• BlackBook to go monthly. Steve Garbarino to cut cheques for unpaid writers. Quality over quantity. Clearly, this isn't the BlackBook we know and love. [Radar]

• It's probably not the first time Men's Health honcho Dave Zinczenko freaked out when he found a dead blonde on the floor. [P6]

• The Brad Pitt v. Vanity Fair saga is much ado about nothing. Except Brad Pitt's inability to control who puts his washboard abs on their magazine. [WWD]

• While more suitors have lined up for Time Inc.'s 18 title fire sale, the price tag may have dropped by a hundred mil. [Media Ink]

• Conde Nast shutters W Jewelry. Patek Philippe sings a sorrow song. [WWD]