Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus, 11.13.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

Two Dreams That Changed Hollywood

Anne Hill, 11.11.2009

Dream Talk Radio host, author of "What To Do When Dreams Go Bad: A Practical Guide to Nightmares"

Big dreams still come when we are at the top of our game, but sometimes the most influential ones come to us on the way up.

A Challenge to Magazine Publishers -- Especially Jon Meacham

Dr. Susan Corso, 11.10.2009

Omnifaith spiritual expert

If all the print publications in the U.S. alone were to eliminate inserts, how much would that reduce carbon emissions? Think of the deforestation it could prevent.

12 Glamorous Role Models Talk About Their Role Models (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume, 11.10.2009

Author, journalist, contributing style editor

If someone invited you to a dinner party, and told you that the other guests would include poet Maya Angelou, designer Stella McCartney, Ambassador Susan Rice, and comedienne Amy Poehler (oh, and Michelle Obama might just stop by for appetizers), how long would it take you to leap out of your seat and scramble over to the fete?

Halloween Costumes Ripped From The Headlines

Glynnis MacNicol, 10.31.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

So it's the morning of Halloween, and you don't have a costume. You were going to be Kanye West, but the friend you were counting on to be your Taylor...

The Naked Truth Behind Binge Eating Disorder

Leslie Goldman, 10.28.2009

Leslie Goldman is the author of "Locker Room Diaries"

Despite the fact that Binge Eating Disorder is America's most common eating disorder, affecting more people than anorexia and bulimia combined, the disease doesn't generate the kind of media coverage it deserves.

McKinsey's Failure at Conde Nast; Network TV's Strong 4th Quarter; Plus My Strategy for Media Industry Growth

Jack Myers, 10.27.2009

Transformational Leadership for the Media Industry

From 1963 to 2007, the domestic U.S. advertising business grew at an annual rate of 5%, staying slightly ahead of inflation. Between 2008 and 2011, Ja...

Job-Seeking in Tough Times

Michael Sigman, 10.26.2009

Writer/ Editor, Media Consultant, Music Publisher

In the media/entertainment business these days, so many qualified applicants are chasing so few good jobs it's enough to drive you into selling real estate. Oh, wait, there aren't any jobs there, either.

Grace Coddington Talks Unconventional Beauty, Too-Skinny Models, And Her "Unpopular" Wardrobe

Lesley M. M. Blume, 10.22.2009

Author, journalist, contributing style editor

Grace Coddington: "Most of Ralph Lauren's models are not super skinny: this is an isolated situation and I think that it's unfair that he's getting bad publicity for it"

The Black Elite Meet Uptown

Michael Henry Adams, 10.21.2009

Writer, Lecturer, Historian and Activist

Billed as Collections, Spring Season 2010, Harlem's Fashion Row, the showing of creative apparel I attended Thursday night was extraordinary.

Who Killed Gourmet Magazine?

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn, 10.16.2009

Hedonism Evangelist

A thorough post-mortem shows that, like Juius Caesar, Gourmet was surrounded and knifed from all sides. Clearly Brutus was Conde Nast, but conspirators were numerous.

Mayor Bloomberg's Record on Schools Key Issue in Campaign: "Portfolio" Approach is Central Feature

Thomas W. Carroll, 10.15.2009

President of the Foundation for Education Reform & Accountability

Under Bloomberg and mayoral control (vs. how it was run under Bill Thompson under the old board of education), the public school system is viewed as a "portfolio" rather than as a centrally run monolith.

Patriotism, Wall Street, You and Me

Stephen Gyllenhaal, 10.13.2009

Stirring the pot...

A Vanity Fair piece chronicles in a very personal way what happened with the key players as the markets were melting last fall.

Will Conde Nast Changes Make a Difference, and Is a Deal with Scripps in the Works?

Jack Myers, 10.13.2009

Transformational Leadership for the Media Industry

In this week's Jack Myers Media Business Report I review the recent changes at Condẻ Nast and argue that they will have little material impact on th...

Interview: Nick Hornby gets Naked about Education

Marshall Fine, 10.13.2009

Author and film critic, www.hollywoodandfine.com

Compact, wearing jeans and a gray t-shirt, Nick Hornby admits he knows a thing or two about a fan's obsession with an artist's work.

An Elegy for Magazines

Brian Alexander, 10.20.2009

Author

A good magazine is a combination of stories, photos, drawings, opinions, reporting, whimsy, humor. It is an art that is not reproducible nor replaceable by any other medium.

No Women Featured in NY Comedy Festival! No Joke!

Beverly Wettenstein, 10.15.2009

New York City-based journalist, national public speaker, media critic and women’s historian

The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.

Phenomenal Photography: Vanity Fair, Steichen and Leibovitz

Marissa Bronfman, 10.09.2009

Writer

"Vanity Fair Portraits" is the first major exhibition to unite the magazine's historic archive of rare vintage prints with its contemporary photographs.

Is the New Yorker on S.I. Newhouse's DNR List?

Gerald Sindell, 10.08.2009

Author of The Genius Machine

Calling in those McKinsey folks to review your profit and loss numbers in the middle of the deepest recession since the 1930s is a little like having Dr. Kevorkian over to offer a second opinion.

Farewell, Gourmet (From Your Intern)

Kate Schmier, 10.07.2009

The industry has always been deadline-driven and goal-oriented, but now, there's a heightened focus on the bottom line--which doesn't leave much room for "teaching" meetings or farewell get-togethers.

The Closing of the American Dream

Danielle Crittenden, 10.06.2009

Author, "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us" and "Amanda.Bright@Home"

Perhaps you aren't taking the sudden shuttering of Gourmet magazine quite as hard as I am, but let me tell you, my oven has gone dark.