Inquiring minds want to know: David Pecker’s interview today with WWD is summarized by Gawker:

WWD: Aren’t you just a tabloid published by trashy skanks?

Pecker: Totally! But we’re raking in the f*ing cash hand over fist, dude.

WWD did not ask Pecker the Sonny Bono question, however.

The last Eddie update: Well, he ended up getting more money and he can keep the number 27. The Cowboys still suck.

Kiosk konsolidation: NetWorld Alliance — publisher of KioskMarketplace.com and kiosks.org and manager of Kiosks.org Association — announced today the acquisition of Voyagi Inc.’s kiosk division, which includes Kiosk magazine, Kiosk.com, and The Kiosk Show, an industry tradeshow.

Quote from the press release:

NetWorld CEO Dick Good said the acquisition fits neatly with the company’s strategy of acquiring titles and properties in the kiosk market that will help to unify this booming industry.

Rexblog reminder: We do not make this stuff up. We just pass it along.

Fat heads: The SF Chronicle actually devotes an editorial to blast National Geographic Kids for running ads from wholesome products like M&Ms and Xtreme Jell-O pudding sticks (ummm. pudding sticks.).

Quote:

The magazine is now filled with ads for these and other unhealthy food products. In too many cases, the line between ad and editorial content is blurred. The May issue came wrapped in a cover which is, in effect, an ad for Arby’s “Adventure Meals.” Rather than promoting stories inside the magazine that help kids explore the world, the ad over urges kids “to look inside and start your adventure at Arby’s today” — which includes indulging in its 590- calorie “chicken finger” meal….But no magazine that appeals to kids should even remotely threaten their health. Eliminating ads like those in National Geographic Kids won’t make childhood obesity disappear. But ads that entice them to eat nutritionally questionable food is contributing to the problem. Of all institutions, National Geographic should know better.

Does this mean the SF Chronicle opposes the portion of Adventure Meal sales that has raised $1.3 million for “the support and nurturing of families in need and their children”? Does this mean the SF Chronicle will stop running advertising from Arby’s, M&Ms, etc.? For the record, the rexblog thinks the San Francisco Chronicle should try cutting back on its diet of flabby editorials.

Radar blipping: According to The Daily, New York Magazine will publish four “special issues” during the Republican National Convention. Maer Roshan will be editing all four issues as well as the magazine’s “special” pre-convention issue. We assume that means Maer has taken a leave of abcence from his career as a vaporzine publicist.

No thanks: If you want to play a videogame that allows you to live the life of a magazine personality, now you can, according to the NY Post. Unfortunately, the only version now is the Hugh Hefner one. No word yet if there are plans for videogames based on Bonnie Fuller or that Men’s Health editor who dates the actress who used to date Marilyn Manson, or one that lets the player be Martha Stewart in prison.