While the Chicago Tribune's Nara Schoenberg takes a stab at examining the state of the magazine industry – first mistake: giving Samir "Mr. Magazine" Husni any consideration – it's the quotes from top editors that make the piece worth reading. There's Rolling Stone managing editors Will Dana on trends ("you can't be bland and you can't suck"), The Week's EIC Bill Falk also on trends ("shorter stories"), and this one from Us Weekly's Janice Min about influential editors: "One of the most influential editors - and I'm not just saying this because I work for him - is [Rolling Stone founder] Jann Wenner."

On an absolutely unrelated note: How are those contract negotiations going?