The media is the mass age

Trade publication Editor and Publisher tracked newspapers who endorsed a presidential candidate in 2004, and recently asked those who endorsed Bush if they had any buyers remorse. The verdict -- not a single paper said they regretted endorsing Bush. But "nearly all ... did express disappointment in several aspects of the president's second-term performance."

San Francisco-based PlanetOut, is buying the publishers of the Advocate and Out magazines and Alyson Books. Alyson recently moved its offices to New York and hired all new staff; none of the stories says what's going to happen to them.