Bill Keller will fold his New York Times Magazine column this September, the same month that sees Keller hanging over the reins to incoming NYT executive editor Jill Abramson. Keller will continue at the paper as an op-ed columnist.

Writing for the paper’s magazine, The New York Times‘ David Carr has today given us an in-depth look into the rise and… we’ll say side-step, not fall… and possible rise once again of everyone’s favorite liberal talking head, Keith Olbermann.

The profile, titled “America’s Favorite Talking Hot Head,,” colorfully reiterates a lot of what we’ve already known about Olbermann: He loves to be on camera. He has something of a temper. And he firmly believes his own hype.

This weekend, The New York Times Magazine profiles New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in a story written by Matt Bai and filled with fascinating detail–and a few jibes at Christie’s weight. Bai describes how the “fleshy” governor “lumbers a few steps toward the audience” during a speech that captures some of Christie’s entertainingly non-political way of speaking to crowds: “Now, you’re all laughing, right?” he says. “But this is the crap I have to hear.”

Greta Van Susteren is piping up in defense of Glenn Beck. Sort of. Seem Greta stumbled upon this headline on Vanity Fair yesterday — Fox on the Rocks: Glenn Beck Despised by Network President, Other Employees — and took umbrage with it.

Unsurprisingly, Keith Olbermann dedicated one Countdown segment last night to the New York Times Magazine‘s profile of Glenn Beck. Bringing particular joy to Olbermann: Fox News’ own – and advertisers’ – occasionally conflicting feelings about Beck.

Glenn Beck has landed the cover of the New York Times Magazine. If there is a greater measure of mainstream acceptance in the media I can’t think of what it is, other than perhaps a full hour on Oprah. Here’s the highlights.

In honor of Earth Day’s upcoming 40th anniversary, we’ve collected 20 of the greatest Earth Day and environmental action magazine covers, from 1970-present. Check out more after the jump. More info on Earth Day can be found here. This story was co-produced by Linda Rubes.

I don’t know if this qualifies as a conflict of interest so meta it cancels itself out, or just the height of self-branding, but in his “most powerful” Playbook column this morning ‘the man the White House wakes up to’ Politico’s Mike Allen scooped the New York Times by releasing nuggets from a feature they are doing on Mike Allen in this week’s magazine. Yes.

Quick, someone notify Glenn Beck. ‘How Christian Were the Founders?‘ has been the most emailed article on the NYT.com since Saturday morning. Far from being the title of a Tea Party pamphlet, the Times Magazine‘s long cover story looks into the rewriting of the American social sciences curriculum. Should you be worried? Yes.

T: The New York Times Style Magazine staffers Horacio Silva and Andy Port caused quite a social media stir with their Golden Globes coverage. Silva, who tweeted real-time coverage via T’s Twitter account @TheMoment, bashed Dexter star Michael C. Hall‘s dark-colored beanie. The tweet: “Is Michael C. Hall playing Bob Marley in an upcoming movie? Don’t get the hat or what he is hiding under it. HS” Unbeknownst to to Silva, Hall wore to cover hair loss as a result of a recent treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Wow. Twitter is all lit up this morning over Peter Baker’s upcoming NYT Magazine article ‘Inside Obama’s War on Terrorism.’ And for good reason: it is a bit of a game changer in a couple of respects. Not the least of which is the revelation that there was a serious terrorist plot to attack President Obama on Inauguration Day last January.

Earlier this summer, the New York Times Magazine got smaller — a little off the top, a little off the side. Well, this weekend the magazine showed that a slim summer doesn’t necessarily preclude a beefed-up fall and winter. The NYT Magazine added a little something to the middle — an 80-page special advertising supplement. The rest of the magazine is 66 pages, including the other ad pages.

In this week’s New York Times Magazine‘s online preview, writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis explores the world of gay youth in a story titled boldly “Coming Out in Middle School.” The result is a poignant tribute to brave teenagers across the United States and their supportive families and educators. But due to its sensitive (and sexual) subject matter, some of it leaves me feeling a tad icky, and more viscerally, protective of the interviewees, nearly all of whom are in their early teens.

In a recent interview, Josh Tyrangiel, Time.com’s Managing Editor, was adamant that long form journalism does not work online. “It’s just too long,” he said bluntly. As a result, 95% of Time.com stories are original to the web, according to the editor. Tyrangiel knows shorter stories work better because he has the data to prove it. But is Time.com just trying to sell more magazines?