Dolly, Cleo mag to 'lose half their staff'

Sharri Markson, editor of CLEO magazine. Source: NewsComAu

BAUER has announced that staff from its two youth mastheads, Dolly and Cleo magazine, will merge to form one newsroom.

While the magazines will continue as separate titles, the move will see the "expected loss of half their combined staff" with the remaining employees to work on both titles, reports The Australian.

Staff and editors from both magazines were reportedly called to a meeting this morning and told they would need to reapply for their jobs. Dolly editor Tiffany Dunk. Picture: News Corp Australia Source: Supplied

"This includes the current editors Sharri Markson (Cleo) and Tiffany Dunk (Dolly) who will compete to become editor-in-chief," reports The Australian.

The decision was made by Bauer's head office in Germany as a result of "declining circulations and revenue".

In a statement to media, Bauer said: "The company is now discussing with staff a proposal to bring the teams behind Cleo and Dolly together. An editor-in-chief would be responsible for both titles, with other team members either working directly on the brand or where possible across the two brands."

Matthew Stanton, CEO Bauer Media, said: "Cleo and Dolly are quickly evolving to meet the needs of a target audience which is itself rapidly changing. In such a dynamic environment, it makes sense to bring the staff creating these young women's lifestyle titles together. The single publishing unit enables us to tap the synergies and expertise between the mastheads to further enhance the reach and relevance of these two much-loved Australian magazine brands."

The move comes after Bauer closed women's magazine titles Madison and Grazia earlier in the year due to financial pressures and to make way for the launch of Elle magazine in September.

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Tori Spelling 'lied' about weight loss

Tori Spelling says she lied about how she lost her baby weight in her new book. Picture: Splash Source: Supplied

Tori Spelling poses in a bikini for Us Weekly after the birth of her fourth child. Picture: Us Weekly Source: Supplied

IT was hard to believe that she lost all that baby weight simply by swimming and now Tori Spelling has finally come clean about how she really dropped the kilos.

In her new book, Spelling It Like It Is, the actress says her publicist told her not to be truthful about her strict dieting regime after the birth of her fourth child Finn Davey in August 2012.

Spelling told Us Weekly in April that she lost 45 pounds (20kgs) since Finn was born and had shed the kilos "safely" - but the reality was very different.

"For several months, I couldn't really exercise," she said, because of the emergency surgery she underwent when the stitches from her caesarean section burst open.

"There were a couple of reasons. First, there was some risk that my scar would open up again. I was terrified of that.

"Second, I really don't exercise much, period. So I took my weight the old-fashioned way. I like to call it the 'Just Keep Your F***ing Mouth Shut and Eat Air diet'. It's all the rage."

However, when Tori took part in a bikini shoot with Us Weekly magazine, she told them she lost weight through swimming.

"I'll swim until I'm sore or play Marco Polo with the kids instead," she was quoted as saying in the mag. "I also started going on the elliptical and doing modified MMA. Besides my walks, I exercise three times a week for about an hour each time.

"I feel like I took off the weight safely, and I'm totally happy here." Tori Spelling and her four children Liam Aaron McDermott, Finn Davey McDermott, Hattie Margaret McDermott and Stella Doreen McDermott. Picture: Splash Source: Splash News Australia

But the reality was very different, with Spelling revealing in her book: "My publicist had given me clear instructions about what to say about my weight loss.

"Women didn't want to know that I had lost weight through dieting, not exercising... So I said that I swam [even though] I can't do much more than a doggy paddle."

Spelling further explained that she shed the weight through "nibbling rice cakes" and "eating soup and dinners that looked like they belonged in some health magazine.

"With my sedentary lifestyle, it was the only way and it worked," she says. "My clothes were starting to fit again."

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