It’s been a tough few months for businesss journals. First Portfolio folded in April. Then this week it was reported that BusinessWeek was for sale – some even suggested that its price tag was $1 for anyone who wants to take on its annual losses. Fortune just announced a re-design in light of a 39% decrease in ad pages. And now the CEO of Forbes.com has stepped down.

The Magazine Editors category on the Power Grid has engendered some good debate here at Mediaite’s global headquarters. Summing up: should a Magazine Editor be rewarded more for the public profile of the title they oversee, or more for how they promote their own name.

The A.I.G. Financial Products unit is to the global financial crisis what rickety levees were to Hurricane Katrina. But as Michael Lewis points out in his excellent article in the latest issue of Vanity Fair, F.P., as it’s called, used to be the envy of Wall Street. In 2001, the elite unit accounted for a [...]

Have you heard the big news? Elle has now sold more ad pages than rival Vogue in the first half of fiscal year 2009! And sure — Elle deserves a ton of credit for an unprecedented turnaround (particularly in a ridiculous ad recession). But why did the reporter neglect to include total revenue?