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I made my first magazine when I was 11 years-old. It was a prototype, of course, intended more for my own reading than wide, newsstand distribution. Looking back, it was pretty sweet. I clipped bra and panty pictures from my mom’s Sears catalog and pasted them in on heavy stock construction paper interspersed with other clipped pictures of Star Wars and Battlestar Galactia cut-outs. I even scratched captions below the pictures in pencil. “Space Panties,” as I believe it was called, scored... Read Full Story

Zimbio now reaches an even wider audience. According to Google Analytics, over 6,000,000 unique visitors came to Zimbio in July 2008. In July, some of the most popular stories included the Cynthia Rodriguez vs A-Rod battle, Dara Torres qualifying for the Olympics, and comparisons of celebrity hairstyles. August is already off to a great start with a lot of interest in the John Edwards story, the mysterious "Monster of Montauk", and of course the 2008 Summer Olympics. Cheers, Tony... Read Full Story

BOSS (build your own search service) is Yahoo's new "open search" service - and it's pretty cool. We just rolled out a new and improved search experience on Zimbio using the Yahoo API. Give it a try by searching for "Red Carpet Fashion" or "Rihanna" or "NASCAR". Many thanks to the folks at Y! Cheers, Tony Read Full Story

We recently released a new feature that let's you sign up for an email alert whenever Zimbio gets new pictures of your favorite celebrities, athletes, or politicians. We consolidate the alerts into one email so you won't get more than one from us on any given day. Here is how you can give it a try (don't worry, no spam, we promise): 1. Check out the Zimbio Pictures section and pick the person you'd like to track. Some of the popular celebs so far include: - Kim Kardashian , Hollywood... Read Full Story

Hi there!  We just released a new design on Zimbio.  You'll noticed that each zine now has a set of tabs across the top to let you navigate from the front page to articles, news, pictures, polls, or other sections. Here's an example: Have fun!  Read Full Story

There’s been some curiosity around our celebrity interviews. How do we get them? Who does them? Who else are we interviewing? Can we put them in touch with Cameron Diaz? Many of our interviews are conducted by a red carpet lothario named Fred Topel. Fred lives in Los Angeles and is the darling of the Hollywood publicity machine. He’s also a really good guy. So he does many of our celebrity interviews at either the Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton or some other swank hotel. Occasionally, he’ll... Read Full Story

Hello, my name is John Newlin and I will be your informal host / Editor-in-Chief while you’re visiting Zimbio.com. Please, make yourself at home. With more that 15,000 members generating a constant stream of content, not to mention what the small, well-equipped army of editors I’m about to hire will contribute, there’s a lot to digest on this site. It’s my mission to make sense of it all so that it goes down nice and easy. From here on out, I’ll be writing articles, commenting on articles... Read Full Story

We just launched a new design for www.zimbio.com.  Check it out!  Many thanks to those of you who provided ideas and feedback during the testing. The Zimbio homepage now includes LOTS more featured content.  You'll find featured zines, articles, pictures, and polls along with a featured writer of the day. Enjoy! Read Full Story

We’re excited to announce that John Newlin has joined Zimbio as our first Editor in Chief. John will oversee editorial content and community contributions on Zimbio. John and his team will feature the very best reads across the Zimbio network… no small job now that more than 10,000 volunteer writers are actively posting on the site. Prior to joining us, John was Editor-in-Chief at The Wave Magazine. The Wave is a pop-culture magazine, covering movies, music, nightlife, art, dining... Read Full Story

Hey there. Zimbio has been hard at work building up our infrastructure to handle the exciting growth we've been experiencing.  We've also been listening to feedback and requests, and trying to accommodate them when we can. One of the most heavily requested features has been more powerful comment moderation for writers.  This week we've put the following changes into effect for writers: -  You can delete any comment on your articles (look for a link next to each comment) -  You can disable... Read Full Story