Magazine world view: Variety on the block; are e-books plateauing?; Endangered indy journalism

• Variety up for sale (Wall Street Journal) 
• Regional Title Introduces Mag-Branded Retail Outlet (Audience Development) 
• Are E-Book Sales Reaching a Plateau? (Dead Tree Edition)
• Custom content market spend up to $40.2 billion (Folio:)  
• Richard Desmond to shed about 70 editorial jobs (Guardian) 
• New acting editor at Harper's Bazaar (Press Gazette) 
• WSJ Can Change Digital Subscriber Price On The Fly Says Court (paidContent) 
• ‘No independent journalism any more’ says ex-Al Jazeera reporter (Future of Media) 
• I can’t stop reading this analysis of Gawker’s editorial strategy (Nieman Journalism Lab)