Just Got an Email from Woman’s World Regarding Kimkins/Kimmer
Yesterday, Catherine wrote to Women’s World seeking their comment on the Kimkins/Kimmer controversy, and asking what fact checking they did, if any, about “Kim Drake” (aka Kimmer/Heidi Diaz) and her weight loss claims when they were writing their recent cover article.
Today, she received an email from the chief senior editor of Woman’s World herself, Amanda Barbour. Disappointingly, Ms. Barbour’s email contained no comment whatsoever on the substantive issues raised in my series — just a cease and desist letter demanding that I stop using the thumbnail-sized image of the Woman’s World cover of the issue in question. This, in my opinion, is a bully tactic — the cover thumbnail is obviously fair use.
Interesting.
July 5th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
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July 5th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
[…] If you have been in a supermarket checkout line this month, you may have seen a headline on the cover of Woman’s World about an Internet diet phenomenon called Kimkins (the cover breathlessly reads “Better Than Gastric Bypass!”). This cover story helped to fuel over $1 million in sales revenues this month alone for the website Kimkins.com. […]
July 5th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
For goodness sakes, that is Bad that WW didn’t respond to any of Catherine’s questions. I wish I had the email of WW to ask those same questions myself!
hmmm I think I am going to boycott WW now, and I used to love that trashy Mag!
Gree
July 7th, 2007 at 5:32 am
[…] Catherine’s association with Kimkins.com and Heidi Diaz ended in September 2006, and so I have no direct knowledge of the recent affiliate sales numbers. However, judging from his search engine rankings, the ramped up marketing blitz associated with his own switch to the Kimkins diet, and the hype that resulted from the recent Woman’s World article, I would conservatively estimate that Jimmy has pulled in at least $15,000 in affiliate commissions from Kimkins.com. […]
July 7th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
[…] As the doubts swirl about Kimmer’s identity and pictures, a very damning (if true) new story has emerged. […]
July 30th, 2007 at 1:12 am
[…] Christin, whose real Kimkins success was the subject of a recent Woman’s World cover story, has still not commented on Heidi’s alleged refusal to meet with her when Christin was in Los Angeles. To this day, I am not aware of anyone who can claim to know “Kimmer” in person. […]