Congrats to the New York Yankees, who clinched their 27th World Series last night by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 7 to 3. The Yankees’ dominance of Major League Baseball is the stuff of legends. But let’s look at their success in a way that is relevant to our media coverage: let’s compare the payroll differential between the Yankees and the Phillies as if they were media outlets. Fair? Balanced? I think so!

Think you know how hard it is to host a threesome? You have no idea. Just ask Cindy Seabright, creative director of Self magazine, who is working on a ‘triples’ cover for her October issue.

One of the most incessant memes on top women’s blogs has been the excessive digital manipulation of cover art on women’s mags. The latest dust-up? Kelly Clarkson’s slimmed down hips on the cover of Self. In her personal blog, Editor-in-Chief Lucy Danziger defends her cover art, essentially saying that its all part of the fantasy of women’s magazines.