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Janice Min Set To Depart Us Weekly - Posted July 21, 2009
Janice Min, longtime editor of celeb magazine Us Weekly said yesterday that she will be leaving her post when her $2.5 million contract expires at the beginning of next month. Min told The New York Times she didn't know what she would do next, "But I'm 39 and I'd like to have... [FishBowlNY]

Bonnie Fuller Returns To Editor-In-Chief Spot at Celeb Web Site - Posted July 17, 2009
She once helped celebrity magazine Us Weekly become a must-read and guided American Media, which publishes Star. Then Bonnie Fuller left the world of magazines last year to launch her own company, Bonnie Fuller Media. But now she's put those plans on hold, returning to a role as editor-in-chief -- of... [FishBowlNY]

Mediaite Launches To Server-Crashing Traffic - Posted July 6, 2009
The hotly anticipated Mediaite.com, the media blog brainchild of consulting company Abrams Research, launched early this morning. The site, which has sections for TV, online and print media news and criticism in addition to columns from media heavy weights like former Us Weekly and Star editor-in-chief Bonnie Fuller and ex-Portfolio deputy... [FishBowlNY]

Two Magazines Lose Top Talent After Short Tenures - Posted July 2, 2009
This week, we learned of two top magazine staffers, one publisher and one editor-in-chief, leaving their posts after just a few months on the job. First came word that Susan Reed is leaving her spot as editor-in-chief at O, The Oprah Magazine after less than a year at the helm of the... [FishBowlNY]

People Disappears from Wal-Mart in Distribution Stand-Off - Posted February 4, 2009
One has to wonder at the logic of a magazine distribution standoff in the midst of a financial crisis that's threatening to sink the industry. Nonetheless (as threatened) Time Inc., American Media, and Bauer have pulled their magazines from Wal-Mart, the single biggest magazine retailer in the country, over a... [FishBowlNY]

Your Post-Radar Magazine Choices - Posted December 30, 2008
According to The Media is Dying those of you who were subscribers to the sadly now defunct Radar magazine can now have your choice of...wait for it...Star, Men's Fitness, or Shape. You know there was a time not that long ago where this post would have linked you to The Onion. ... [FishBowlNY]

Today's Roundup: Layoffs Hit NPR, AMI Near Bankruptcy - Posted December 10, 2008
Looks like the layoff wave has rolled into NPR. Despite reaching "near-record audience levels on-air and online," NPR has announced that due to the current economy and a shortfall in corporate underwriting they are laying off 7% of their workforce and cutting expenses: "A total of 64 filled positions... [FishBowlNY]

Jamie Lynn Spears Loses Fan Base - Posted December 21, 2007
When is Nickelodeon going to boot Jamie Lynn Spears? When even the slack-jawed yokels who read the Star are calling for her dismissal and public shaming, things have gotten out of hand. On the other hand, maybe Spears thought Knocked Up was a documentary. ... [FishBowlLA]

The Toll "Real News" Takes - Posted April 19, 2007
The folks at Us Weekly, OK!, Star and E! must be taking some long lunch breaks this week. Whenever "real" news strikes (read: tragedy that happens in the U.S. -- that Iraq stuff is so played out), the appetite for celebrity dish tends to go way, way down. How far down? Thirty-three... [FishBowlLA]