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Here is a round-up of this week's U.S. In Touch, People, Life and Style, Us and OK! Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. TOP STORY - BRITNEY SPEARS' RECOVERY - Britney Spears has lost about 15 pounds since her breakdown earlier this year.
The pop star spends hours at the gym every day, a source said, adding that the singer is determined to lose weight and is working with a personal trainer - LIFE AND STYLE - With her physical and mental health in full recovery mode, Britney and her dad, Jamie Spears, flew by private jet from Los Angeles to attend her sister's baby shower. The event, hosted by their mother Lynne Spears, took place the following evening at Serenity, the Kentwood, La., OK!
Spears is "in a totally different frame of mind," said a pal who spoke to the pop star recently - PEOPLE OTHER TOP STORIES - Rob and Sheryl Lowe have been hit with another sexual harassment claim. The latest one, filed by ex-nanny Laura Boyce, claims Sheryl harassed her during the seven months that Boyce cared for the Lowes' sons.
A source close to the Lowe family said it has consumed the actor's life and that his wife and children were taking it particularly hard - PEOPLE - Katherine Heigl is trying to leave her hit medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" but she is locked into a long-term contract. She's working really long hours and is ready to move on," a source said - US - Scarlett Johansson has sold her loft in the Tribeca section of New York for $1.89 million.
The actress bought the unit in 2006 for $1.9 million - IN TOUCH Continued.. Sotheby's auction Video Would you tell your car insurer the truth? Sk8 or Die! Full Coverage Special Coverage Nepal's march to peace Catch the latest developments post the elections in Nepal meant to map the country's political future. Chaos in Lebanon Terror in the park More Photos..
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Teen magazines blame readers for sexy content - Asia-Pacific
The inquiry is into the sexualization of children in the media and to respond to suggestions that the teen magazines should carry audience age recommendations. It's our responsibility to provide the correct information rather than them saying to their 15-year-old friend my boyfriend wants me to do this, how do I deal with it,'' Dolly editor Gemma Crisp told the inquiry.
It's coming from the audience, rather than us supplying it to them as such.' Girlfriend magazine publisher Nicole Sheffield said selecting content was difficult because readers matured at different ages. For Girlfriend, it does become really hard because it does depend on when they get their period, when they get their boobs,' she said. Be the first to comment! Most Popular Articles on M&C Today 1.
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Affluent estate publications pool resources - Greenwich Time
The Modern Estate, which focuses on luxury homes, has editorial offices at 111 Cherry St. New Canaan. Suburban Classic's office is in Ridgewood, N.J. The magazine caters to country club members with children in private schools. It has articles on real estate, gardens, automobiles, family life and local athletes, as well as architecture, interior design and travel.
Suburban Classic has a total circulation of 40,000. The magazines will remain in their respective communities, and advertisers can buy space in both publications, said Linda Donnelly, publisher and editor in chief of The Modern Estate.
We decided to join forces to offer more effective opportunities for like-minded advertisers and more substantive editorial content for our like-minded readership," Donnelly, a managing partner of Elite Media Holdings, said. The firm's other two managing partners are her husband, Richard Donnelly, president of The Modern Estate, and Suburban Classic Publisher Patrick Jackson. Richard Donnelly had been a luxury home builder for 25 years.
With circulation of about 30,000, The Modern Estate focuses on topics such as architecture, landscape, renovation, interior design, technology, art and antiques, and residential resort living. In its first year of operation last year, the magazine won Folio magazine's Advertisement Gold Eddie Award for editorial excellence for an article about the late Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan.
Linda Donnelly said combining the magazines into one company made sense because they are quarterlies that cater to wealthy people in the New York metropolitan area. The Modern Estate is direct-mailed to luxury homeowners, as well as industry professionals in Fairfield County and Westchester County, N.Y., Manhattan and northern New Jersey.
