Yesterday's full-staff meeting of New York sounds to be, with one exception, quite dull: threats of murder in the event of employees talking to the press, the introduction of Allen & Co. to handle the sale (duly and boringly reported in this morning's Times), and not much else. But according to an attendee: "The only tidbit is that they are close to a buyer but wouldn't divulge who, so the transaction should happen a lot quicker than the Seventeen sale."

So, who is it? Many of the potential buyer's names floated originally are probably out. Jann Wenner is said to be uninterested, as is Steve Brill. Thoughts?