CoZmo Upgrade!

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I discovered an old publication from the wee old year of 1996 stating that Cosmopolitan was upgrading with the times and offering their magazine on the web. I found this very interesting in that it was considered a major deal, at that time. And now here we are 13 years later and most--if not all--magazines offer a web service as oppose to the print version. And most people--if not all--don't purchase print magazines and prefer to read them online. If Cosmopolitan considered that an upgrade in 1996, then what's next for the future of the print industry...

Read On:http://news.cnet.com/Web-gets-cosmopolitan/2100-1023_3-242613.html

CoZmo Console...

With today's economy withering away into small pieces of disastrous nothings, of course magazine sales are going to drop. What I didn't know was the actual numbers of how far down the scale they were actualy dropping. Although my beloved Cosmopolitan Magazine is not doing too good in todays market, I have faith that they will stand strong and persevere through these rough times. If not...there's always Better Home & Garden, right?

Read On:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/business/media/12magazine.html

CoZmo in Trouble

Well, this makes for a very interesting story--Time Magazine (with the article dating back to Feb. 02 1953) featured a story titled, "Cosmopolitan In Trouble"

Apparently the Hearst's Corporation sales have been dropping drastically since the end of World War II--with some adjustments and modifications to the company, staff, and magazine, some very strategic decisions were made:

Read On:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817885,00.html

A Very Strict Cozmo...

So, I came across an article, in Cosmo of course, that had pictures of the "50 Hottest Bachelors of 2008." So here's the problem: Cosmo only wants to showcase men who are "Good Natured, Down Home, All American Boys" in their magazine, but what they got are a few men who chose the other route and posed for Playgirl...

And of course, they were reprimanded for the bad decisions they made...

Check out the article!

http://gawker.com/5064502/the-tenuous-connection-between-levi-johnston-and-cosmos-porno-bachelors