· Vanity Fair gets paranoid on gifts; staffers must get any freebies worth more than $20 approved by their managing editor. Without Harry and David gift baskets — and R. J. Reynolds crates — to sustain him, will editor Graydon Carter dessicate? [Elisa L-K (bottom items)]
· The battle of the boy magazines, round 36: stalwart Men's Health has more advertisers than Maxim has coked-up starlets. [NYP]
· Desperate? Or just kind of sad? Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue gets a six-episode reincarnation as an NBC reality show, but we're sure the paper version will be just as popular as ever in the bathroom. [NYT]
· New York City publishes 40+ daily newspapers. Can you name 10 of them? [Gotham Gazette]
· Hey! I have an idea! Why doesn't Barry Diller buy Slate and give it to me! The real question: will Microsoft also unload its stake in MSNBC? And where would the fun be in owning that? [NYP]