Interns at Elle are surely thrilled at the good news Nat Ives brings today. Nobody's hiring at Hachette Filipacchi! There is an actual hiring freeze at the company, which oversees mags like Elle, Home, and Shock — meaning all the recent college grads who have spent their summers assisting for zilch may have to look to Hearst to find a home.

As will the former staffers of recently folded mags who thought maybe they would have a shot getting swept up into the arms of the Paramount building.

Freezes also are bad news for the refugees from this year's plentiful magazine shutdowns, which include Cargo, Shop Etc., For Me, Weekend, Celebrity Living Weekly, Shape en Espanol and MPH.

We know. It sucks. But all hope is not lost. Hey, Good Housekeeping's EIC is looking for an assistant.

Hachette, Down 6.1%, Decides to Stop Adding Staff to Make Its Numbers [Nat Ives, Ad Age]