BizJournals Portfolio
Home >   Business Views, Opinions and Blogs >   Business Blogs >   Mixed Media >  

Idle Chatter Oprahs O Lympic O Xtravaganza

Mixed Media

by Jeff Bercovici
Main
Convention Scorecard: CNN Did It Best   Deep Read: Rupert Murdoch in 'Vanity Fair'

Recent Blog Posts

Links

Sep 02 2008 8:44am EDT

Idle Chatter: Oprah's O-lympic O-xtravaganza

-Magazine circulation is almost as anemic in England as it is here in the States. [WWD]

-Some 150 members of the U.S. Olympic team will be guests at tomorrow's taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show. [ChiTrib]

-Vogue's Indian edition used peasants who live on pennies a day to model a $10,000 purse and other luxury items. Some people think that's insensitive. [NYT]

-David Duchovny's sex addiction is actually just a porn addiction, which means the whole thing is not actually a brilliant viral campaign for Californication. [NYP]

-New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. will have to give a deposition in a court case involving Donald Trump. [Philly Inquirer]. □

blog comments powered by Disqus
Real Business, Real Results
Out of the 'Family'

Did anyone at Microsoft ever watch the (gasp!) offensively funny show Family Guy?

Cruz Missile Lands

Ex-Morgan Stanley exec Zoe Cruz is now heading her own hedge fund. Are Wall Street's leaders done?

Scandal Chic

Martha, Bernie and Skilling know that what you wear for court can go a long way in public perception.

spotlight on

Health Care

Bad to the Bone No More

Companies such as General Mills say they're stepping up efforts to change employees' bad behavior and promote healthier lifestyles. Read More