As the Q208 earnings season progresses, some quarterly 10-Qs filed by companies, and some nuggets of information in them: -- Gannett: Lists all its digital media acquisitions and investments done in the last year, most of them disclosed previously. One new thing: "The company also increased its investment in 4INFO [...]

I'm writing the section of my book about publishing and exploring new models. Would love, as always, to get your thoughts on what I'm writing: Rick Smolan has found another way to support his gorgeous and thus expensive collaborative photography books: sponsorship. He is best known for producing America 24/7, [...]

The first public photos of Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt have already been taken! And, despite our suggestion to nobody in particular that Brad and Angelina split their newborn twins into two separate photo shoots to really maximize profit potential, the babies were photographed together. But the babies will be split [...]

Keith Benjamin, a veteran Internet analyst and more recently a general partner at Levensohn Venture Partners, a San Francisco-based venture fund, passed away earlier this week of a subdural hematoma. He was hurt during his boxing training, when a blow led to a brain hemorrhage. A memorial service was held [...]

The in-flight magazine may be on its last legs. In yesterday's Guardian Media Section Conor Purcell speculates that environmental pressures and the cost of fuel will render the in-flight magazine obsolete. Emirates will soon drop its house magazine:According to Emirates' president Tim Clark, the decision to ban all onboard paper [...]

Portfolio.com Newsstand sales of Hearst's Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire and O: The Oprah Magazine all tumbled by double-digit percentages, reports Jeff Bercovici. Esquire gained 3.7%, while Conde Nast's Vanity Fair was up 5.8% in the latest circulation report.[...]