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A July 2008 front page from the Khaleej Times, which is partially government owned. |
Stephanie Rivers is the new director of features for The Record and Herald News, replacing Barbara Jaeger, a feared and despised editor who left or was pushed out around July 1, 2011.
On her LinkedIn page, Rivers says she has "extensive experience in graphics design and fashion."
Rivers work will be most visible in Better Living, the daily features section created by Publisher Stephen A. Borg to replace separate sections for Food and other subjects.
It's unclear whether Borg hired Rivers, whose last job was as editor of Indulge magazine, a publication of an English language newspaper, the Khaleej Times, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The magazine's mission recalls Borgs' pet project, (201) magazine:
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Did you see the sickening video clip of some rich blonde bimbo showing us the "LOOT" she grabbed when retail giant Target opened their stores on Monday for "The Missoni" for Target designer collection? In a time when more people are out of work than ever, these junior Houswives of New Jersey are just what we need to see. Poorly produced, it looked like I could have shot it with a fliP camera (with no special lighting) It appeared in the (201) magazine section online on Monday.
ReplyDeleteThey are just the demographic Borg is chasing.
ReplyDeleteIf you wonder why the economy is in the crapper, it's not because people aren't spending money; it's because employers are refusing to hire more workers, hoping to squeeze as much productivity out of their payroll as possible.
I don't know how much hiring NJMG has done, but Borg was overheard in the newsroom back in 2007-08 saying he wanted a newsroom where everyone made less than $40,000.