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Anna Wintour Said To Be Replaced By French Counterpart (Gawker)
The rumor among Conde Nast insiders is that Si Newhouse was meeting in Paris with Carine Roitfeld to work out the final details of the French Vogue editor's move to New York, where she is expected to take over flagship Vogue from Anna Wintour immediately after New Year's.

Glamour Goes International With Britney Spears Covers (Mediaweek)
Glamour is hoping to cash in on Britney Spears eight times over when it runs her on the cover of its U.S. edition as well as seven overseas spinoffs including those of Russia, Sweden, and Greece. It's rare for a magazine cover shot to run across its international editions simultaneously.

Report Ties Children's Use of Media to Their Health (NYT)
The National Institutes of Health and a nonprofit advocacy group have another reason for President-elect Barack Obama to keep urging parents to "turn off the TV." In what researchers call the first report of its kind, a review of 173 studies about the effects of media consumption on children asserts that a strong correlation exists between greater exposure and adverse health outcomes.

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