CNN Punk'd By Ashton Kutcher; Brooke Licked Blood Off Kiefer's Head
- Ashton Kutcher elaborately pranked CNN and Ted Turner:
Painting The White House Black
Talk about change: because of Barack Obama, Essence, the "top-selling magazine among black women," will, for the first time, have a full-time White House reporter. [MediaBistro]
Women's Interest
Nylon may be safe, but according to a that mediabistro.com just posted (from ), things are scary indeed in the world of fashion magazines. In the third quarter, the industry saw a 10% decline as categories like pharmaceutical and beauty slashed their ad budgets. Some of the hardest hit are (down 15.3% since last…
MagHag
The best coverline on this
new issue of magazine — featuring Beyoncé — is "Broke? Money Tips To Stop Living Paycheck To Paycheck." Sure, sure, Mrs. Jay-Z could probably help with that. []
MagHag
Seeing a non-whittled, non-Photoshop of Horrors woman on the cover of a magazine at the newsstand — along with the cover line, "135 looks to flatter your curves" — prompted us to pick up this issue of
Essence. But the "special survey," Why men cheat: "3,000 Black Men Tell All"? Mildly depressing. (Click to enlarge.)
Is There Such A Thing As A Black Female 'Voice'?
Essence magazine has announced plans to re-launch Essence.com and make it a daily destination for African-American women 18 to 49 years old. Two media units of Time Warner are teaming up with the 38-year-old magazine: Warner Brothers Television Group (Extra) and Telepictures Productions (The Tyra Banks Show). The…
At Essence's Hollywood Event, Glamour Girls Abounded
Last night in Beverly Hills, Essence hosted a red-carpet event honoring Black Women in Hollywood. Katie Holmes (not black) came! Star Jones (not Hollywood) was also on hand! Katie, of course, looked gorgeous, as did so many of the other women in attendance, including Jada Pinkett Smith, Tatyana Ali (who embraced the…
Study Says Magazines For Black Women More Likely To Shill Fad Diets
The way "black" magazines and "mainstream" mags discuss diet strategies is very different, according a recent study done at the University of Iowa. According to a U of Iowa press release: "African-American women's magazines are more likely to encourage fad diets and reliance on faith to lose weight, while mainstream…
Susan L. Taylor, The Soul Of Essence, Leaves Mag After Almost Four Decades
In an industry where corporate loyalty has gone the way of the dodo, Susan L. Taylor has been synonymous with the Essence brand since the magazine's launch in 1970. Today, the NY Times reports that Ms. Taylor is stepping down from her post as publications director (she held that title for 7 years; she was…
