Ooh-ah, Marge Simpson bares (nearly) all Cartoon mom appears on the cover of the newsstand issue of Playboy, in a pitch to lure young males as readers. Some curves.   Conde Nast closing four magazines Axed: Gourmet, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie following McKinsey study on streamlining the company as slump drags on   What the closings say about magazines Typically it's the weak titles that get the axe, but Gourmet has been a strong title. Talking with TargetCast's Roberta Garfinkle.   Zuckerman joins the bidding for BW NY Daily News owner: We'd run it more efficiently. Joins four other potential buyers of ailing BusinessWeek, led by Bloomberg.   Another bidder for BusinessWeek ZelnickMedia and former WSJ publisher Crovitz reportedly team up to pursue the 80-year-old publication, way late to the table   The case for East West's return to print Title for Asian-Americans went online-only last year but now it's coming back in print. Talking with editor Anita Malik.   Bid day comes and goes for BW No word on who submitted offers, though Bloomberg still seems to be in the running after a late start. The magazine's future remains murky.   Terry McGraw: Everybody wants BW McGraw-Hill chief claims 93 bidders for ailing BusinessWeek but actual number of serious bidders is now down to a handful   Magazines get beat up at newsstands Single-copy sales fall more than 12 percent in the first half, after an 11 percent dip in second-half 2008. Updated with charts.   Where the hurt is at the newsstand Sales may be well off but some titles have done decently, such as the newsmagazines. Talking with CircMatters' Jack Hanrahan. << prev next >>