Superstar Avatars

Hillary Clinton: powerful, reliable, classic. These are the ideas that Ms. Clinton seems to want to convey about herself with her Facebook profile picture. In the black-and-white headshot, she’s looking off to her right, and all of her signature attributes are there: Big smile, pearl necklace, American flag pin. This picture presents the ur-Hillary. She Read More

Who’s the Hottest Editor?

Midday on Wednesday, May 2, hundreds of media heavyweights will trundle into the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria for the presentation of the American Society of Magazine Editors’ National Magazine Awards. After cocktails, lunch and a few speeches, a lucky few attendees will receive the coveted Ellie, an Alexander Calder-designed elephant statuette that entitles the Read More

The Hottest Editors in N.Y.

Who’s the fairest of them all? This Wednesday, May 2, the American Society of Magazine Editors will present the National Magazine Awards. But The Observer-with a little help from the Web site HotorNot.com- found another way to judge the magazine world’s annual beauty contest.

Midday on Wednesday, May 2, hundreds of media heavyweights will trundle Read More

The Hottest Editors in N.Y.

Who’s the fairest of them all? This Wednesday, May 2, the American Society of Magazine Editors will present the National Magazine Awards. But The Observer-with a little help from the Web site HotorNot.com- found another way to judge the magazine world’s annual beauty contest.

Midday on Wednesday, May 2, hundreds of media heavyweights will trundle Read More