media brain trust

    By Bruce Watson

    | 2:00PM 8/07/2009
    On Thursday, Time Inc. (TWX) announced that it is closing Southern Accents magazine, a lifestyle periodical that it has published six times per year since 1985. While the final issue will run in September, the magazine's online component, SouthernAccents.com, will continue to operate. It is unclear...

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 10:30AM 8/05/2009
    The recession has already claimed its share of media properties, but, while the economy may or may not have touched bottom already, nobody who knows anything about anything thinks the closures are about to stop. The only question is: Who's next? As a veteran of two high-profile media casualties...