Archives: September 2010

If you love style and shopping, we have just the gig for you. Sugar Inc. is on the hunt for a New York fashion editor, who can spot trends before they explode; hone in on who and what a celebrity is wearing; and point out the best places to get all of the above.

Beyond knowing what’s hot this season, you should be comfortable with researching, writing and producing daily content for Sugar Inc., including features, interviews and how-tos. You’ll attend many events, such as New York Fashion Week, and be expected to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry.

To be considered, you’ll need three to five years of experience in fashion writing/editing for print or online. You should be willing to work nights and weekends for special events and be able to turn around clean, witty copy in a flash. If you think this job fits your style, apply here.

Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews.

• FishbowlLA: The porn version of Avatar proves that Hustler is like Christmas, only it comes much, much more than once a year.
• FishbowlDC: A Botox cafe, how fun! Because who doesn’t love looking like the Joker if he’d been mauled by an angry raccoon?
• Animal NY: Ukraine is not the only place where, if you grope a woman on, say, the Uptown 1 train at Columbus Street Station, she’ll rip your boys off.
• Twitter: Makes sense.

Earlier this week, ReadyMade magazine held its first “Celebrate Design” event at Cooper Classic Cars on Perry Street. Those who attended sampled chocolates from Taza, sipped cocktails and were treated to music and original art. Guests are also invited to participate in a silent auction, with proceeds benefiting the Americans for the Arts Action Fund.

Artists whose works were featured at the event include :

Daniel Mihalik (www.danielmichalik.com) – Daniel uses underutilized, unconventional materials like cork to create chairs, dishes, benches and more.

Robin Antar (www.rantar.com/) – Robin’s “realism in stone” sculptures include m&m’s, Diesel jeans and a No. 2 pencil.

Carol Quint (www.carolquint.com) – Carol’s process involves creating, recycling and reconstruction results in sculptures, photographs and etchings.

Justin Gignac (www. justingignac.com) – Justin’s work includes sculptures using NYC garbage and a series of paintings titled “Wants for Sale” – He and his wife paint things that they want, then sell the painting for the price of the real item.

UM Project (www.umproject.com/um_home.html) – The UM Project specializes furniture and interiors

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Last night the entrepreneurial meetup group nextNY treated members of the New York tech community to free burgers, fries and shakes at the @shakeshack III event in Madison Square Park. The organization also teamed up with event sponsors to give out Community Awards to this year’s standout businesses and entrepreneurs, which were selected through an online poll.

The crowd gathered under a white tent for conversation and cups of Shackmeister while Shake Shack staffers passed around trays of food, which probably broke the record for the shortest wait time at Shake Shack by several hours.  We spotted Entrepreneur of the Year nominee Dennis Crowley from Foursquare, Mediabistro’s own Joe Ciarallo from Most Buzzworthy Startup nominee Buddy Media and David Ambrose from Best E-mail Driven Startup nominee Scoop St., as well as Tony Bacigalupo from New Work City and TycoonU.com CIO Wayne Mulligan, who pretended to be from Groupon (nice try). As of yesterday, the full list of finalists included:

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And, after much waitin’ debatin’ and speculatin,’ The New York Times Magazine‘s new editor is… Hugo Lindgren, the current executive editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. Lindgren will begin his new role on October 25th.

Lindgren is replacing Gerry Marzorati, who left the position and now oversees special projects at The New York Times.

You can read executive editor Bill Keller‘s full memo to staff after the jump.

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Big, hire for the National Journal: The National Journal Group announced that Adam Kushner, currently a senior editor for Newsweek, is joining their fold as deputy magazine editor.

At Newsweek, Kushner oversaw the weekly magazine’s foreign coverage. He has previously worked at The New Republic in various positions and is the co-founder of both the Columbia Political Review and the Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism.

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• BWE: These Rolling Stone covers apparently make light of serious issues. But, to be fair, nothing says “serious meth problem” quite like Justin Timberlake’s hair.

• UnBeige: Here’s a look at the project that’s going to make my life even more of a living Hell.

• AgencySpy: I originally read this headline as “Foursome.”

• YouTube: Queens’ own Greg Giraldo died today. Celebrate his life with some jokes about large women, alcoholism and the enigma that is George Hamilton’s continued existence. R.I.P.

Some big promotions from Rodale Inc. to report today: Mary Murcko has been promoted to EVP, group publisher, effective immediately. She will be tasked with overseeing all print and digital advertising sales and marketing efforts. Publishers for Rodale’s titles will now report to her, including Laura Petasnick, who has been newly promoted to publisher of Prevention.

Murcko, who has been with Rodale for six years, has worked across a variety of the company’s magazines, including Prevention, Organic Gardening, and Women’s Health.

Petasnick was formerly the advertising director at Vogue and worked eight years at Time Inc, including acting as the executive director, fashion & beauty advertising at Real Simple.

Said Murcko of Pestarnik:

Laura has a deep-rooted understanding of the Prevention reader and their desire for all things food, fitness, and beauty. I have every confidence that she will continue to successfully connect marketers with this passionate audience of healthy lifestyle enthusiasts who actively engage with brands that invest in their interests.

Nick Axelrod, formerly of WWD will join Elle next week as the magazine’s new fashion news editor.

John Koblin, as we told you earlier, is scooping up Axelrod’s old spot.