CBS and many other networks have longstanding policies not to air “advocacy” commercials, which provoke viewers to take and possibly even discuss (yikes) their stances on public issues. This Super Bowl Sunday, however, be prepared to be prosthelytized. Abortion’s got the ball.

Brand-new magazine Athletes Quarterly was just shipped out to the homes of 20,000 American pro athletes. EIC and former Conde Nast, Details and Maxim editor, Michael Dolan, says the magazine is geared towards the current and former professional athlete making around $2 million a year (the cutoff for a subscription is $300,000) and addresses issues relevant to their specific culture:

As reported in Folio, the Publishers Information Bureau released its year-end magazine advertising report on Tuesday, backing up our suspicions that print is still indeed on the decline. In a surprise twist, boating publications were among the hardest hit with 50-60% losses in ad pages. With big-name players folding left and right over the past [...]

Well it’s settled, Donny Osmond has officially left no media stone unturned. From the adorable 5-year-old who sang “You Are My Sunshine” on The Andy Williams Show, Osmond has crooned, judged and hosted his way through a myriad of colorful stints – primetime, variety, game shows, film, best-selling books, commercials, Broadway, Vegas, the Miss USA pageant, race car driving, he was even a doll! A true renaissance man if we’ve ever heard of one.

Relying on the cult viewership of one of its most popular shows, Iron Chef America, Food Network had literally been plugging its Iron “Super Chef” Battle complete with secret guest judge and ingredient of “national importance” (spoiler: Michelle Obama and White House garden veggies) online and on TV for months when their airwaves in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut went blank. Actually they didn’t go blank – but that’s just the beginning of the story.