You Get What You Pay For
In the wake of OK! magazine's exclusive on Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy, The New York Times writes about the growth of checkbook journalism--that is, paying sources for the rights to stories. It's...
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Paying for Jamie Lynn Spears’ Pregnancy May Be ‘OK!’, But Is It All Right...
Did OK!, the celebrity gossip magazine, really pay $1 million for exclusive rights to the Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy story? US Weekly, a competing whisper weekly, seems to think so, going so far as to...
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How Brit’s Beach Bod Beat Megan Fox’s in Pages of OK!: ‘She’s Always Had a...
Britney Spears hasn’t exactly been everywhere lately. But in the universe of OK! magazine, the pop star rules. Her face is plastered all over OK!’s glossy pages and on their Web site: Britney returns...
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OK! Magazine’s Owners Are OK With Losing $787,000 on Every Issue
Keith Kelly has called OK! magazine the most expensive magazine launch in the history of American publishing. After the first 223 issues of the American edition, which began in August of 2005, losses...
View ArticleRichard Spencer Takes Over OK! From Mark Pasetsky
Chris Rovzar reported this morning that Mark Pasetsky is out as editor-in-chief of OK!, but he'll stay on as a managing editor for now. Mr. Pasetsky, a former Life & Style editor, has been running...
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Jon Stewart's Wrist Lacerated by Instant Karma
Traditional media companies, the FCC's "Future of Media Report" has nothing to offer you. [WSJ] Time Warner is in talks to buy the American version of OK! magazine, which is like a British version...
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