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Jeremy Greenfield & Courtney Barnes

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We don’t like formalities. We’re happy in business suits, but we’re happier in jeans. We think we’d like to make money, but we’re more concerned with happiness and fulfillment. We spend a lot of time on the Internet—almost all day in fact—but we read a combined 20 print magazines a week. We’re the new generation of media consumers, and we’re your editors for min magazine 2007. Nice to meet you.

The media industry is changing, too fast for anyone to really keep up. But don’t believe the hype. Things are still largely the same as they were 30 years ago, when neither of us was alive: People still crave information, and you, the media industry, is where they’re going to get it.

So turn off your Blackberries, loosen your ties, and, for a few minutes, kick back with a good, old-fashioned magazine. Before you boldly press forward developing next year’s next big thing, as we know you will, take a moment to remember the year that was.

Courtney Melissa Barnes

Nicknames: Court, Smorch, Barnsie
Title: Editor, PR News
Company: Access Intelligence
Birthday: 9/25/84
First-ever job: Ice cream scooper at Ben and Jerry's

What do I like to do?
I like things that involve words—writing, reading, generally socializing—and pictures, and I owe much of my enjoyment for life to my metabolism. My free time (and money) is spent on airplane tickets, foreign-language classes and furniture for my new apartment.

I collect stamps in my passport, books and things that can be worn. As a child, I wanted to be a circus ringmaster or an apple picker when I grew up—oh, and a novelist, which hasn’t changed. I still don’t know how to balance a checkbook. I may or may not know the difference between a good thing and too much of it.

Favorite restaurants: Anything with a respectable selection of steak and/or cheese
Favorite Music: Radiohead • Red Hot Chili Peppers • Air
Favorite Web site: Businessweek.com
Must-read Book(s): Lolita • Ada, or Ardor • Kafka on the Shore • The Ground Beneath Her Feet • Love in the Time of Cholera • God of Small Things
Must-watch TV: TV? Who has time for TV? (OK, HBO’s Entourage is pretty cool. And reruns of America’s Next Top Model.)
Must-watch Movies: Forrest Gump • Pulp Fiction • Amelie
Desert Island Must-Have Foods: Fizzy water • Wine • Coffee • Cheese • Ice cream • Steak • Blueberries

Jeremy Greenfield

Nicknames: Germs (to Courtney…and my Mom)
Title: Editor, min’s b2b, minonline
Company: Access Intelligence
Birthday: 7/23/82
First Job Ever: Serving sandwiches to drunken college students at a late-night dining hall

What do I like to do?
It’s hard to say because it’s constantly changing. I live in the city that never sleeps, and I try to follow suit. But, generally, I read as much as I can, I work hard on my publications, and I try really, really hard to relax as often as possible. Work and relaxation have a nasty habit of overlapping these days; I’m just glad they haven’t given me a Blackberry yet.

Other things I frequently find myself doing are: playing guitar and singing; listening to music; spending time in bars downtown doing research; watching football; and trying really hard to write things that are better than bad.

Favorite Restaurants: I won’t even touch that one. Fine: Try Frank’s on 2nd and 5th. Get the squid-ink linguini with calamari.
Favorite Web site: ESPN.com
Must-read books: Catch-22 • The God of Small Things • Portnoy’s Complaint • The Corrections • The Possibility of an Island • Et Tu, Babe
Must-watch TV: I don’t have a TV.
Must-watch movies: Rushmore • The Virgin Suicides • Manhattan • Annie Hall
Desert Island CDs: Bitches Brew • Abbey Road • The White Album • Odelay • OK Computer • Homogenic • Seven Swans • Moon Safari

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