Good planning: V Magazine editor in chief Stephen Gan had 50,000 “Obama’s in the House” red, white and blue stickers printed and affixed to magazine covers at the last minute for its Beyonce cover. (WWD)

Starbucks wins big with Election day free coffee promotion (AdAge)

Conde Nast employees fear further layoffs. (NY Post)

In other Condé Nast news, the publisher announced a partnership with video platform Brightcove to manage its video initiatives on Glamour.com, Wired.com, Portfolio.com, Parade.com and Self.com. (Folio)

MGM to post full films on YouTube. (NY Times)

Publishers Making Integrated U-Turn:As clients trim budgets, publishers put brakes on elaborate, beyond-the-page ad packages. (Mediaweek)

Google Signs a Deal to e-Publish Out-of-Print Books. (NY Times)

Financial Times website gets a facelift. (Portfolio)

Mexican Dominos - She’s a fierce competitor and her regular opponents are Salma Hayek, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
Stray animals - She found her dog Vino bleeding in the street and took her in.
Her job - Penelope is a self-professed workaholic and admits that even on vacation she hides in her bathroom to type away on her Blackberry.(Glamour)

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NEVER!

“I think that some people have the wrong idea that you have an obligation [because you are a pubic person] to offer some of your private life. I couldn’t disagree more. I don’t talk about my private life. I am clear about that. I think anybody with common sense can understand that,” says Penelope Cruz in the new issue of Glamour.

The official semi-annual magazine circulation report won’t be out until next month, but with the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ new Rapid Report system, this year we’ll get an early look at how top monthly titles sold in the first half, reports Jeff Bercovici at Portfolio.

Oprah and Vogue both saw BIG declines.

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How? You’re must know.

Christina Aguilera and her husband Jordan Bratman have a plan.

“We make sure we have Mommy and Daddy nights out.

Our child comes first, obviously, but there are certain things you can do: Once we know he’s in good hands, we go out late at night and have a few drinks.

Then we’ll come home, dim the lights and do our thing - and I’m not going into any more detail than that!”

Thank you Christina. That’s all I needed to hear.

Related:

Christina’s husband Jordan almost bumped from Glamour article

Are you ready?

I am!  This Friday, May 30th.

Here’s a link to the official web site.

Remember when Jessica Simpson used to be on at one celebrity weekly cover every week!

That was then and this is now (sorry for the cliche!).

Well, some good news for Jessica.  She is front and center on this issue of Glamour and make the jump to hear what she had to say about the reading the tabloids:

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When asked by Glamour if she’d wear white to her wedding, Fergie says ”I don’t know.  Knowing me, I’ll wear black…Or maybe I’ll wear red and be a harlot (laughs)!”

Fergie unfortunately got quite annoying when Glamour tried to ask about her engagement to Josh Dumel.  This is  of course, what Glamour readers care about most.

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When speaking at the Magazine Publishers of America’s 2008 Retail Conference, Glamour’s editor-in-chief Cindi Leive reminded everyone what is most important:  Readers.  (OBVIOUS!)

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