It also is distributed in Long Island's Hamptons and Litchfield County in the summer and is available at bookstores and newsstands in Connecticut and New York. Donnelly said Elite Media Holdings plans to add more magazine s and possibly expand circulation into Fire Island, N.Y.,
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass. They are trying to broaden their reach into other affluent areas," David Sloan, president of Emmaus, Pa.- Sloan & Associates Magazine Consultants, said of Elite Media Holdings. Many magazines are aimed at luring affluent people, he said. Sloan mentioned Greenwich-based Moffly Publications, publisher of Greenwich, Westport and Darien, New Canaan & Rowayton magazines; and Westport-based Connecticut Cottages & Gardens magazine, as examples.
Regional magazines are one of the hot categories in magazine publishing right now," Sloan said. While market trends have not been kind to print publications, the truly wealthy still have money to spend, so advertisers are targeting them."
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GayWired.com - This Gay Week in Television
Gay plotlines! Everything gay on TV! Article Date: 04 15 2008 By Tracy E. Gilchrist & Dylan Vox There is life after Project Runway ! At least for snarky, self-promotional boy-geniusâ "and letâ s face it, pretty damned funnyâ "most recent PR winner, Christian Siriano. Princess Siriano of catch phrases including â hot tranny messâ and ad nauseum utterer of â fierce,â Christianâ s landed a coveted spot on the gayest family-friendly show of the century, Ugly Betty.
Plot details are sketchy thus far, but queer boy-wonder Christianâ s appearance is slated to help bolster Ugly Betty for May sweeps. Word is that pocket gay Christian tangles with Rebecca Romijn â sâ "woman playing a man who becomes a trans-woman ala Felicity Huffman â "Alexis Meade. Also making her prime-time major Network appearance is Elleâ s recently â outâ Fashion Director and Project Runway â s resident sourpuss Nina Garcia.
The woman Project Runway contestants recoil from in fear of milquetoast judgment will have no trouble with the transition from playing herself as a â realityâ show judge, to scripted drama star. Ugly Betty â s producers just need to enlist some lowly production assistant to wiggle the perma-stick up Garciaâ s ass like the wooden puppet she is, and voilaâ "insta Emmy winner!
For double the dose of fashion design savant Christian, Ugly Betty could opt to take in Saturday Night Live â s hilarious female buffoon, Amy Poehler, to give her spot-on Siriano impression, for a possible dueling Christians throw-down.
While itâ s a mathematical probability that the average human will likely view 400,678 repeats of any show in the Law and Order franchise in a lifetimeâ "weâ re not talking first-run hereâ "it feels like several lifetimes since SVU fans have leered at Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay in any new configuration, thanks to the blasted Writersâ Strike.
And with the first new show of 2008, it appears Dick Wolf finally discovered how to make the gay girls and the womenâ s prison fetishists loll their collective tongues out of their mouths and drool openly at the small screen. Thatâ s right! After nearly a decade, Wolf and co. Aaron Spelling concluded by Charlieâ s Angels fourth of fifth episode. Women in prison hot ratings. For SVU â s auspicious return, Mariskaâ s Olivia Benson altruistically volunteers to go undercover in the pokey to help expose a corrupt prison guard.
Right, like Oliviaâ s not gunning to strip down to a white-undershirt, roll a pack of Lucky Strikes up into the sleeve and fashion a shank from her toothbrush. And, of course, there are the obligatory strip-search and soap-dropping scenes. Mind you this is all just in my pervy brain.
Itâ s not clear yet whether Wolf went for the Lesbo brass ring or not. Never fear though. Mariskaâ s a big ole top and nobodyâ s bitch. Sheâ s the one sporting the proverbial tube sock. If Wolfâ s really smart, heâ ll appeal to his core gay boy audience and hit Meloniâ s uptight Det. Eliot Stabler on the head, causing amnesia.
Subsequently Eliot will reappear as his OZ uber-bad boy Chris Keller, sporting a beater and blazing tats, tongue kissing his male co-stars and peeing in a bucket in the holeâ. Now thatâ s some â Must Seeâ TV. More on Next Page.. Now you can just log on and click to your favorite site to find Mr. Right, or in most cases, Mr. Right Now.
