Maxim

CNN Avoids Booking Talk Radio Hosts|Playboy and Maxim Go Well Together|MTV Reveals Revamped Schedule|Portfolio.com Returns|Conn. Paper's Publisher Emerges From Ch. 11 - Posted August 12, 2009
TVNewser: CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein yesterday asked his show producers to stop booking talk radio hosts on their shows, calling their views "all too predictable." PaidContent: Can Playboy and Maxim survive if they're combined? Hollywood Reporter: A look at the revamped MTV and its upcoming show schedule, which includes the network's first single-camera... [FishBowlNY]

CNN Avoids Booking Talk Radio Hosts|Playboy and Maxim Go Well Together|MTV Reveals Revamped Schedule|Portfolio.com Returns|Conn. Paper's Publisher Emerges From Ch. 11 - Posted August 12, 2009
TVNewser: CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein yesterday asked his show producers to stop booking talk radio hosts on their shows, calling their views "all too predictable." PaidContent: Can Playboy and Maxim survive if they're combined? Hollywood Reporter: A look at the revamped MTV and its upcoming show schedule, which includes the network's first single-camera... [FishBowlNY]

Fomer Maxim Editor Keith Blanchard Joins Ad Agency - Posted May 8, 2009
Keith Blanchard (left) has worn many hats during his career, most recently founding The Daily Lowdown, a content aggregation site for young men. But the Huffington Post columnist and former editor-in-chief of lad mag Maxim is now making the leap to advertising. On Monday, Blanchard will start his new job as... [FishBowlNY]

Blender Refugee Moves To Maxim As Creative Director - Posted April 29, 2009
Dirk Barnett has been named creative director at Maxim. Barnett had been in the same role at sister pub Blender until Alpha Media Group shuttered the music magazine in March. While at Blender, Barnett led a redesign of the pub that has been nominated for a "Redesign of the Year" award by... [FishBowlNY]

Blender Spins Into Great Magazine Beyond - Posted March 26, 2009
Blender is no more. The music magazine followed so many other publications into the ether amidst a restructuring at parent company Alpha Media Group. It will continue to live online. "Blender has provided unmatched music coverage and entertainment news in its unique voice to a profoundly dedicated audience of music enthusiasts since... [FishBowlNY]

Maxim, Blender Publisher May be Turned Over to Creditors - Posted November 24, 2008
Looks like Citigroup wasn't the only one struggling to get through the weekend. The WSJ is reporting that Alpha Media, the publisher of laddie magazines Maxim and Blender, is in "restructuring talks that are expected to turn over the company to creditors." Just to give you a sense of... [FishBowlNY]

Elizabeth Spiers' New (ish) Project: An Online Maxim for Women - Posted October 23, 2008
Elizabeth Spiers, who launched Gawker back in 2002 along with Nick Denton, and also had a hand in launching this blog (among others), is talking with WWD about her new project, something she is describing it as an online "Maxim for women." Per WWD:Her idea is to "cater to the... [FishBowlNY]

Which American Magazine is Felix Dennis Trying to Buy? - Posted July 8, 2008
Over at Folio Dylan Stableford has released a little gem from a forthcoming interview with Felix Dennis in which the Maxim founder, maybe murderer, and all round interesting publishing type declares that he is in discussions to but the rights to a well known American magazine.We're trying to buy the worldwide... [FishBowlNY]

Maxim.com Names Queen Elizabeth II as #1 Available Rich Woman/Prince Philip Not Reached for Comment - Posted July 20, 2007
Maxim.com (which has NOTHING to do with Maxim magazine, according to the email pitch) has selected a group of rich women who aren't paired off, and thus available to anyone. And facts don't stand in the way of the masterminds at Maxim.com: #1 Queen Elizabeth II Age: 80 Net Worth: $720 million Source: Blueness of blood Marital... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch at Michael's: Ralph Lauren Is Into Leather - Posted May 2, 2007
Fashion designers are a strange bunch. These arbiters of style often appear in some head-scratching ensembles that, if they were mere mortals, would land them squarely in "What were they thinking?" territory. We're always on the lookout for the sartorially splendid during our weekly visits to 55th & Fifth, so we... [FishBowlNY]