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Designer Marc Jacobs Wants To Be on TV (New York Mag)
Attention, TV producers looking for non-scripted projects: Marc Jacobs wants his own reality show. "I'm really into my life right now," he said at the Accessories Council's Ace Awards on November 5. What would his show be about? "Everything, all aspects of my life. All the drama, the intrigue, the sex, the romance, the work. I'm a shameless human being."

British Paper Withdraws Pakistan Correspondents (AP)
Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper said that it had withdrawn its Pakistan correspondents over an editorial last week which contained an expletive. The editorial, which was critical of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, prompted the president to say on Sunday that he expected an apology from the daily.

British TV Writers Warned Against U.S. Strike Breaking (Guardian)
The Writers Guild of Great Britain has pitched into the Hollywood battle over digital distribution rights, calling for U.K. writers to support the strike and not supply material to U.S. broadcasters. WGGB has urged its members not to fill in for their colleagues on U.S. TV shows, saying that strike breaking would reap only short-term pay and have devastating affects on American writers.

Cheap Laughs Take Bite Out of Network Comedy's Bottom Line (AdAge)
Simon Dumenco: The real problem facing writers is that while other unionized writer-written big media products, such as ABC's Lost, are generally irreplaceable in the pop-cultural ecosystem — addictive, mass-market drama doesn't tend to bubble up from the grass roots as free, user-generated content — comedy is cheaper and more ubiquitous (hello, viral videos!) than ever.

Game News in a Duel of Print and Online (NYT)
The challenge for video game magazine publishers is retaining readers as the Internet grabs their audience and advertisers. Why wait for a monthly mailing when the Web has fresh game reviews, articles and tips on how to beat the games? In the last few months, the two biggest publishers — Ziff Davis Media and Future US — have been trying to tip the balance back in their favor.

European Tabloids Still Agog Months After Child Vanishes (NYT)
Six months after Madeleine McCann, then three years old, disappeared from her family's vacation apartment in Portugal, no development in the case seems too small to merit a banner headline — even the news that her father had returned to his job as a doctor. Similarly, no story is too speculative, and no sensational leak can be reported often enough.

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We came to windswept Boca Raton, we saw mag editors' eyes widen at all the online work they had to do to keep pace with readers' needs, and we conquered our fear of being wrapped in our colleagues' cigar-scented embrace. Check out all the news that was fit to type on the 2007 American Magazine Conference, and we'll see you next year in San Francisco, where we'll all be another year behind the technologies our Silicon Valley siblings will be lined up to tell the magazine industry it should already be embroiled in.
Complete coverage of AMC 2007

We came to windswept Boca Raton, we saw mag editors' eyes widen at all the online work they had to do to keep pace with readers' needs, and we conquered our fear of being wrapped in our colleagues' cigar-scented embrace. Check out all the news that was fit to type on the 2007 American Magazine Conference, and we'll see you next year in San Francisco, where we'll all be another year behind the technologies our Silicon Valley siblings will be lined up to tell the magazine industry it should already be embroiled in.
Complete coverage of AMC 2007

As the AMC enters its final day, we have all the latest from beautiful Boca. See below for the latest from our reporter down south or visit FishbowlNY for ongoing coverage from the magazine fest.

AMC 2007: Adam Moss on Being EIC: 'You Get Paid to Be a Dilettante'
AMC 2007: NBC Prez: Content Providers Must Know Consumers 'Like We've Never Known Them Before'
AMC 2007: Rather Warns of 'Inevitability' in Presidential Race
AMC 2007: Mag Publishing 'Behind' on Integrated Marketing
AMC 2007: ASME Opens Eight Ellie Categories to Online Entrants
AMC 2007: Online, 'The Consumer Is Way Ahead of Us'
AMC 2007: It's 'Miss Black,' Says Cathie; Eds Take a Page From Entourage, Hug It Out

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Couldn't make it down to Boca for the AMC? Never fear, we got your back. See below for the latest from our reporter down south or visit FishbowlNY for ongoing coverage from the magazine fest.

Better Homes & Gardens Anointed Ad Age Magazine of the Year
Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow: 'There Are Raging Arguments' Within Bush's White House
AMC 2007: Blame it on the Rain (or the Assistant)

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French magazine Airbrushes Sarkozy's 'Love Handles' (Yahoo!)
The French magazine Paris Match touched up a photograph taken of President Nicolas Sarkozy during his US vacation to get rid of some unattractive rolls of flesh around his waist, according to the weekly l'Express on Thursday. Sources said Sarkozy's "seated position on the boat accentuated the bulge" and that "the correction was made during the print."

NY Post Editor Col Allen Is a Master of Media and mayhem (Newsweek/The Bulletin)
Megan Lehmann: Those of us who've been out drinking with Col Allan in New York City know that born-to-be-mild Kevin Rudd never stood a chance. The captain of that rascally pirate ship known as the New York Post famously likes a drink or seven — gutsy shiraz is a favorite — and he also likes company.

Fotolog Acquired, Reported $100M Price Said a Shade High (Silicon Alley Insider)
Photo-sharing site/social network Fotolog has been acquired, a source familiar with the deal confirms. Valleywag reported that Fotolog fetched more than $100 million from a "large Latin American company." Our source suggests that figure is a bit high. Fotolog recently hit the 10 million member mark, with its user base predominantly located in Europe and Latin America.

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