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Article: Martha Stewart Fantasizing
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 2, 2003
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Martha Stewart has been indicted, Martha Stewart has resigned from
the chairmanship of her company, Martha Stewart is in disgrace. But
Martha Stewart, Incorporated -- or, more precisely, Martha Stewart
Living Omnimedia Inc. -- lives on. Late last week the company quietly
announced it will begin publication of a new magazine, Everyday Food,
with an estimated distribution of a mere 900,000. According to Sharon
Patrick, the new CEO of Martha's company, the experimental issues of
Everyday Food were not hurt at all by Martha's indictment. The
company, she says, "is not skipping a beat."
If she is right, and if the company does recover, that will not
only provide a shot of optimism to legions of ...