From the NY Post
Time Inc. shook things up yesterday, shutting down Mutual Funds magazine while playing musical chairs with three publisher jobs at Teen People, Money and People.

Amid the shuffles, Anne Zehren, publisher of Teen People, is leaving to take a three-month unpaid sabbatical and return to an undetermined job.

"I'll see what is available when I return," she said.

Paul Caine, associate publisher of People, moves into Zehren's old slot.

Meanwhile, Kathleen Kayse - Money's former publisher - was named publisher of People.

People is still the most profitable magazine in the country, and its ad downturn - down 3 percent through August - is outperforming the industry.

In addition to pesky Bonnie Fuller's Us Weekly, where ad pages are up 4 percent, People will soon have to contend with German media giant Bauer Publications' launch of In Touch into the marketplace. In Touch is only looking to sign up 20 ad pages in each 100-page issue.

Meanwhile, the teen market, which was once so robust, has been struggling lately. Advertising at Teen People was down 10.73 percent through August to 565.3.

Le Parisien and Liberation both carry an item today about supermodels May Anderson and Devon Aoki being attacked by a gang near the Forum des Halles, one of Paris' most dangerous spots.
According to the reports, they were in a car with a TV crew and hip-hop impresario Damon Dash when the gang got first angry about the cameras, then excited about the girls.
It seems no formal complaint was filed. The attack took place last wednesday evening, and wasn't released until yesterday.
May Anderson was blasted with pepper spray, a popular war technique with young gangs in Paris. She was admitted to the Hotel Dieu hospital, near the Notre Dame, and released after two hours. Devon wasn't hurt in the attack.
Les Halles, in the center of Paris, has turned to a nasty neighborhood after the RER lines from dubious suburbs chose it ("Chatelet/Les Halles") as the terminal station. A lot of tourists are attacked in the area, which is very closed to the Pompidou Center. Readers of this humble weblog are advised to avoid the Chatelet station, where a lot of rapes are routinely reported.