Magazine-publishing elite pay tribute to Brown, Kliger.(MediaWorks)(Tina Brown and Jack Kliger of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.)

Advertising Age,  February, 2008  by Ives, Nat

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Byline: Nat Ives

The magazine business presented its highest honors last week to Tina Brown, the former editor of titles including The New Yorker and Talk, and Jack Kliger, president-CEO at Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. The editor and the executive made their marks over the years in very different ways, as was clear in their peers' comments and tribute videos.

In welcoming Ms. Brown to the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame, IAC/InterActiveCorp chief Barry Diller recalled that Jamaica Kincaid used to refer to her as "Stalin in high heels.'' Steve Martin used his video clip to ...

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