Mag plan in bloom for ex-Clinton aide (Blumenthal - Guardian mag)

NY Daily News, L.P.

Fresh from a four-week run on The New York Times best-seller list, Sidney Blumenthal can now focus attention on his magazine idea.

Blumenthal would be the editor of a weekly U.S. mag planned by The Guardian, the liberal and influential British newspaper.

Blumenthal, whose "The Clinton Wars" recalls his service as a White House aide to Bill Clinton, is now sounding out potential investors.

He met twice recently with one prospective partner - the politically liberal Jann Wenner, whose Wenner Media owns Rolling Stone and co- owns Us Weekly. ---

Without indicating that his idea has since become linked with The Guardian, he added: "I think there's a big vacuum."

It's a vacuum others have also noticed, including former Vice President Al Gore. ---

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