Alright, is this immature? Yes. Is it a little stupid? Yes. Did it make us laugh really hard when we saw it? Absolutely. The folks over at the Society of Publication Designers caught a fairly interesting juxtaposition at their local newsstand involving the covers of Bloomberg Businessweek and Wired and what looks like a naked, angry Sarah Palin. Forgive us, dear reader. We just had to share it with you.

Black History Month is, among other things, a media event. And believe it or not, there was a time when the cover of a magazine was considered an unparalleled promotional powerhouse. Following is a collection of covers that feature an artist, personality, historical event, or publication of significance in black history. This series is co-produced by Linda Rubes of Fortune magazine. View the full list here. (Cover at left: Time, April 6, 1970, painting of Jesse Jackson by Jacob Lawrence, for a special issue on “Black America 1970.”)

Esquire, Fortune, Playboy, Vanity Fair, New York: End the War on Christmas Magazine Covers! Who knows, magazines might even increase those newsstand sell-through numbers that are all doing so terribly if they just get back into the holiday spirit. To make a case, we’ve collected the Top 20 Christmas Magazine Covers of All Time.

Yesterday we heard word that Condé Nast would be closing Gourmet magazine after 69 years of monthly food and wine coverage. Over nearly seven decades as one of the foremost titles in food, Gourmet perfected the art of the minimalist cover, favoring one simple drawing or photo — but always enough to make our mouths water. Check out the full slideshow inside.

Before the next (and probably the last) wave of Ted Kennedy magazine covers hit newsstands, we wanted to take a look at some of the Liberal Lion’s best cover cameo’s from the last five decades. Family, tragedy, scandal, political ambition,straight-up Kennedy bon vivance, even a goodbye — it’s all been on the cover. Slideshow inside.