It’s Friday, so why not discuss a moron? A little over a month ago Donald Trump ranted that New York was “boring” and “will die in the near future” and now he’s back at it again. Only this time, he added New York columnist Jonathan Chait to his list.

.@nymag is a piece of garbage but I think it is very nice & charitable that they employ the no-talent illiterate hack @jonathanchait.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2013

The problem here (well, one of the problems) is that to be a hack, you sort of have to be literate. But hey, it was a nice try.

Graydon Carter, the 63-year-old editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, is currently negotiating a new contract with Condé Nast. According to The New York Post, the main hold-up to getting the deal done is that Carter’s lawyer — Allan Grubman — is pushing for a signing bonus and a raise for Carter.

The other issue at hand is that Carter isn’t sure how much longer he wants to stay at Vanity Fair. He has already been the editor of the magazine for 21 years, so you can hardly blame him. Carter also has other interests, such his overseeing his popular restaurants and producing films.

Charles Townsend, Condé’s CEO, told the Post that all is well and “There are no plans for anyone to succeed Graydon at Vanity Fair.” Which means, of course, it’s time to guess who is succeeding Carter at Vanity Fair! Below are some names that have been circulated:

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Google Glass is stupid. If you wear Glass, there is a 100 percent chance you will lose friends. The tech blogs and Google won’t tell you this, which is why we are. FishbowlNY cares about you. Now with that being said, we understand why brands want to get in on Glass. Nothing wrong with trying to profit off of idiots. This is exactly why Elle has created an app for Glass.

Elle’s app is significant because this is a pioneering effort. Hearst is now the first magazine company to create and launch a Glass app. The details are a bit vague as to what, exactly, the Elle app will do, but here’s what Hearst had to say about that:

Elle Glassware curates the best content from Elle’s most widely read and shared sections online, including Elle Dispatch, a fashion and culture news blog that provides read-aloud excerpts and bundled photos and video; daily fashion inspiration from Street Chic; magazine-like photo Lookbooks that Glass users can swipe through; and horoscopes, which allow the user to change astrological signs within the Glassware. While using the Glassware, users can share articles and photos with contacts and create reading lists and shopping wish lists that can be revisited later from a mobile or desktop device.

Okay, the last part — taking pictures of things you want to buy while using Glass — is sort of cool. But let’s be honest, you can already do that with your phone. We know, “Glass is way different than that!” Sure, sure it is.

We support Elle’s decision to launch a Glass app, but please understand we will never support using Glass. But hey, to each his own.

Not really.

Environmentally savvy freelancers can snag bylines at one of the oldest continuously published mags in the country: Audubon. The pub gets 90 percent of its content from freelancers, and editors are very open to working with new writers.

The advocacy magazine promotes the mission of saving birds, wildlife and habitat and serves as the flagship publication of the National Audubon Society, one of the oldest environmental groups in the country. Audubon is the only pure nature magazine on the market, but it aspires to the reach and commercial success of National Geographic, while still maintaining its commitment to the thought-provoking, long-form type journalism of The Atlantic and The New Yorker.

For more details on how to score a byline, read How To Pitch: Audubon.
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Condé Nast Traveler is coming to the Middle East, marking the first time a Condé brand has been available there. The new edition of Traveler — launching sometime with in the next year, according to WWD — will be its eighth.

Middle East Traveler came about via a partnership with ITP Group, the region’s biggest magazine publishing house.

In a statement, Jonathan Newhouse, chairman and Condé Nast International’s CEO, said the new edition was a “natural step.”

Angelina Jolie’s op-ed in the New York Times detailing her decision to have a preventative double mastectomy has garnered a lot of attention. Time is keeping that going with its latest issue. The cover features the 37-year-old actress and inside is a report on how Jolie’s decision could affect other women and much more.

The new issue of Time hits newsstands tomorrow.

The New Yorker has launched an anonymous online tip box called “Strongbox.” The tool is designed to allow anyone to send a document, file, image, whatever, to the New Yorker, while keeping their identity a total secret. It’s basically WikiLeaks for pretentious people. Kidding!

The Wall Street Journal has something similar called SafeHouse, but that had several security flaws. And since you never hear about it, it seems like it’s not going so well. The New Yorker recognizes that something could go awry when submitting. In a post about the tool, the magazine states, “Strongbox does not provide perfect security. Among other risks, if you share your unique code name, or if your computer is compromised, any activities, including communications through Strongbox, should be considered compromised as well.”

If you’re willing to take that risk, have at it. Start sending your cartoons of pigs at the complaint department today.

Michael Hiestand is leaving USA Today after 24 years. According to the Sherman Report, Hiestand has accepted a buyout from the paper. Hiestand said that he decided it was time to try something new.

“The people at USA Today do a good job. There are some good people there. But I’m ready to try some new things. You just want to figure out, ‘What is the right niche for me?’ Having the buyout will give me a little bit of time. It gives me some time away from the everyday deadlines.”

Hiestand’s last column ran Friday.

The Hollywood Reporter printed early copies of its magazine for New York’s upfronts this week.

The magazine will be available for the NBC and Fox upfronts on Monday, and a similar ABC event tomorrow.

Here’s an email from THR.com editor, Chris Krewson:

We’ll have 1,000 copies of the book at the upfronts for both NBC (Radio City Music Hall) and Fox (Beacon Theater) today, and 1,000 copies at ABC’s presentation tomorrow at Lincoln Center. Additional copies at these hotels: Mandarin, Four Seasons, The London, NoMad, The Mark Hotel, and the St. Regis.

You can also find the issue at Michael’s, the Peninsula, Gansevoort Park and Dream Downtown.

We worked to close the issue Friday (our usual close is Monday, so we pushed out two issues last week). The cover is Damon Lindelof and the Rise of the Power Writer — there’s a cool writer’s reunion package where we gathered the scribes from the X-Files (including Vince Gilligan / Breaking Bad), Buffy (Joss Whedon and co.), the Shield and Murphy Brown.

Kate Upton can now add US Vogue to her list of covers. Upton appears on the front of Vogue’s June issue, which labels her as an “American dream girl” and “the hottest supermodel on Earth.” Please keep any comments about her eyebrows to yourself.

[Image: Vogue]