News from the magosphere 27/05/08

Luxury magazine ads are up
Luxury and weddings do their usual trick of bucking the recession, hence the recent flurry of Monocle-alikes. Will be interesting to see what WSJ brings to the party

Five copies of Aspen go for $1,400
The first ‘magazine in a box’ is in high demand

Baron and O’Brien turn Marc Jacobs into Andy Warhol
And they do it on the cover of that Warhol icon, Interview. As clear a statement as you’ll get that says “we’re in charge now”. More pics here

Flaunt makes 29-year-old former intern their new Editor in Chief
Either he’s good or they’re desperate

Amazon fights to keep cockfighting magazine on its site
It’s still online at time of writing