“The idea for CFG really came from men themselves,” said Editor-in-Chief Kate White. “They frequently tell us that they love reading Cosmo because they’re fascinated about what makes females tick, and they want to know how to better please the women in their life. We wanted to come to their rescue and take out the guess work. Women are the real experts on the subject.”

The app appears to be a great guys guide for the men who love the women who love reading Cosmo.

The CFG: Cosmo for Guys iPad App is available  now on the App Store or at itunes.com/appstore.

If you think you’ll love this then stay tuned to Cosmo Radio on SiriusXM (channel 109) because this fall they will launch a brand-new CFG show, featuring the same compelling, male-focused content that can be found in the app.

A behind the scenes look at Carrie Underwood’s cover shoot for Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Image via Just Jared

Was there nothing else that could be done with Megan Fox to make this a bit more exciting?

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Another day, another tragedy in glossyland. Ads are down and Vogue leads the pack with the largest drop in pages.

Would it be bad to rub it in now, or should I wait for later?

I’ve never been a big fan of the glossy world of fashion. Magazines have always seemed like a dead technology and being that since I could type I’ve gotten my info from the internet, I’ve always known it was merely a matter of time before the old print and mighty saw some declines and was forced to play the even, democratizing field called the World Wide Web. Well, last quarters numbers are in and boy does it look very, very bad. Expect some more firings and dare I say it, Anna Wintour on the subway, within the year.
“Allure saw a 35 percent drop in ad pages to 214 pages in the first quarter, while Vogue declined 28 percent, or 218 pages, to a total of 563 for the period. Glamour declined 22 percent to 291, and W posted a 40 percent drop, or 218 ad pages, for the quarter, carrying 322 pages. Glamour’s 291 ad pages this quarter reflect a 22 percent slide. And as same-store sales at retailers continue to slide, shopping magazine Lucky saw a 35 percent contraction in ad pages, raking in 203 pages for the first quarter.

At Hearst Magazines, Town & Country has seen a 30 percent decline in the quarter: The magazine carried 247 pages for the first three issues of the year. Harper’s Bazaar carried 396 pages, a 21 percent decrease compared to 2008, while Cosmopolitan’s 305 pages are 48 pages, or 14 percent, below last year’s total. O, The Oprah Magazine reported a 20 percent slide in pages, to 305. Marie Claire is off 16 percent, totaling 214 ad pages. Meanwhile, Elle dropped 26 percent, gathering 435 pages through March. In Style, whose publisher, Lynette Harrison Brubaker, is leaving the Time Inc. title, reported a 29 percent drop in paging, to 436.”

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Reported by WWD, Hearst Communications filed a complaint against Cosmo Senior Borrower LLC, claiming that the owner and developer of the Los Vegas hotel was inspired by Cosmo Mag.

“The Hearst suit alleges the defendants are seeking to trade off of the publisher’s “famous, long-established family of marks…and [the defendant] has stated its intention to use those marks in connection with goods and services that are the same as or related to the goods and services to which the public associates the marks with [Hearst Communications Inc.”

I guess the world ‘cosmopolitan’ has become very popular, from a signature cocktail, to magazine, and now a hotel/resort.

Weigh in indies, is this too muc ‘cosmo’ ?