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In the overwhelming thunder of 2009's Big Fizzle (the economy) many smaller yet important fizzles may have escaped public scrutiny. Here are nine that our writers found worthy of drawing to your attention. Feel free to add your candidates as comments. The Jay Leno Show Jay Leno, the former...

The profitable industry of saving souls has apparently hit a speed bump. Pastor Rick Warren of the megachurch, Saddleback, sent out an urgent letter this week to all of the 22,000 members that $900,000 was needed to balance the budget. Citing lower contributions due to the economy, he has requested...

How much symbolism does it take to turn around a bankrupt publishing company? If there's an answer, you can be sure that Mary Berner won't fall short of it. Berner is the CEO of Reader's Digest Association, which filed for Chapter 11 in August. A former executive at Conde Nast Publications, Berner...

Add Reader's Digest Association to the list of media companies that are going to need a detour through bankruptcy to make it through the recession. The Pleasantville, N.Y.-based publisher is embarking on a Chapter 11 restructuring process that will allow it to convert some $1.6 billion in debt...

Mass-market print magazines are in rapid decline. Could cable news offer a model for renewed growth? Reader's Digest Association thinks it might. The Chappaqua, N.Y.-based publisher, whose name is virtually synonymous with broad, inoffensive general-interest content, is hoping to reverse its...