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Business finance news - currency market news - online UK currency markets - financial news - Interactive Investor
European private equity firm Candover Partners Ltd. 13.8 percent stake in the company through a share placing. 2008-04-08 09:11:00 Iberia to prioritise Spanair bid over Vueling - report MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA. Clickair and Vueling Airlines SA. Iberia's bid for SAS AB.' Spanair, El Economista reported, citing unnamed sources close to the process.
2008-04-08 09:10:02 Italy union leader welcomes Air France buying Alitalia after elections MILAN (Thomson Financial) - The secretary general of the CISL union, Rafaelle Bonanni, said he would welcome reaching after April 13 and 14's elections an agreement with Air France-KLM over its plan to take over the Italian flag carrier Alitalia SpA.
2008-04-08 09:09:10 Deutsche Bank's RREEF sells Chicago office building to Hines for $540 million FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Deutsche Bank AG.' RREEF said it sold an office building in Chicago for $540 million to U.S.- Hines. 2008-04-08 09:07:57 Radiant Systems buys Hospitality EPoS Systems in UK LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Radiant Systems Inc., Hospitality EPoS Systems, a technology supplier to the UK hospitality market for more than 16 years, for an undisclosed sum.
2008-04-08 08:51:08 News Corp.' Fox takes majority stake in online video network utarget LONDON (Thomson Financial) -.
2008-04-08 08:06:27 BNP Paribas CEO says volatility in financial markets unprecedented HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - The world's financial markets remain exceptionally volatile because of the subprime credit crisis, the chief executive of BNP Paribas, Baudouin Prot, said in Hong Kong Tuesday.
2008-04-08 07:54:43 Wellington to keep buying shares in Rhodia, will not seek control or board seats PARIS (Thomson Financial) - U.S. Wellington Management Co LLP has told French financial market regulator AMF that it plans to keep buying shares in Rhodia on behalf of clients, but it will not seek control of the chemicals group or insist on board representation, AMF said.
2008-04-08 07:52:52 MAN aims to become global leader in big diesel engine segment - CEO FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - MAN AG. Hakan Samuelsson told Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview.
2008-04-08 07:52:24 Italy's CISL union leader welcomes Air France buying Alitalia after elections MILAN (Thomson Financial) - The secretary general of the CISL union, Rafaelle Bonanni, said he would welcome reaching after April 13 and 14's elections an agreement with Air France-KLM over its plan to take over the Italian flag carrier Alitalia SpA.
2008-04-08 07:50:43 Novartis not planning to sell Roche stake to raise funds - CEO FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Novartis AG. 33 percent stake in Roche Holdings AG. Daniel Vasella told Financial Times Deutschland in an interview.
2008-04-08 07:47:25 EDP business plan to 2012 may include sale of Sonaecom, BCP stakes - CFO LISBON (Thomson Financial) - EDP - Energias de Portugal, SA's new business plan to 2012, due to be presented in October, may include the sale of its stakes in Sonaecom - SGPS, SA and Banco Comercial Portugues SA, Diario Economico reported citing EDP chief financial officer Nuno Alves.
2008-04-08 07:09:36 Sabadell funds acquire Barcelona hospital for 111.5 mln eur MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Banco Sabadell SA. Quiron hospital in Barcelona from Grupo Quiron for 111.5 million euros.
2008-04-08 07:01:23 Oberthur holds 97.7 pct of XPoncard after offer PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Oberthur Technologies said it holds 97.7 percent of XPoncard Group AB following its recommended 704 million Swedish crowns offer at 157 crowns in cash per share, which it launched on February 4.
