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)

And here’s yet another Anne Hathaway cover.

Once again, she was interviewed before her break-up.

But - I think she’ll be fine.

Hathaway tells Self, “No one person can do enough to derve what I’ve been given in life.”

“I’ve never gotten Botox or anything like that, but they (dermatologists) can do more than just Botox.  They can give you a rockin’ facial.”

Make the jump!

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She tells Self magazine, “I try to decrease the overall size of my butt!”

Are you too hard on yourself?

Is nothing ever good enough?

Than take the advice of Christina Applegate - no seriously - she seems to have her shit together!

Here are some of her tips from the current issue of Self:

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Don’t get me wrong!  I love Kelly Ripa.

But does she sell magazines?

I’ve had this one for a few weeks and finally realized why I didn’t post it.  Cuz, I had nothing to say.

She’s super sweet, has a hot husband and a ton of kids.   Not much drama there.  Good for her but bad for newsstand sales.

I’m surprised that Self Magazine selected Eva for this issue?   She’s not really in the news right now and unfortunately there’s no Desperate Housewives because  of the writers strike.   From a newsstand perspective, this will not be a big seller.  (Don’t get me wrong, I love Eva Longoria — and her bff Mario Lopez!)

Update:  Eva is up to something.  She has a new movie out next month.  Thanks for the tip Greg!