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All is Vanity (Fair): The Man Who Owns the News

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

In Michael Wolff's book, he serves lots of candy and cat food as he tells the story of Murdoch's rise from scion of a smallish Australian newspaper empire to master of the universe in today's media world.

Why Canadians Are Watching

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 02.20.2009 | Media


Vanessa Richmond

3.8 % of Canadians have a negative view of the Democratic president-elect compared to 81% who approve, an "outstandingly high" number compared to the opinions Canadians held of Bush.

OMFG! Madonna and Guy are Divorcing?!

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.27.2008 | Entertainment


Lauren Cahn

Sarcasm aside, I have to say that as I read the reports of the marital spats between the Madonna and Guy Ritchie, what I am impressed by is, quite frankly, the sheer ordinariness of it all.

Why Teen Mothers Like Jamie Lynn Spears Keep Getting Shocked Up By The Media.

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment


Vanessa Richmond

What's really at stake isn't whether the story of Spear's pregnancy is true or not, but the way the news is delivered and then the way that pregnancy and birth are treated by the media and public.

Us Weekly Spinoff: Wenner Plans Quarterly Fashion Magazine

Wall Street Journal | Russell Adams | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media


US Weekly, which inspired a host of competitors by using candid celebrity photos, a larger dose of scandal and splashy graphics to emerge from the sha...

Us Weekly Palin Cover Causes Scandal? Maybe Not... UPDATE

Huffington Post | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media


***UPDATED 9/5, 3 PM*** A well-placed source at Us Weekly tells Huffington Post that since Wednesday, there have actually been a little more than 1,0...

I'm Voting for McCain... And Yes, I Wrote the Us Weekly Cover Story

Mara Reinstein | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media


Mara Reinstein

We're a magazine that thrives on babies, intriguing women and scandals. For this particular week, our potential vice president just happened to fit the bill. (Sorry, Angelina).

Jason Linkins

Us Weekly Set To Pile On Palin With Cover Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Chris Matthews is confirming that this is the upcoming cover of Us Weekly, and with its headline, "Babies, Lies, and Scandal," it's certainly doing vi...

Us Weekly No Longer For Sale As Wenner Breaks Off Talks: Report

New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media


IT'S shaping up to be the summer of no deals in the world of magazines. The biggest deal not getting done is Us Weekly, as Wenner Media owner Jann We...

How To Piss Off A Parent

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Amanda Peet's real mistake? Daring to give other parents advice. She should know by now that the only answer is a wistful smile and a silly anecdote.

Heath Ledger Cannot Hear You Clap

Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment


Daniel Holloway

So no, I don't like the fact that Heath Ledger is dead, but I'm not going to clap when I see his name on a movie screen. Why? Because neither Heath Ledger nor the people who actually cared about him can hear me.

Girls Hating Girls

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media


Vanessa Richmond

While a story about a drug-addicted man is likely to focus on or even celebrate his expected return, coverage of female celebs is more likely to focus on her (self-inflicted) demise and act as "cautionary tales."

The Facination with Celebrity Women in Crisis

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

Our culture is obsessed with celebrity and when famous women are in crisis, our interest is only heightened. But don't you think we've had enough?

Michelle And Barack Obama Land Cover Of Us Weekly: Their Love Story

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


This post has been updated to include information from the article. See below for details. Barack and Michelle Obama appear on the cover of the Us W...

Obama, Clinton Celebrities Worthy Of Us Weekly Coverage This Campaign Season

New York Times | Julie Bosman | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media


A former editor of People magazine had some hard-and-fast rules: young is better than old, pretty is better than ugly, television is better than music...

Who Are You Calling a Tabloid?

Lara Cohen | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media


Lara Cohen

At Us Weekly we know that every celebrity breakup has two sides -- yet the news media failed to apply that same basic due diligence to the Wright story.

Us Weekly's Janice Min Tells "Hills"-Haters: "Stop Judging!"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media


Us Weekly Editor-in-Chief Janice Min used her "From Us To You" editor's note this week to explain why her magazine covers MTV's "The Hills" in such de...

MTV Reality Star Forced To Backtrack Over Complaints Against Mag That Made Her Famous

TMZ | Posted 04.01.2008 | Media


Lauren Conrad doesn't know when to shut up. In this week's Us Magazine, poor Lauren goes off about betrayal and how she was stabbed in the back by BFF...

John Mayer Likes Xanax, Is Just Looking For A Wife

Best Life | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


John Mayer sat down with Best Life magazine for an interview, and revealed one of his constant companions: Xanax: In his early twenties, however, some...

Britney For Smart People! Britney Spears Makes Cover Of The Atlantic

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Via Gawker, we learn that the decline of Britney Spears is the subject of the highbrow academic treatment in the latest Atlantic magazine, after Rolli...

Us Weekly's Janice Min: Proud To Be Gay-Friendly

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Us Weekly Editor-in-Chief dedicated her "From Us To You" letter to readers this week to sharing news of Us' nomination for a GLADD Media award (which,...

Born Winners and Oscar Losers

Michael Lewittes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Lewittes

Amazingly, there was still more baby news to ensure that the Oscars winners would be nowhere near the front of these magazines.

Should The Tabloids Lay Off A Mentally Ill Celebrity?

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Writing in the Los Angeles Times last week, Asra Nomani, a former Wall Street Journal reporter and People contributor, argued that the time has come f...

Us Weekly Gaining On People After Super-Strong 2007

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Sales of US Weekly and a new competitor, OK! Weekly, climbed sharply in the second half of 2007, even as a round of price increases contributed to an ...

Mag Editors' New Year's Resolutions: "Skip US Weekly And The New York Post"

WWD | Irin Carmon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


A fresh New Year offers magazine executives, like anyone else, the opportunity to follow the advice of their own cover lines. Teen Vogue editor in ch...