2331 -- January 17, 2005

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has launched Everyday Food, a weekly half hour TV series on PBS stations. The new series will air on PBS stations nationwide beginning this past weekend, and the first season will consist of 26 weekly episodes. The TV program will offer quick, easy and practical solutions for preparing delicious everyday meals, and brings to life the magazine Everyday Food, which is published 10 times a year and features recipes designed to take 30 minutes or less to prepare, that can be made in multiple size portions, and uses widely available supermarket ingredients. The show cast consists of 5 home-grown talents from the kitchens of Martha Stewart Living, John Barricelli, Sarah Carey, Allie Lewis, Margot Olshan and Lucinda Scala Quinn. Executive producers of the show are Linda Corradina and Martha Stewart, when she gets out of jail. Since the show is being co-produced with WETA-TV in Washington, DC, Salton Delan and John Potthast are the WETA executive producers, and they are at WETA-TV, 2775 Quincy St., Alexandria, VA 22206, (703) 998-2600. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is at 11 West 42 St., New York, NY 10036, (212) 827-8000. Suggestions for Corradina go to her assistant Ashley Vuckovich at (203) 840 7039.

GeezerJock Magazine is launching in March. The new sports and fitness publication will be the first to cover the broad spectrum of serious senior athletics for people 40-and-over. It will be a quarterly magazine with a Web Site: www.geezerjock.com <http://www.geezerjock.com>. The purpose of the new magazine is to provide serious coverage of the world of Masters athletics, from sports such as track and field to swimming, basketball, baseball. This segment of athletics is expected to boom as the population ages. The premier issue covered a 60-year-old man who can still dunk, an interview with a former NFL star, and it also included a feature on Men's Senior Baseball League, a track and field scandal in Germany, and a profile of several women who have discovered their athletic ability in later years. Sean Callahan is the editor: scallahan@geezerjock.com <mailto:scallahan@geezerjock.com>; Steve Boman is their editor at large; sboman@geezerjock.com <mailto:sboman@geezerjock.com>. Reach them at GeezerJock Media, 2033 W. Hutchinson, Chicago, IL 60618, (312) 305-2530. Story ideas can also go to news@geezerjock.com <mailto:news@geezerjock.com>.

The New York Press, the alternative weekly newspaper that was started a couple of years ago to rival The Village Voice remains as a strident voice in the wide variety of New York City newspapers, appearing each Tuesday, free to those that take it from the kiosks on the street. Each week the newspaper features news and columns on entertainment, food and drink, music, happenings in the city, editorial stories with a 'tongue in cheek' look at the world. They also take a look at the happenings on TV, recent films, Broadway, people in the news, education, deaths, health, opinion, and people in the news. The publication is a typical New York City newspaper covering what is going on in the City, but from a viewpoint that is off-center and slightly sardonic. Jeff Koyen is their editor-in-chief, Alexander Zaitchik is the senior editor; Steven Psyllos is the managing editor, with Sarah Shanok their listings editor. They are at 333 Seventh Avenue, 14 fl., New York, NY 10001, (212) 244-2282. Their Web Site is www.nypress.com <http://www.nypress.com>.

The Long Island Press, which is published by Morey Publishing, is a 96-page news, arts and lifestyle weekly that covers news, the arts and lifestyle in the New York area. It is classified as an alternative weekly, a type of publication which is cropping up all around the country. The newspaper is widely distributed in the Long Island area in stores such as Pathmark, Best Buy, KMart, movie houses, as well as home delivery and rail stations. The publication covers the news of the area, celebrity interviews, movie reviews, business news, health, pets, restaurants and food, technology, fashion, the mind and the spirit, sports, real estate, etc. Just joining the newspaper is Ed Love, former Newsday columnist, who will be writing a weekly column. General and breaking news goes to editor-in-chief Robbie Woliver, rwoliver@longislandpress.com <mailto:rwoliver@longislandpress.com>; Michael Nelson gets information on arts and entertainment at mnelson@longislandpress.com <mailto:mnelson@longislandpress.com>. Brendan Manley is the contact for lifestyle and sports at: bmanley@longislandpress.com <mailto:bmanley@longislandpress.com>. Edith Updike is the contact for news and politics at eupdike@longislandpress.com <mailto:eupdike@longislandpress.com>, at Morey Publishing, 1103 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530, (516) 992-1800; Fax: (516) 992-1801.

