Press: Look Down

And very possibly out

Was something wrong at Look magazine last week? A secretary answered the phone with a chirpy "Paris Match." An assistant editor showed up for his first day of work only to find that he had already been laid off. Somewhere between Los Angeles and Georgia, a freelance writer was motorcycling to an assignment, unaware that his editors had been fired and were commiserating in a Manhattan gin mill. By way of explanation, Look's owners announced blandly that the magazine was "undergoing reorganization." They promised to keep publishing, but hardly anyone on Madison Avenue believed them.

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