A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

PORTFOLIO, THE CLOCK IS STILL TICKING: Most of the time, when a magazine dies, it's far from surprising--be it Radar's repeated deaths and resurrections, the decline and fall of George, or the death of US News and World Report. But I have to say that today's news that Blender is folding surprised me. As Rolling Stone has gotten increasingly political and focused on other realms of pop culture (in 2008, RS featured folks whose primary endeavor was not music on almost half of its covers, including 3 Obama covers), and other music mags have gotten more and more narrowcast, Blender retained a focus on music, though sometimes mixed with the cheesecake photos that are a staple of sister publication Maxim. Sadly, I'm assuming Blender subscribers will have their remaining term filled with Maxim.,