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Felix Dennis On His Murder Stunt: April Fools!

Portrait of the Billionaire as a Young Man: Felix Dennis (right) hawks British counterculture magazine 'Oz' in 1970 with coproducers Richard Neville and James Anderson.
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Portrait of the Billionaire as a Young Man: Felix Dennis (right) hawks British counterculture magazine 'Oz' in 1970 with coproducers Richard Neville and James Anderson.

Felix Dennis, the billionaire publisher of Maxim who was the first person to say the word “cunt” on live British television, cut right to the chase last night at the Columbia Journalism School.

“Let’s get the murder thing out of the way,” he said in his refined British accent, alluding to his outrageous, and subsequently retracted claim in The Times of London on April 2 that he had killed a man 25 years ago.  read more »

Maxim Building Sold

The building that houses Maxim and The Week magazines was sold today for $170 million, The Observer reports on our Real Estate blog.