By Drew Grant 4/15 2:26pm

Publishing

David Zinczenko, fitness guru. (Getty Images)

Why David Zinczenko Deserves That Multimillion Dollar Book Deal With Random House Along With His Own Imprint

David Zinczenko, former Rodale Executive and EIC of Men’s Health, just signed a deal with Random House which the publisher is calling “unprecedented in scope.”

Not only will Mr. Zinczenko, BFF of Dan Abrams and author of the hugely succesful series Eat This, Not That, be penning new titles for a Random House imprint under his new contract, but will be getting his own, separate imprint as well, along with a publishing partnership for his new company’s titles, and, oh yeah, a swoonworthy amount of cash. And guess what? He’s totally worth it. Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 6/26/06 12:00am

Man Flab, It’s Fab

One by one, from Hollywood to the Hamptons, men have liberated themselves from the flat-stomached emo-boy reign of terror. Over the weekend in Westchester, U.S. Open enthusiasts cheered for Phil Mickelson, the golf crowd’s non–Tiger Woods favorite, whose previous winning record coincided with a softly expanding waist line and what one observer near the 18th Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 6/26/06 12:00am

Man Flab, It’s Fab

One by one, from Hollywood to the Hamptons, men have liberated themselves from the flat-stomached emo-boy reign of terror. Over the weekend in Westchester, U.S. Open enthusiasts cheered for Phil Mickelson, the golf crowd’s non–Tiger Woods favorite, whose previous winning record coincided with a softly expanding waist line and what one observer near the 18th Read More

By Staff 11/03/05 5:12pm

A Trip Down Memory Lane With Joyce Wadler

From Boldface Names, The New York Times, March 28, 2003:

How Do I Get a Cute Actress To Add Sizzle to My Steak?

Next to MAER ROSHAN, who has gotten endless attention for a magazine he has not published (Radar), we are shocked and awed by the Men’s Health editor, DAVID ZINCZENKO, who had gotten Read More

By Tom Scocca 6/06/05 12:00am

Washington Post Is Copping A Felt On Deep Throat

Before W. Mark Felt was conclusively identified as Deep Throat, he took on one last alias: “The Guy.”

That was how Mr. Felt-the former F.B.I. official who’d secretly leaked Watergate developments to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post-was known around the offices of Vanity Fair as the magazine put together a piece by Mr. Felt’s Read More

By Jessica Joffe, Anna Schneider-Mayerson and Noelle Hancock 5/31/04 12:00am

The Transom

‘It’s Good to Be the King’: Richard Lewis on Alan King

That was a Mel Brooks line, and it couldn’t have a better meaning nor a better fit than for the comedic master who just retired into immortality. Right up front, my deepest condolences to his family and thousands of friends who really knew and Read More

By Sridhar Pappu 9/08/03 12:00am

GQ, Esquire Spar, But Zinczenko Says He’s a Rock Star

“Magazine editors are the new rock stars,” said David Zinczenko, the dreamy, hazel-eyed editor in chief of Men’s Health as he sat in a taxicab early on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 27. “It’s about time people start recognizing us as the smart, funny guys that we are. And we smell better, too.”

Mr. Zinczenko’s Read More