Magazine world view: Franchises; Taking ads; the Popeye factor; e-book heartbreak; haunted by digital past

• The Big Business of Franchise Issues (Folio:)
• Nature Conservancy Magazine Takes Ads for First Time (Folio:)
• Librarians and Societies and Publishers – Oh My! (Scholarly Kitchen)
• Editor of Forbes, Believes Ink on Paper Can Do for Digital What Spinach Did for Popeye (Mr. Magazine)
• FT Relaunches Web App (Audience Development)
• What's Holding Back Responsive Web Design? Advertising (MediaShift)
• Heartbreak for Harlequin authors as judge tosses e-book case (paidContent)
• Douglas Rushkoff is right — traditional media are caught between the stream and the reservoir (paidContent)
• Caught in the web: case histories of people whose digital past haunts them (Guardian)
• Shortlist Media to launch digital women's fashion and beauty title (Guardian)
• Do below-the-line commenters have the right to remove their own comments? | Tim Gough (Guardian)