Whatever happened to Caroline Miller, once the EIC of New York before a brief stint running luxe fashion mag Absolute? She's finally resurfaced, tangled up in Web 2.0 as the head of news aggregation site Newser.com (which happens to be offline at the moment). She's teamed with Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff and Highbeam CEO Patrick Spain to create what's supposedly a computer algorithm-based news dump that has human hands weighing in to play a role we're still a little unsure on. It'll be just like Google News, but with an obnoxious editor who insists on pointing out which items you should be discussing over chai lattes. [PC]

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When word hit last week that ultra-luxe magalogue Absolute had found a new financier, we were overjoyed with images of Caroline Miller once again able to bathe in Tahitian pearls. Absolute has been through the rough and tumble: folding Feb. 24 when Domingo Cuadra lost interest in burning through cash; then real estate mogul William May was said to be dropping seven figures on a resurrection and then .. nothing.

But now who's giving this Spanish-origin title a new chance? We've just received rumored word that Absolute's new breaths will be funded by New York Home, owned by Hour Media, a Michigan-based publishing outfit. Paging Andrew Essex. Essex. Essex?

When news broke last week that Caroline Miller's Absolute magazine was folding after less than a year, we were hardly shocked. A glossy magazine about all things glitzy from Details wingman Andrew Essex? We had more faith in Gear.

Now we've got Keith Kelly suspecting the magazine's shuttering may have something to do with that vodka label you should never be caught ordering.

Quietly and behind the scenes for the past year, V&S Vin & Spirit, the Swedish government-owned company that owns Absolut Vodka, has waged a knock-down drag-out battle against the Absolute Publishing Company, which has been publishing Absolute Magazine, aimed at high end, luxury-minded consumers.

Nice conspiracy theory, but we're still more inclined to believe the magazine folded because high-style and high-art just don't mix. Even old money want their $200,000 jewelry presented with Jason Binn's party photo pages.

IT'S LAST CALL FOR ABSOLUTE [Keith Kelly, NYP]
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