Dinner Club. For the first time in 14 years, the New York Times Magazine
launches a new "Part 2" magazine. Style & Entertaining, edited by
haute- living aficionado William Norwich, is a biannual special that melds fashion,
food, entertaining and interior decorating issues with a gossipy bent. The issue
now on newsstands, for example, features insights from Nora Ephron on de-stressing
dinner parties, and a conversation with Uma Thurman about her upcoming role
in the Epicurean film "Vatel," and entertaining and food in general (she eats?).
Style & Entertaining joins other Times magazine spin-offs
such as Fashions of the Times, Men's Fashions of the Times, Sophisticated
Traveler and Home Design. (212/556-1234)
Product Mileage. Next time your new tech product makes it through the
gauntlet of PC Magazine's testing labs to appear in the title's "First
Looks," section, you may be in for an extra treat. The Ziff Davis pub will now
channel its product picks into a new weekly segment (also called "First Looks")
airing on CNNfn's "Digital Jam" before publishing them in print. The segment,
which airs Tuesdays at 8:15 p.m. Eastern time, will be reported on a rotating
basis by editor-in-chief Michael Miller, senior executive editor Bill Howard
and executive editor Ben Gottesman. (PC Magazine, 212/503-5100)
Forbitude. Forbes.com scored a face-lift and is strutting a new design and bolstered content. Site channels now include Forbes Today, Magazines, Columnists, Investing,
Companies, and People. See for yourself.
http://www.forbes.com/2000/10/03/welcomenew.html.