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Supermodels and Superstars

Once each year, our fashion magazines dedicate an issue titled ‘The Age Issue’ or ‘The Shape Issue’ to prove how politically correct they are besides being in tune with the minds of ‘real women’. I don’t challenge their tokenism often, especially when one agrees that the very moot of fashion is to create desire, an aspiration.

But a head-turner this January is Vogue India’s simply brilliant cover. It has on it Mehr Jessia, India’s last and arguably only ‘supermodel’, looking so fine. She’s dressed like a Christian bride, in a white gauze and lace corset dress by Marchesa. Her hair flies from the wind of the studio fan. She appears to wear no makeup or jewellery. And she looks...

Four employees fired in Kalashnikov firewood case

Four people have been sacked from a gun factory in central Russia after 79 Kalashnikov rifles went missing.

The missing guns were unwittingly bought by a local resident. He purchased several wooden boxes from a passing truck as firewood. When he opened them, he came across a stash of AK-47s and magazines.

The purchase was a real bargain, as the 57-year-old paid a modest 500 rubles [about $16] for the boxes. Apart from the Kalashnikov rifles, the boxes were filled with various Kalashnikov accessories and 253 magazines.

The boxes were supposed to have been taken to a recycling plant, but the enterprising truck driver decided to sell them instead.

The driver who reportedly...

Dion’s Daily Deals | Free yogurt, magazines, body lotion

CHARLOTTE, NC — My fingers are aching, theres so much typing because of all the FREEBIES I was able to find today for Dions Daily Deals! Make sure you read through all of them, because Im pretty sure theres something for everyone in here.

Free YoCrunch Yogurt: Heres what they posted on the company Facebook: SNAP A PIC OF OUR NEW CUPS PROMOTION!

The new YoCrunch Pie Parfaits and Greek Parfaits with toasted almonds have hit the shelves! We challenge you to find them at a store nearby. Just take a picture of the new YoCrunch on your grocers shelves, post it to our wall (noting the location) by Jan. 23 and well send you a coupon for YoCrunch.

Free Body...

Infiniti JX Named To Parenting Magazine’s "Smartest Family Cars Of 2012" List

NEW YORK, Jan 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Parenting magazine has recognized the Infiniti JX as one of the year’s “Smartest Family Cars” in its February 2012 issue, on stands now. The list is featured in Parenting’s first-ever “Genius” issue, dedicated to helping parents unlock their child’s own unique genius potential. Equipped with the latest technology to help ease the load of managing the modern tribe, the Infiniti JX allows parents and kids to take advantage of some of the smartest automotive features on the market.

“By recognizing today’s smartest cars, Parenting hopes to make it easy for families...

NewsLifeMedia chief executive quits

Sandra Hook has quit her role as chief executive of NewsLifeMedia, the magazine arm of News Limited.

Hook recently led the companys rebranding from News Magazines to NewsLifeMedia in November last year.

After nearly eight years with the business, through its evolution from FPC Magazines through News Magazines and now NewsLifeMedia, I have decided after a Christmas break it is time to look for a new challenge, Hook said.

I am proud of what we have achieved in that time, building Australias third largest magazine publisher, launching new digital brands and recently repositioning and rebranding the company as NewsLifeMedia.

I leave the business transformed from...

Tablet as Time Machine: Old Magazine Issues Finding New Life on the iPad

Hearst and other magazine publishers are blurring the line between past and present — and reaping the rewards.

Theres an iceberg-like quality to magazines: The peek of content thats visible above the surface — sitting on the newsstand, promoted on the website — is only a tiny fraction of the content they have to offer in total. This is both frustrating (all that information, just sitting there!) and fantastic (all that information, just sitting there!). And it makes the following stat, via an AdWeek report, intriguing:

At Hearst Magazines, 30 percent of the single copies sold on tablets are back issues.

Whoa. Thirty percent!...

Future US promotes new head for video game magazines

Ailing magazine publisher Future US has promoted Ursula Morgan, a 15-year veteran with the company, to Media vice president, where she will oversee all of its gaming properties like Official Xbox Magazine and Nintendo Power.

The appointment comes during a difficult time for parent company Future plc as it struggles to recover from the last fiscal years losses of £11.8 million ($18.4 million), and from the resignations of two key executives in October, including its former CEO Stevie Spring.

Looking to bring its US branch back into profitability, Future plc announced plans to merge its US and UK operations (the latter of which publishes British game magazines Edge, Official Nintendo...

Today’s Women Are Decisive, Ambitious and Stressed

I am woman and if you hear me roar, its probably because Im at the overload point and theres still grocery shopping to be done, dinner to be made and bills to be paid. Grrr.

In this, I am not alone. Look at this chart from a new survey by Hearst Magazines and Fleishman-Hillard International Communications.

The women surveyed. . .

Well, two out of three aint bad. The numbers come from part four of the Women, Power and Money series of reports. This one is called Game-Changers: Women Defining the New American Marketplace.

What they found overall is that women feel responsible for the well-being of their families. That need to help often extends out to their co-workers...