US Esquire is going to have a battery-powered cover made by E-Ink, tghe company behind Kindle. “This is really the 1.0 version,” Kevin O’Malley, Esquire’s publisher tells the NYT. “Imagine when the consumer walks by a newsstand and sees that it

"Which do you think will have more active users in three years time: e-readers or whatever twitter turns into?"

"NMA suggested very explicitly (but inaccurately) that Hearst is retreating from its web strategy. We’ve been working with Hearst on strategy and design for over a year now and we knew this wasn’t the case."

"Apax, the private equity firm, has teamed up with the publisher of The Guardian newspaper to mount a joint £1.2bn bid for Emap’s business publishing division … as it would fit neatly with Incisive Media , in which [Apax] has a shareholding"

"As it seeks to expand its global footprint, Hearst is looking at a more developed market: the UK. It has bid £700m ($1.43bn) for the consumer magazine group at Emap, which includes such titles as Heat and FHM."

Natmags parent the Hearst Corporation has made a bid for Emap’s consumer publishing arm. "A successful bid would see Hearst overtake IPC and give the company a leading title serving every major demographic."

"Angst over how to best work with Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and America Online has become the hot-button issue in the newspaper business…"