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Martin Daubney says ‘open secret’ that FHM Sexiest Women poll used to be rigged

Posted by Axegrinder on 3 May 2012 at 12:00
Tags: Magazines

As if Lord Justice Leveson’s in-tray wasn’t busy enough - former Loaded editor Martin Daubney has cast aspersions over one of the pillars of lads’ mag journalism, the FHM Sexiest Women in the World list.

Writing in The Sun, Daubney writes about his surprise at singer Tulisa being crowned sexiest woman in the world by the mag.

Then he drops a bombshell, the reverberations of which will no dealt be felt around the Royal Courts of Justice.

“Back in the late Nineties I ran FHM’s features desk and even then it was an open - if hardly surprising - secret that the 100 Sexiest vote was rigged. I wonder if things have changed now?

“Back then, the winner wasn’t neccessaryily the girl who scored the most votes, but ‘the girl FHM’s bosses think will sell most magazines next month - trouble is, she won’t get her kit off unless we bribe, sorry, honour her with a gong.”


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Axegrinder: Journalist sought to work for Tesco for six months, for free!

Posted by Axegrinder on 8 July 2010 at 10:10
Tags: Magazines, Work experience

More tales reach me of work experience exploitation. This time it is the magazine of supermarket giant Tesco which is seeking an editorial intern who can work for nothing for up to six months.

Their posting on a journalism forum states: “The role will include providing administrative and organisational support for the editorial desk, along with the chance to learn and develop basic journalism skills including researching, fact checking and writing news and feature content.”

It also notes that Tesco Magazine is the most read women’s magazine in the UK with 6.5 million readers.

The post states: “The role is not salaried, but we will pay basic expenses.”

Two weeks is work experience. Six months is work. Shape up Tesco! Or more precisely, contract publishing outfit Cedar which publishes the mag.

And take note of this from guidelines drawn up by the PPA in 2004 for interns and work experience: “Where a student does work experience for more than two weeks, Working Time regulations would be breached if they are not paid the statutory rate for the job.”

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