Eisner Takes Robertson to Task on Camera (NYP)
"The interview was not at all what we expected," wrote Pat Robertson's PR rep after he was interviewed for Michael Eisner's CNBC show. Eisner "challenged Dr. Robertson on some extremely controversial political issues including gay rights, Hugo Chavez and whether or not Jewish people go to heaven."

Many Mags Launch, Few Survive (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Stefanie Scarlett: More than 1,000 new titles were launched last year. By May of this year, nearly 300 more had hit the bookstore shelves. More than half of them won't survive their first year — in fact, 63 percent will die a public death, predicts Samir Husni.

Devil Wears Prada 'Gets' Fashion Writing (NYT)
Ginia Bellafante: From 1999 to 2004 I wrote about fashion as a reporter and critic for the New York Times. When I called my mother to tell her that her only child was going to earn a living analyzing the meaning of clothes, I think she considered adoption.

Studies In How Not To Court Gen X And Y (AdAge)
Simon Dumenco: When I'm looking for a cheap media thrill, I seek out service pieces in the New York Times. Like last week's "Career Couch" column — a career-advice Q&A — in the Sunday business section. It — and other Times editorial devices obviously meant for Gen X and Y readers — are basically case studies in how not to court Gen X and Y readers.

Atoosa's Altar (WWD)
A contestant on Miss Seventeen quit early, but still snagged an internship at the magazine. Some wonder if it wasn't the abundant, er, appreciation she showed for editor in chief Atoosa Rubenstein. She declared on the first episode, "Atoosa is, like, who I want to be."

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