2008-04-08 07:00:28 Global Telecoms M&A 2007 down 44 pct but PWC expects rise in Africa Middle East LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The telecommunication industry in Africa and the Middle East is poised for increasing levels of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) but globally, deal value and volumes in the sector have declined by 44 called "M&A Insights: Telecoms Sector". 2008-04-08 06:54:01 India's Opto Circuits buys majority stake in U.S.- Criticare Systems MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Medical devices company Opto Circuits India Ltd. U.S.-
Rusal to take a 25 percent stake in OAO Norilsk Nickel has hit a last-minute snag that could sabotage Rusal's hopes of a full takeover, people close to the talks told the Wall Street Journal. 2008-04-08 06:31:30 IBM to buy ProSiebenSat.1's IT unit after failed sale of production ops - report FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - International Business Machines Corp. ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.'
IT unit and will make an announcement to that effect before the end of this week, Handelsblatt reported, citing company sources. 2008-04-08 06:21:50 Oetker's Hamburg-Sued shipowner not interested in buying TUI's Hapag-Lloyd FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - German retailer Oetker Group's shipowner Hamburg-Sued is not interested in buying TUI AG.'
Hapag-Lloyd, a spokesman for Hamburg-Sued told Die Welt newspaper, denying recent speculation. 2008-04-08 06:00:48 EADS says looking to U.S. PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Louis Gallois, chief executive of European aerospace giant EADS, said Monday the company would look to United States for acquisitions and other opportunities throughout the Americas.
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Expert slates Tory television proposals - icWales
A Tory report calls for the creation of "super-local" channels such as those found in many American cities. It also advocates scrapping the requirement for broadcasters to be impartial in their reporting and suggests that different organisations could bid for a small share of BBC licence fee. Professor Justin Lewis, head of Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, was alarmed. He described television in the United States as "a terrible example for the UK to follow".
Prof Lewis said the BBC provided one of the best examples of public service broadcasting in the world. Instead of demanding that the licence fee be shared out, he called for greater scrutiny of commercial channels.
He said, "I think we should spend more of our time asking broadcasters what they are doing for the public good." Prof Lewis is concerned that many channels now consider they have no obligation to provide "public service broadcasting" as part of their regular output. It gives them absolutely no obligation to do anything unless you give them a sackload of money."
Commenting on recent concerns that ITV Wales will struggle to fund its news coverage as competition for advertising intensifies, he said, "There is no doubt that having opened up the whole Pandora's Box of commercial television inevitably ITV was going to suffer as advertising revenue went all over the place. Simply spreading the same amount of money among more channels is not going to create more choice." The Conservative document claims Britain has been "extra- ordinarily successful by global standards".
However, it adds, "The lack of local TV is probably the biggest single failing of British public service broadcasting at the moment. Its absence hinders not just the growth of community spirit, but also local businesses that are deprived of an audio-visual medium to promote their services." Its authors are inspired by medium-sized American cities which have several local channels.
Flint in Michigan has a population of 150,000 which supports eight local television stations. It also suggests the BBC should supply fledging "super-local" channels with news and weather. The Tories recommend local newspapers consider joining forces with ITV to launch such services.
The suggestion that broadcasters who do not receive public funds need not be impartial will prove among the most controversial of the recommendations. Fox News in the US has cultivated a right-of-centre audience with outspoken journalists often expressing their own opinions. The report argues, "Regulations are not appropriate in a multi- channel, multi-platform era." Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black said, "I'd be very wary of any proposals which would Americanise British TV."
But he acknowledged the escalating number of channels raised the possible need for reform of the licence fee. People are paying their licence fee to one organisation they are not using as much as they were." He added, "There is a danger the BBC may end up the only local provider of news. If that happens and they are without competition that will be bad for TV and bad for people who rely on that service."
Labour AM Alun Davies said the advent of internet television would add new urgency to the funding question. I don't think it's going to be possible to maintain the licence fee in its present form when there are so many new means of receiving BBC services." Mr Davies was adamant that commercial broadcasters must not expect public funding for all "public service" programming.
Media regulator Ofcom will publish its own recommendations about the future of public service broadcasting on April 10. Keep up to date with the news.
