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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI JAN 18 2002 16:02:37 ET XXXXX EXCLUSIVE: TINA'S TALK HALTS PUBLICATION; PLUG PULLED ON MONTHLY MIRAMAX/HEARST has pulled the plug on TALK magazine -- effective immediately, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The current issue on newsstands will be the last, say top sources. The magazine's staff will be told of the dramatic development during a 5 pm [ET] meeting. The decision to fold the monthly was made in recent days, with TALK president Tina Brown described as "highly disappointed" by the action. TALK/MIRAMAX will continue its successful book division, with upcoming works by Rudy Giuliani and Madeline Albright, sources say. The magazine launched with a splash in the Summer of '99 with an all-star party at the Statue of Liberty attended by Madonna, Kissinger, Rushdie, Bacall, Demi, Hurley and others. Brown quickly caused a fuss-commotion with her inaugural issue when First Lady Hillary Clinton confessed how the president had trouble remaining faithful to her because he was �scarred by abuse� when he was barely four. But the magazine quickly began bleeding money; in the end, losing upwards of $50 million. The Ad Crunch of '01 and a post-September 11 media slowdown proved to be too much a burden for the upstart. "The parties, the premieres, the expense accounts were brutal on the bottom line," says an insider. ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereportArchives.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2002 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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