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Do We Really Need a New Sassy ?

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:26:03 CDT

Sassy is back. That sentence probably only means something if you're a member of "the My So-Called Life generation" who used to read Jane Pratt's iconic magazine while "wearing ringer tees and listening to Sonic Youth." But those women—and their daughters—are squarely in the crosshairs of the venture...

New Newsweek Not a Total Flop

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:18:37 CDT

Jack Shafer may have called Tina Brown's Newsweek "a meal that a homeless person would walk away from," and the April 12 issue may have had a slim six ads , but score one for Brown: Her Newsweek isn't festering at the newsstand. Sales of Brown's first issue, featuring Hillary Clinton,...

Car Mag Tweaks Limbaugh: Driving, Oxycontin Don't Mix

Matt Cantor — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:29:05 CST

Rush Limbaugh really, really hates the Chevy Volt, and when Motor Trend named it the 2011 car of the year, he railed against the magazine, asking "How in the world do they have any credibility?" Now a Motor Trend editor has fired back, ThinkProgress reports. “If you can stop shilling...

Berlusconi Is Sick: Catholic Media

Matt Cantor — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:40:40 CDT

A major Catholic magazine in Italy has blasted Silvio Berlusconi for having what it calls “a disease, something uncontrollable” when it comes to women, the Daily Telegraph reports. The latest accusation in the PM’s never-dull love life: That he stepped in and helped get an underage girl out of prison,...

Death Magazine Launches

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:26:00 CDT

Ever wonder why there are so many magazines about weddings but none about funerals? After two sudden deaths claimed members of his family, a creative director at a British communications company did, so he decided to start one. Eulogy , Jim Thornton's newly launched monthly magazine, deals with funerals, end-of-life care,...

Newsweek Sold to Audio Magnate for $1

Nick McMaster — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:19:59 CDT

Sidney Harman has agreed to buy Newsweek, Advertising Age reports . The 91-year-old stereo-equipment magnate, who is married to Democratic Rep.Jane Harman, will essentially pay nothing for the magazine—the real cost comes in assuming Newsweek 's liabilities, which could top $70 million this year. The Washington Post Co. has...

Lad Mag Columnist: 'Cut Your Ex's Face'

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:32:14 CDT

File this under Shocking Advice: A columnist for Brit lad mag Zoo has urged a lovelorn reader to slice his former girlfriend's face. Go on a "rampage with the boys, get on the booze and smash anything that moves," actor Danny Dyer responds to reader "Alex," who asks how he...

Sarah Palin Magazine Tells Story 'In Her Own Words'

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:09:00 CST

Sarah Palin joins the ranks of Michael Jackson and the stars of Twilight , having finally scored her very own supermarket glossy. Sarah Palin: Faith, Family, Freedom is a 100-page single-issue magazine published by a veteran of gossip rag In Touch , and it promises to reveal "the untold story…in her own...

Demi Moore: That's Really My Hip!

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:08:59 CST

The latest Photoshop scandal to hit the magazine world involves Demi Moore, who is apparently missing a portion of her hip on the cover of W —but she says the image was not touched up. A close-up courtesy of the Huffington Post shows that a chunk of her leg appears...