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Ok! Celebrates Most Eligible

Ok! Celebrates Most Eligible

OK! magazine celebrated its first annual Most Eligible Issue saluting Hollywood's hottest singles April 17 at the Star Lounge in New York's Chelsea Hotel. Several hundred partied at the club including, from left to right, OK! publisher Tom Morrissy, Dean Crutchfield, chief marketing officer, Saaga 1763, and Star Lounge owner Charles Ferri. Saaga 1763 Vodka sponsored the event.

Serena Wins Family Circle Cup

Serena Wins Family Circle Cup

The Family Circle Cup celebrated its 35th Anniversary at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island, S.C. The tournament, owned-and-operated by Meredith Corporation, took place April 12-20. Pictured at the event (l. to r.) are Vera Zvonareva ('08 Family Circle Cup Finalist), Nancy Weber, CMO, Meredith Corporation, Jim Carr, vp/group publisher, Family Circle) and Serena Williams ('08 Family Circle Cup Champion).

Ray Pops Up

Ray "Pops Up" in New York

From left, Carly Simon, Rachael Ray and Terry Wood, president of creative affairs and development at CBS Television Distribution, gathered April 28 to dine at New York's Café Una Notte--a "pop-up" resturant opened by Ray to support the initiatives of her Yum-o organization. On May 7, The Rachael Ray Show will dedicate an entire episode to the event, which included special guest President Bill Clinton and a performance by Simon.

National Mag Awards: Changing of the Guard

National Mag Awards: Changing of the Guard

From left: Model/TV chef Padma Lakshmi, who presented the National Magazine Award for Fiction, with outgoing American Society of Magazine Editors president and Glamour editor Cindi Leive and incoming ASME president and Runner’s World editor David Willey.

New York Rocks

National Mag Awards: New York Rocks

New York editor Adam Moss, left, hangs with 30 Rock cast members Katrina Bowden, Judah Friedlander and Lonny Ross, who presented Moss with the National Magazine Award for Leisure Interests.

Best New Chefs

Food & Wine Celebrates Anniversary of Best New Chefs

Food & Wine magazine VP/Editor in Chief Dana Cowin, and VP/Publisher Christina Grdovic hosted a celebration in honor of the 2008 F&W Best New Chefs at Espace on the evening of April 3.  The event marked the 20th anniversary of spotlighting rising culinary talents with 20 former F&W Best New Chefs. Pictured at the event (left to right) are Christina Grdovic, vp/publisher, Food & Wine, Daniel Boulud, chef, Daniel, Dana Cowin, vp/editor in chief, Food & Wine.

Conde Nast Chuck

Conde Nast Media Group Talks to "Chuck"

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc and Conde Nast Media Group recently hosted a "Talk to Chuck" panel discussion on personal finance that focused on investor and broker relations. Pictured at the event (l. to r.) are Chris Gibbons, executive director, integrated marketing, Conde Nast Media Group, Becky Saeger, chief marketing officer, Charles Schwab, Devon Rothwell, executive director, corporate sales, Conde Nast Media Group, and Ben Stuart, senior vp, brand strategy & advertising, Charles Schwab.

WSJ Breakfast

WSJ Hosts Breakfast for Advertisers

The Wall Street Journal hosted a breakfast for advertisers at The Core Club in New York City on April 10 to tout the upcoming launch of the new glossy magazine, WSJ. - in September. Pictured (L-R)  at the event are Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio, who was announced as publisher of WSJ. during the breakfast; Tina Gaudoin, editor of WSJ.; and Andrée Corroon, senior vice president of communications, Moet Hennessy USA.

The Week Hosts Opinion Awards

The Week Hosts Annual Opinion Awards

The Week magazine, on April 8, hosted its fifth annual Opinion Awards in Washington, D.C. Pictured at the event (I. to r.) are The Week EIC Bill Falk; Shelby Coffey, senior fellow/trustee of Newseum; Keith Thompson, vp of business development, G4 Connect; Sir Harold Evans, editor at large of The Week; Jordanian journalist and Washington bureau chief for Al Hayat, Salameh Nematt; and Charles Windisch-Graetz, partner at C4 Consulting.

Portfolio Cocktails

Portfolio Toasts Jack Mitchell

Condé Nast’s Portfolio hosted a cocktail party on March 25 to toast Jack Mitchell (CEO, Mitchells/Richards/Marshs) and his new book, Hug Your People: The Proven Way to Hire, Inspire, and Recognize Your Employees and Achieve Remarkable Results. Joining Mitchell was David Carey, group president, Condé Nast Publications (right).

Eye Corp. Bash

Eye Corp. Bash in Boca

Out-of-home company Eye Corp. threw the opening night cocktail party and reception at the Traffic Audit Bureau’s Eyes On conference in Boca Raton, Fla., in mid-April. Among the guests sipping “Eye-tinis” in the Boca Raton Resort & Club were Eye’s national sales executive Lisa Doell (left) with Todd Hansen, president of out-of-home media agency Posterscope USA.



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The Programming Insider: Friday 5/09/08

2008-05-09

Before I get into the overnights rating results, let me focus on CBS' Survivor: Micronesia for a moment. Erik…are you crazy? Nuts? Cuckoo? Meshugenah? Could you believe he fell for that scheme to give the immunity necklace to Natalie? As James appropriately noted, this is now the dumbest move in the history of the Survivor franchise. All I can say at this point is…go Cirie!

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Mr. TV: In Mom's Honor

With Mother's Day this Sunday, I thought I would dedicate this week’s column to the grand matriarchs of the small screen who are the real brains behind any classic TV family.

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In a market populated by major corporations including Starbuck's, Microsoft, and Boeing, a number of the local media outlets are operated by smaller, local-based companies including Fisher Communications, Sandusky Radio, and The Seattle Times.

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The Mediaweek Magazine Monitor chart provides continually updated current and year-to-date ad page data by magazine category. See Mediaweek magazine?s accompanying analysis for the stories behind the numbers.

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Rapid Report: April 28, 2008

Drawing from topline circulation estimates filed to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Rapid Report service, this monthly feature looks at how titles in a given category are delivering on metrics like rate base performance, single copy sales and verified copies.
 

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