There are a couple ways to be a low-level magazine staffer and land your way in Page Six. You can file sexual harassment charges against a colleague. You can get caught having sex on your editor's desk after hours. Or you can use your position of relative power to demand free swag and then sell it on eBay.
Last week, assistant editor Molly Friedman was fired for selling beauty supplies that had been sent to Allure editors. Friedman had been working there for almost a year and was very recently promoted from her editorial assistant position. "She was asking makeup companies to send her products that hadn't hit stores yet, and she was selling them on eBay instead of putting them in the magazine," said our insider. "She's pretty much banned from Condé Nast for life."
Meanwhile, we'll let you enjoy the irony of Page Six reporting on someone else getting in trouble for accepting free merch.
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Sadly, she was likely just trying to supplement her miserable $28K salary.
Her greatest crime was not being born a socialte rich-girl like 99.9% of the rest of the staff at Conde Nast.
Nobody's banned for life at Conde if they're good enough (or well connected). She just needs a little time and distance. Marrying a rich guy or getting hired at a competitor helps. Heck, Richard Beckman broke an employee's cheekbone (he was just trying to make her kiss another female employee) and look where he is now. Forgive and forget, right?
This kind of activity would garner a promotion at Us Weekly!
not surprised, she probably had trouble buying dinner much less paying the rent on that Conde Nast editorial assistant salary.