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Google is considering a plan to expand its Android newsstand -- and heat rivalry with Apple's iTunes -- by charging publishers a lower price to sell news to Android users than the 30% fee that Apple typically charges to sell apps on iTunes. Will that be enough to attract more news?

Steve Jobs' dictate that apps for Apple's iPad and iPhone contain no pornography or nudity affects plenty of major magazines, including Playboy and Cosmopolitan. How are they dealing with it?

David Carey had the inside track to becoming Conde Nast's next CEO, but instead he's been named president of archrival Hearst Magazines. Among his hits at Conde Nast are The New Yorker, Wired and Golf Digest. Portfolio didn't fare so well.