[em]Absolute[/em] Returns: Fewer Pages, Higher Prices

The relaunched Absolute arrived today, looking very similar to its previous incarnation, which shuttered shortly before the March 2006 issue hit newsstands.

Under its new ownership, Michigan-based Hour Media, Absolute will only be distributed through a controlled circulation of super-rich New Yorkers. (Free copies will go to households that make over $500,000 a year). But Read More

Serious Inside Baseball: Imaginary Party Report #5260

The Transom refused to attend Toby Young’s book party last night, even though it was clearly the must-attend party of 2002. Did one really have to attend to report it?

Rachel Sklar was in an effusive mood, her rockin’ bod swaying slightly with the off-genre Soho House soundtrack. She warmly greeted the overly well-dressed reporter Read More