Liz Smith (journalist) Smith later moved to New York City, where she worked as a typist, proofreader, and reporter before she broke into the media world as a news producer for Mike Wallace at CBS Radio. She spent five years as a news producer for NBC-TV. She also worked for Allen Funt on "Candid Camera". In the late 1950s, Smith worked as a ghostwriter for the popular "Cholly Knickerbocker" gossip column that appeared in the Hearst newspapers. After leaving that column in the early 1960s she went to work for Helen Gurley Brown as the entertainment editor for the American version of "Cosmopolitan",
James Brown (editor) for such brands as "Scotts", "Carling" and "Adidas". In 1985 James Brown was a contributor to the alternative newspaper "Leeds Other Paper". In 1986, following work on his fanzine "Attack on Bzaag", Brown was hired as freelance features writer for "Sounds"; from there he soon joined the magazine "NME". In 1991 Brown became the manager of Fabulous, a rock band composed of various "NME" journalists. After leaving "NME", he wrote features for the "Sunday Times" magazine. In 1994, Brown launched the magazine "Loaded", which became an early example of the modern "lads' mag" format. Brown won the British Society of