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So What Do You Do, Peggy Northrop, VP/Global Editor-In-Chief, Reader's Digest?
Expanding Reader's Digest's content across multiple channels, Peggy Northrop opens up about sustainable pay models, revenue strategies, and industry contraction.

So What Do You Do, Brides Publisher Alison Adler-Matz?
With two decades of experience under her belt, this publisher describes shepherding her sales team through current ad sales challenges.

So What Do You Do, Robert Quigley, Austin American-Statesman Internet Editor?
This newspaper editor-turned social media expert describes how he's using Twitter to drive daily news coverage while expanding the paper's audience.

So What Do You Do, Frank Warren, Founder, PostSecret Project?
The founder of Webby-winning site PostSecret spills the beans on how he's gotten thousands to bare all online and beyond.

So What Do You Do, Howard Polskin, Sr. VP, Magazine Publishers of America
Ahead of MPA's annual conference, the man with its plan discusses 'magabrands' and explains why blogging's 'like having a hungry farm animal.'

So What Do You Do, Faran Krentcil, Editor, Fashionista.com?
Entering another New York Fashion Week, the irreverent fashion blog editor divulges her fashion crush, what the big fashion mags are missing, and the Medusa/Carine Roitfeld connection.

Editing Through Loss -- Part II
MacArthur Award winner Adrian Nicole LeBlanc on reliving loss by editing and a producer's key role.
Related: A Journalist Grapples With Grief -- Part I

A Journalist Grapples With Grief -- Part I
MacArthur Award winner Adrian Nicole LeBlanc on the emotions of capturing her father's dying days.
Related: Producing "The Ground We Lived On"

MB Q&A: Toby Young, The Sound of No Hands Clapping
Professional persona non grata Toby Young dishes on the relative bridge-burning quotient across the media industry, locates himself on the "fake writer" spectrum, and tells us why his diaries are destined to make haters of us all.
Excerpt: The Sound of No Hands Clapping

HRQs: Community Connect, Inc.
Powering ethnic social networking Web sites, this company prizes diversity and seeks hires to further its team efforts.

Book Keeping: Fashion Focus Fuels Three-Book Deal
After honing her YA knowledge editing teen mags, this writer scored a three-book deal starring a teen-turned-supermodel.

Book Keeping: 'The Hardest Part Of Writing Is Writing'
Inspired by a rap lyric, this first-time novelist sold his debut novel to Simon & Schuster and is fielding film interest.

Book Keeping: Press Leads Would-Be Author to Agent, Deal
Steeped in the 'brave new teen milieu' online, this author parlayed her popular Web site into a five-figure deal.

Book Keeping: Authors Uncover Sassy's Rise and Fall
INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: To chronicle teen mag Sassy, these journos-turned-authors worked all their angles to tell the story behind the seminal teen title.
EXCERPT: How Sassy Changed My Life

Pitches That Worked: Salon
Arguing against the majority opinion yielded this writer an assignment-nabbing Salon query.

Pitches That Worked: The Believer
A devoted reader of his intended outlet, this writer waited to submit until the right idea struck. We walk you through the query that sold his story.

Pitches That Worked: The Economist
We show how freelancers can crack this premier pub, getting an editor to weigh in on his writer's persistent approach.

Pitches That Worked: BeE
A vividly-written query and its writer's knowledge of her target outlet entice an assigning editor: We break it down so you don't miss a beat.

Pitches That Worked: San Francisco
"I really wanted to break in, so I decided to go for it," says this writer whose offer of multiple ways to cover one idea helped her join the writing ranks of this top regional glossy.

Pitches That Didn't/ Did Work: Essence/ Cleveland Plain Dealer
From a nonstarter to a story that sold: We analyze the original pitch and its successful rewrite, and get the editors who passed and assigned it to weigh in.

Pitches That Worked: Penthouse
We analyze a series of queries from a writer whose first idea for Penthouse was rejected but kept pitching until he got his assignment.

Pitches That Worked: Time Out New York
'Perfectly pegged' and written in TONY's own style, this writer's first pitch ever earned him a place in the widely-read New York nightlife guide.

Pitches That Worked: Newsday
This query led Newsday to assign its author 70 pieces -- and counting! We point out how his first pitch made it all possible.

Pitches That Worked: Parents
What makes a query lead to a story? We break down a successful pitch to Parents.

Video Pitch Slam 1-on-1: Latina
Watch aspiring Latina writers pitch the editor-in-chief, who breaks down what you can learn from their attempts.

Video Pitch Slam 1-on-1: Tango
Watch aspiring Tango writers pitch the editor-in-chief, who breaks down what you can learn from their attempts.

Video Pitch Slam 1-on-1: Esquire
Watch four aspiring Esquire writers pitch the magazine's articles editor to see if they can score assignments.
RELATED: How To Pitch: Esquire

Video Pitch Slam 1-on-1: Redbook
NEW on MEDIABISTRO.COM: Watch four aspiring Redbook writers pitch its editor-in-chief to see if they can score assignments.
RELATED: How To Pitch: Redbook

Hey, How'd You Write the Book on Bad Celeb Style?
Blogging about stars' lousy sartorial choices pays the rent? It does for this duo, who've extended into books and top-tier freelance gigs.

Hey How Do You Keep Churning Out Fashion Week Scoops, Brandusa Niro, Daily Publishing Group EIC?
The 'fiery' head of all those staple Fashion Week pubs delves into how her team gets in front of all those style stories.

Hey, How'd You Tailor Your e-Newsletter to New Cities?
Launched in NYC, Thrillist's tastemaking newsletters now reach readers across the country. The founder describes the challenge of taking his content further.

Hey, How'd You Launch a Magazine On Top of a Full-Time Job?
An editor who works in consulting full-time details how she runs her start-up mag by night.

Hey, How'd You: Self-Publish Your Way Into a Book Deal?
Unwilling to take publishers' rejection as the final word on her first novel, this writer self-published and scored a bona fide book deal along the way. She divulges how she did it.

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Our Fox Is Leaving the Henhouse - Posted July 16, 2009
Well, the time has come: After three years here at mediabistro.com, Rebecca L. Fox, Editorial Director, Strategy & Development, is leaving us. Tina Brown wooed her away to The Daily Beast, where she'll be Director of Editorial Development and Operations. It sucks to see Rebecca go, but nice to see media companies... [FishBowlNY]

Today Only! Discounted Tix To Mediabistro Circus - Posted May 28, 2009
We have ten discounted tickets for Mediabistro Circus only available for FishbowlNY readers! Click here to register, use the promo code FBNY245 and score a ticket to the Circus for only $245. But don't wait, because this offer expires at close of business May 28 or when tickets run out (and we... [FishBowlNY]

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