• WHAT Conde Nast publisher, recently moved to a new title and alienating his ad-sales staff by consistently lusting after "sexy" advertisers, spends much of his time traveling to Italy? His underlings have taken to joking he must have a secret second family there.

• WHAT Time Inc. managing editor, whose mag — like many of the company's — had a bad year in ad sales, is rumored to be on his way out? With all the reorganization going on lately at the House of Luce, we hear he's thinking it might be a good time to got out of Dodge, and perhaps head to Big Sky country.

• WHICH Newhouse scion is the husband of Teen Vogue publisher Gina Sanders, who was just named Conde Nast's publisher of the year? It's not that we're suggesting the fix was in, it's that how exciting can it be to win a free vacation on Si when you're already heir to the family's gazillions?