The new Conde Nast policy guide is out — a riveting read, really, like many of their fine magazines — and it gets all New York Times on everyone's ass. Their ethics guidelines are basically on par with the rules for gifts to the White House, like this bit from page six:

The integrity of Conde Nast and its employees depends greatly on avoiding conflicts of interest of appearances of such in editorial and business conduct... For example, employees should not accept any favors, discounts, services, lodging, meals, travel, entertainment or gifts of more than a nominal value that could lead to such a sense of indebtedness.

Yeah, that's gonna happen. How are the junior editors supposed to live on 28K a year without free shit from advertisers? Pretty soon they're going to end up charging for all those sexual favors that they currently give away for free.