The annual Magazine Publishers of America Conference dropped 14% in attendance, which is no surprise seeing as how there is 50% less magazines out now then a year ago, and only 25% of last year's staff left (all except that first number are made up figures). Adam Moss' New York cover of Eliot Spitzer with his brain in his dorkle won Best Cover, but what people will really be talking about (besides the fact that Ah-nuld showed up to bemoan the state of things), is the San Francisco summit's lack of VIP treatment for important editors:

One CEO bemoaned that the St. Francis hotel had poor electronic facilities and no pool, where executives in past years used to gather informally.
At one point Monday night, editors and executives went on a cruise on a ferry past Alcatraz Island and under the Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco is reputed to be the place where Irish coffee got its commercial start, but the Irish coffee served on board the ferry - the only alcoholic beverage available on board - was a bad imitation of the real thing.

It was served in paper cups - with Kentucky Whisky instead of Irish Whiskey - and the biggest no-no: the servers were using Redi-Whip to squirt into the cups instead of real whipped cream…

Most blamed the worsening economy.

"What do you mean there is no real whipped cream for my free Irish coffee?? Don't you know who I am?? I'm the guy who came up with cover for the original Fist Bump in The New Yorker!"