We're not exactly sure how Us Weekly's web operations work. Sure, we may notice when UsMagazine.com makes minor changes to its web masthead, but from there on out, we pretty much assume online director and high-cheekboned Ken Baker spends the day figuring out how to plug his appearances on Ryan Seacrest's radio show.

Lucky us, then, when we got our hands on a Wednesday email chain between Baker, EIC Janice Min, and GMA transplant, former Daily News editor, and No. 2 Colleen Curtis about what makes a good web hed. (Exciting topic, we know.)

Except we weren't the only ones to get the email: The note was also sent out to former Us staffers, some of who now have jobs at competing magazines and haven't worked at Wenner in years.

The internal email arrived, inexplicably, in the inboxes of Nick White and Chris Coats (both now at People), Mia Sulpor (at Variety since February), and Jenny Sundel of People and In Style. And there was also someone else in the CC field: tim@vegas.com. That would be Timothy McDarrah, the former Us Hot Stuff editor who's not so much at Vegas.com as he is in jail for six years for trying to get with a 13-year-old girl.

So what's Ken & Co. up to, bringing all these ex-staffers into the conversation? Um … we haven't a clue.

The emails, post-jump-thingy.

Since most of these folks are already being harassed by unwanted emails, we've stripped the info of most.

—–Original Message—–
> From: Colleen Curtis
> To: Janice Min ; Baker,
> Ken ; Us - Reporters;
> Us - Online; [a lot more people]
> Sent: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:38 am
> Subject: Re: Paris Hilton's Mystery Doctor Revealed!
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> Not in jail, at home in the hours between her stints
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> On 6/13/07 1:37 PM, "Min, Janice"
> wrote:
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> This is a great hed for web:
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> Plastic Surgeon Visits Paris in Jail
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> On 6/13/07 1:37 PM, "Baker, Ken"
> wrote:
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> In the early morning hours of Friday, June 8, Paris
> Hilton was paid a visit by a man who, while walking
> out of Hilton's home at 4 a.m., confirmed to an X-17
> cameraman that he was her doctor. Us can report that
> the man was, in fact, Dr. Steven Hoefflin, a
> renowned plastic surgeon, who has been dubbed "the
> plastic surgeon to the stars."
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> A source tells Us that Hoefflin is something akin to
> the Hilton family's private doctor, who consults
> with family members on medical issues — including,
> but not limited to, cosmetic issues.
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> Hofflein, who has a practice in Santa Monica, is
> best known as Michael Jackson's former plastic
> surgeon. He also has reportedly done work on Sly
> Stallone, Joan Rivers, Liz Tayor and Janet Jackson.
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> X17 clip:
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http://x17online.com/celebrities/paris_hilton/paris_physician_makes_an_earlymorning_housecall.php
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> Hofflein site: http://www.hoefflin.com/
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> Ken Baker
> Editorial Director, Usmagazine.com
> o 323-XXX
> c 323-XXX
> Email is best.
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