Donald Trump is many things: a real estate magnate, a successful businessman, a television star, a loyal pen pal, and, perhaps, the United State’s next president.

With the many hats Trump wears – and his larger-than-life personality – it’s no surprise that he’s found his famous mug (and arguably even more famous hairstyle) plastered across a number of different magazine covers.

While the internet is virtually going bezerk over news that Arianna Huffington is now Michael Arrington‘s boss, it’s nice to take a break to remember those who have come before us, carving their way through the competitive world of media before any of us had to lose sleep over SEO or slideshows. So, in that vein, here’s a pretty cool bit of media history: We’ve been able to find Jeff Jarvis‘ original pitch for Entertainment Weekly, from way back in 1988.

If you still read actual, physical magazines, chances are you’ve seen an ad touting “The Power of Print.” These collage-like notices, paid for by five major magazine companies (Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Time Inc., and Wenner Media), glorify publications printed on dead trees. They’ve never launched a direct assault on the internet, though—until now.

Though Democrats around the country are hurting after last week’s midterm elections, the New York Times argues today that liberal magazines like The Nation may flourish in these times. Jeremy W. Peters reports that historically, the 146-year-old magazine has seen growth in circulation and revenue in times when liberals were the minority party in American politics — and so last week’s devastating election results may spell future growth for The Nation.

Dylan Stableford of The Wrap’s Media Alley blog looked around on Twitter to find out which national magazines had the most Twitter followers. After analyzing his findings, Stableford was surprised to find that “the biggest magazines in terms of print circulation have a shockingly puny presence on Twitter.” For example, Good Housekeeping (4.4 million circulation, 4,683 followers) didn’t break the Top 25. Neither did AARP The Magazine (24 million circ., 358 followers), which, really, should shock nobody. Meanwhile, Time (3.4 million circ., 2.2 million followers) and the embattled Newsweek (1.9 million circ., 1.2 million followers) both placed in the top ten.

Leave it to Malcolm Gladwell to come up with a reason why journalism – particularly magazine writing – will survive. Gladwell believes that even if a tiny percentage of people in the world value and subscribe to publications like the New Yorker then that actually translates into a large enough number to sustain the industry. But Gladwell also warned in his chat with his friend, colleague, and debating partner Adam Gopnik that it’s not often that his theories get substantiated by subsequent events.

Though digital magazines were conspicuously missing at the iPad’s debut, Interview, according to the HuffPo, previewed its digital brethren last night at its 40th anniversary party at the Hudson Hotel’s Good Units. The Factory would be proud on so many levels, except that the video was not made available in any viral form. Ew.

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 [...]

All the talk about the Apple tablet — comes from two places: tech nerds, who are thrilled at the possibility, and the print industry, who are chewing their nails in terrifying anticipation. Many in the industry are worried that an Apple reader will do to books and magazines what the iPod did to music: force the product to be sold for far less than it is worth, according to a new article in Ad Age

The Publisher’s Information Bureau just released its revenue report for the first six months of 2009. The bad news? It’s not a a pretty picture. The good news? The picture is a lot less ugly than three months ago. Are we headed for the turnaround?

It may come as a surprise to learn that Jon Meacham is the number one Magazine Editor given that Newsweek is going through a rather dramatic repositioning and redesign – an exercise not typically taken by a healthy magazine. So why is he number one?