Worthwhile Magazine the new bimonthly magazine whose editorial mission is to put purpose and passion on the same plane as profit, offering a roadmap for business success that is personally fulfilling and socially responsible. Their motto is that it is impossible to have a meaningful life without performing meaningful work. The editors are interested in corporate philanthropy, business ethics, executives who are not only successful in their business career, but who are successful in living a life that is meaningful and filled with good deeds. Each issue includes CEO interviews or entrepreneurs with interesting and inspiring stories to tell about their adventures in achieving corporate responsibility. Suggestions for the magazine should go to the editor, Anita Sharpe, at the magazine 1201 Peachtreet St., Ste. 1718, Atlanta, GA 30361,-(404) 872-9992; Fax: (404) 872-9979; sharpe@worthwhilemag.com <mailto:sharpe@worthwhilemag.com>.

TENNIS Magazine, the ten times yearly sports magazine which was recently sold by The New York Times Company to the Miller Sports Group, is introducing its first redesign in six years as it prepares to produce its 40th anniversary edition in the coming months. Editor-in-chief Mark Woodruff explains that the make-over would be visual, with a bolder logo on its cover, new and enhanced typography, large-format photography, and more open spreads. Tennis is the only national magazine which services this sport. Each issue has features such as learning to play tennis like a pro, new and enhanced racquets, how to make tennis more fun, learning how to beat your opponent, travel guides to destinations where tennis tournaments are held, places to stay and visit, and the latest equipment for the sport. Suggestions go to Woodruff at TENNIS Magazine, 79 Madison Avenue, 8 fl., New York, NY 10016, (212) 636-2700; Fax: (212) 636-2730.

Your Life! Magazine, the Online magazine for women, has just added a new columnist, Sandra Muller, who is the wine correspondent for Fox News, Bravo, The Metro Channel, and Women's Entertainment Network. She will now head the Entertaining section of Your Life! Magazine. Also on board at the magazine are Lauren Fix, a TV auto expert, Sheri Koones, home maintenance and construction author, and Kathleen Giordano, the model/actress who is known as Lady Barber. Sugestions go to them at YOUR LIFE! MAGAZINE, (606) 526-8880; www.yourlifemagazine.com <http://www.yourlifemagazine.com>.

RANDOM PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Adweek MarketingYMedios will review the best tv spots of 2004 targeting Hispanic consumers and announce the winners in the April 2005 issue. Both Spanish and English language commercials aimed at Latinos aired in the US for the first time in 2004 are eligible. The deadline is January 31, 2005. Go to www.marketingymedios.com http://www.marketingymedios.com for forms.  RNA Religion Newswriters Association has a February 1 deadline for their 2005 Awards for Religion reporting. For more information, eligibility, and entry forms, go to their Web Site: www.rna.org <http://www.rna.org>, and click on the link for Contest.

The Reader's Digest has named Julie Bain health director. Bain, is a health and fitness writer who has written widely.

Publishers Weekly has a deadline of February 11 for their special feature in the March 7 issue of the Fastest Growing Small Publishers. This is their annual look at fast-growing small publishers, companies with net sales in the $2 to $10 million range. Send the information to Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, (646) 746-6887; E-mail: jmilliot@reedbusiness.com <mailto:jmilliot@reedbusiness.com>.

CNN has terminated the 22-year old show Crossfire, and consequently Tucker Carlson is leaving the station. Carlson is said to be heading to MSNBC to helm his own show.

The New York Daily News has hired Michael Cook as the editor-in-chief. He had been with The Chicago Sun Times.

Conde Nast Publishing has appointed a new editorial director, Thomas Wallace, to replace James Truman, who is returning to Europe after 11 years in the position of editorial director for Conde Nast. Wallace had been editor-in-chief of Conde Nast Traveler and now Klara Glowczewska, the exec editor, takes over his former position.

The Epoch Times, the New York newspaper which is Chinese oriented and recently mentioned in the 12/13 issue has additional editors: Jim DeArruda, Zhiwan Dong, Andy Ellsmore, Stephen Gregory, Jane Hudson, Kent Konkol, Sharon Kilarski, Leeshai Lemish, Genevieve Long, Even Mantyk, Brian Marple, and Franklin McCoy, and John Nania. They are at 255 W. 36 St., Ste. 1105, New York, NY 10018, (212) 239-2808.