As strange be-suited men wander about the New York offices, poking and prodding in the cubicles, the word on the mag bids trickles in.

Sadly, the Learning Annex has not filed its own bid for the mag, though the Post's Keith Kelly says the Annex may try and snuggle up to another bidder. We can hope: can you imagine the hilarious depths to which they'd take service journalism?

And all reports agree: while the coalition of WeinZuckerWolff and Co. are probably frontrunners, don't discount American Media's David Pecker. How could we? Just picture it: Page Six's Richard Johnson as editor, the screaming headlines, the screaming in the office, the screaming in the streets...
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