Further adventures in journalism

* I interviewed someone who I found likeable and smart, and wrote a nice article about them. Then it was revealed elswhere that they'd done porn before they were famous. There was a scandal and, to my knowledge, they've never been heard from in the media since. I hope they're living a quiet, happy life.

* Another time, I took a call from a person in the US wanting to know if they could purchase EVERY issue of the magazine. My first thought: "Lawsuit." Fortuntately for us, it turned out to be an over-excited new fan. On learning how long the mag had existed, they promptly abandonded the notion of owning a full set.

When I recounted the incident to JC years later, he told me a similar thing had happened to him while working on a different publication - except it *was* the scenario I'd feared, i.e. a precursor to legal action. I'm sure the lawyers settled out of court, as so often seemed to be the case in publishing.

* We spent MONTHS promoting a modelling competition in conjunction with a calendar maker, profiling each of the competitors. I can't recall if all of the ladies got to feature in a future cal, but I believe the winner scored the cover (plus prizes). When it was time for the partner company to announce who'd won, and for us to celebrate her in a big article, the model was a ring-in we'd never seen or heard of before! [sigh] Such a dodgy business.