressed by something in Vanity Fair or W or Vogue or any of the Time, Inc. or Hearst publications and I'm at a loss.

    But online content? There are a ton of funny, well-written bloggers who I follow about as regularly as people probably followed writers back in the day--when magazines actually had writers. I mean, the unveiling of the anonymous model on Jezebel, for instance, was off the hook (even if you hate Jezebel, seriously go read it). The snark on upupandagay (a flight attendant blog soon to be book deal, I'm sure) is funnier than the Countess in W. Magazines need to find their relevance. And I don't think McKinsey is going to help them do that.
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    Image of Ephraim Gadsby Ephraim Gadsby
    07/21/09

    @Trulymadlyme: But funny bloggers don't report, for the most part. They make 80s/90s pop culture references and talk about themselves. Which is excellent and amusing. But if the New Yorker and Wired and GQ (and to a lesser extent VF) stop unearthing facts, quotes etc then what is there to snark at?
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    07/21/09

    @EphraimGadsby: That's just it, sure the AP and news wires need to figure out how to monetize their content, but the feature writers? Suck. Profiles? Suck.

    The blogs I follow don't simply run through pop culture cliches or snark. They provide funny interesting insights I'm not getting anywhere else. I mean, what if the Washington Post actually hired the writer for whyihatedc?
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    I still love GQ but Wired? "Wired, -26%;". That's what you get for putting Julia Allison on your cover as well as Brad Pitt.
    Dumb moves.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    Is GQ a good magazine? Family member works there, and hard to tell if that's a title that will survive or not.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    07/21/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: I prefer it to Esquire, though the quality of writing in Esquire is usually superior to that of GQ. The problem with Esquire is that the articles are always really bitchy/biased, especially when they're about politics, and that turns me off, even if they're written better than the ones in GQ. When it comes to features, editorials, etc., however, GQ trumps for me.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    Ugh. Is Si going to shutter Wired? Because that would so piss me off.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    07/21/09

    @Awesome X: They can just rename it "Fired".
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    07/21/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: CHUCK TOWNSEND: So, Chris, you know your new book about how everything is supposed to be "free."

    CHRIS ANDERSON: Sure.

    CHUCK: Yeah, so, uh--

    RANDOM MCKINSEY GUY: Chris, we'd like you and your staff to continue producing Wired. For free.

    CHRIS: What? No, that's not exactly--

    CHUCK: Yeah, uh, it's not really, like, negotiable. Our options are kind of limited here, Chris. We can either close the magazine, and then you wouldn't be paid for it. Or we can produce the magazine, and you won't be paid for it. Now, you wouldn't want us to close the magazine, would you?

    CHRIS: Frankly, I--

    CHUCK: Would you?

    CHRIS: Shit.

    MALCOLM GLADWELL, eating a salad with David Remnick at the next cafeteria table: Dumbshit.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    07/21/09

    In reply to Conde Nast's September: Ouch
    What about Juggs? Please, Hamilton, tell me Juggs is safe.
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    Image of kneetoe kneetoe
    07/21/09

    @Nice Beaver: Juggs has been reduced and repackaged as boobs. Sorry.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    07/21/09

    @Nice Beaver:
    I've heard the target market is firm.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    07/21/09

    @Smitros: Really? 'cause it appears things are sagging over there and could use some support.
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    Image of The Recession Is Over The Recession Is Over
    07/21/09

    @Nice Beaver: Their numbers have long been artificially inflated.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/21/09

    @kneetoe: Really? I heard "Quarts" was the new title.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    07/21/09

    @I do love Sherry: The lack of transparency surrounding Juggs really rubs me the wrong way.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    07/21/09

    @BookishLookish: had squicky flash of "Half-Pint" and Melissa Gilbert there.
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    Image of kneetoe kneetoe
    07/21/09

    @BookishLookish: Right, b/c it can still get your rocks off.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    07/21/09

    @Nice Beaver: As a well-known analyst in this niche of the media market, I've always said, with respect to Conde's future economic attractiveness, "Black Tail" is always a better indicator than than "Juggs".
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    07/21/09

    @Nice Beaver:
    Juggs will be held tightly, fondled, yea, even caressed--if occasionally allowed to get chilly.
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    Image of DorothyMantooth DorothyMantooth
    06/16/09

    In reply to Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us
    When I was in college, I went shopping with my dad. And a shopkeeper dude told my dad he had a beautiful wife.


    This thing looks like that thing.

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    06/15/09

    In reply to Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us
    Under the one picture in which we see Bruce's face up close, there's a beauty tip on using the right SPF to avoid wrinkles. Oh, nothing like some well-placed quiet bitchiness.
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    06/15/09

    In reply to Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us
    MY EEEEEYYYYYEEESS! AHHHH
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    Image of drewonline drewonline
    06/15/09

    In reply to Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us
    I would love to see an example of what Richard defines as clearly NSFW - I swear, it would take hard-core porn to get a NSFW from Richard.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    06/15/09

    @drewonline: Pretty much.
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    06/15/09

    In reply to Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us
    When I get home from work tonight, I'm going to suggest to Mr. P (who is about one million times sexier than BW, BTW) that we set up our own early-middle-age photo spread. Some highlights include: Mr. P artfully arranged on our bed (only a queen b/c we're close like that), flat on his back, me scrunched up on the edge of my side, eyes wide open, a look of anger and frustration; the Mr. & Mrs. P couch dance, which is each of us on opposite ends of the couch, arranging and rearranging our legs in order to get comfy; and the secret late-night living room assignation, Mrs. P with a gigantic bowl of chocolate ice cream, Mr. P with a 20% EXTRA bag of Cheetos.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    06/15/09

    @Mama Penguino: Aw, the universality of what you just wrote is brilliant ^_^
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    06/15/09

    In reply to Bruce and Emma Willis' Newlywed S&M Gift to All of Us
    What is up with the leg goop? First Gwynnie, now this female?


    Team Matte 4Evah!

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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    06/15/09

    @BookishLookish: He just birthed her.
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