BayNewser: Dwell publisher Michela O’Connor Abrams told a media conference last week that in the future, magazines will still be around, “but most of them will be these beautiful pieces that are the calling cards of brands, not the drivers of those brands.”

New York Times: Public editor Clark Hoyt discusses book of the moment Game Change and examines how the Times covered the book (with a review and some articles about related matters, like Sen. Harry Reid‘s apology for his quotes in the book) and whether or not the account in the book about Times columnist Maureen Dowd fact checking her column with David Geffen is accurate.

Hollywood Reporter: Oprah Winfrey sidekick Nate Berkus is set to headline his own lifestyle show this fall.

minOnline: Why are Elle and Food Network Magazine so successful?

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Journalists: stop giving away your work for free!

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There has been a lot of talk this week about Mark Halperin and John Heilemann‘s book Game Change this week, and what Sen. Harry Reid may or may not have said about Barack Obama.

In a video interview with the authors, Time magazine executive editor Rick Stengel gets to the bottom of the story and learns how and why Reid encouraged Obama to run for president.

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If nothing else Ann Coulter knows how to generate some serious PR for herself. She hit the headlines numerous times yesterday after being bumped from a Today show appearance — Drudge declared her banned from NBC, NBC denied it, she’s been re-booked for tomorrow. She subsequently appeared on CBS’s The Early Show with Harry Smith this morning. Smith told Coulter that he’d read 150pp of her book and then asked her whether she really expected people to take her seriously when she’s “so goofy.” Cue liberal media bias insult.

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