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Hearst Magazines acquires relationship advice site The Social - CNET News.com
Answerology's schtick is that it allows users to ask anonymous questions about family, marriage, dating, and other heated subjects pertaining to relationships, and those questions can be targeted toward select age groups, genders, geographic regions, and personality types (i.e.
Most of the questions on Answerology, which seems to have an admirably active core community, pertain directly to relationships, like this one: "By 39 years of age, is it a little weird if a man is still single, no solid career path, not close with his family, and only a select few close friends?" Answer: Yes, but things will get better if you take away his Xbox.)
Other subjects of discussion fall more into a general "lifestyle" niche, for example, "When do you think you'll be able to retire?" Answer: Never! Ever!)
And it had a funny publishing-industry connection to begin with: founder Milner originally conceived of Answerology as a tie-in for a "romantic-comedy novel" he wrote, Guy Critical. Here, she explores all facets of the Web's gregarious side, as well as the unique tech culture in her home city of New York. Don't call it Silicon Alley.)
Subscribe to this blog Click this link to view this blog as XML. And Facebook is that company. The latest Googler to jump to Facebook is Ethan Beard. A jury ruled Wednesday in San Francisco that Rambus did not obtain patents for memory technology through fraud or anti-competitive means, in a blow to memory makers Hynix, Micron, and Nanya. Read more Is there such as thing as being fired for Twittering?
Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman March 26, 2008 4:06 PM PDT If you've been around the world of blogging for a while, you probably know what being "Dooced" means. If not, it means being fired for blogging, and the term comes from the real-life firing of Heather Armstrong, otherwise known as the mega-popular blogger, Dooce. PDT with more detail and context.
The latest paid-click figures for Google were up only 3.1 percent in February from a year earlier, prompting a 2.9 percent drop in Google's stock, according to Reuters. Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper Charles Cooper weighs in on Silicon Valley hijinks, and he doesn't suffer fools gladly.
Defense in Depth by Robert Vamosi Covering the latest in computer viruses and computer crime. Green Tech Fresh green tech news and commentary. One More Thing by Tom Krazit Tom Krazit takes on the tech phenomenon that is Apple, and keeps a close watch on the chip industry. Outside the Lines by Dan Farber When business and technology meet, that's when things get interesting. The Iconoclast by Declan McCullagh Exploring the intersection of politics and technology.
Underexposed by Stephen Shankland Coverage of digital photography, science, and open-source software. On CHOW: Does drinking ice water burn calories?
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CPJ News Alert 2008
This latest wave of shuttering publications, spearheaded by the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry, occurred on Sunday. The Press Supervisory Board, part of the ministry, banned the magazines for publishing "photographs of corrupt foreign artists and details about their decadent lives" and "advertising for forbidden medicines and articles contrary to morality and offensive to the ethnic minorities," Agence France-Presse reported.
This unrelenting war on freedom of expression has reached absurd proportions," CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said. The Iranian state is party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights, which enshrines freedom of expression and the free flow of information. We call on the government to immediately rescind their ban on these lifestyle magazines."
The magazines include Donya-ye Tasvir (World of the Image), Sobh-e Zendegi (Morning of Life), Talash (Effort), and Haft (Seven), according to AFP. The latest issue of Donya-ye Tasvir published pictures and articles about several female Hollywood stars, including Naomi Watts, Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman. The London-based daily Al-Hayat quoted the editor of Donya-ye Tasvir, Ali Moallam, as saying today that the ban of his magazine "came as a message to the Iranian movie industry."
He added that the next to be targeted "would be all writers, screenwriters, film school students, and film directors in Iran." The Press Supervisory Board, which is tightly controlled by hard-liners, also warned 13 other publications about the consequences of not abiding by the stringent provisions of the Iranian press law.
In January, the Press Supervisory Board, which ordered the closure of at least 11 publications in 2007, according to CPJ research, banned the reform-minded Zanan (Women) magazine without official explanation after nearly 16 years in print. 2008 Committee to Protect Journalists.
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