<em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em> Selling Us on ‘Selling Obama’

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Bloomberg Businessweek is marvelously unrecognizable this week. Creative Director Richard Turley wrote that the grocery store circular look was inspired by this 1996 Stranger cover designed by Dale Yarger. [Tumblr]

Fox News’s Shepard Smith is unimpressed by Piers Morgan‘s phoner with Casey Anthony. “Scoop: ‘This is CNN Breaking News: Casey Anthony Has Not Gained Weight!'” he said. “You’ve come a long way, CNN.” [Huffington Post]

Happy 40th Birthday, Ms. magazine! [NY Times]

One issue of Elle UK will be edited entirely by interns. Also they’ll get paid. Agency and money? Are they even still interns, then? [Guardian]

Washington City Paper’s editor, Mike Schaffer, and its real-estate columnist, Lydia DePillis, are headed to The New Republic. He will be editorial director; she will cover tech. They also grabbed Greg Veis from The New York Times magazine to be their executive editor. [Poynter, Huffington Post]

After speaking at a business roundtable at the Newseum, Mitt Romney kicked out the reporters so he could have an off-the-record conversation with CEOs. Sounds whack but apparently it’s de rigueur for both parties. [Politico]

The New York Times added Duke professor and Washington Post alum Sarah Cohen to its Computer Assisted Reporting cluster. [Romenesko]

Leveson Inquiry reveals David Cameron and Rebekah Brooks were text friends. [Guardian]

GQ’s new augmented reality, GQ Live!, provides digital add-ons without unsightly QR codes. It debuts in the September issue. [WWD]

<em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em> Selling Us on ‘Selling Obama’