Better hurry: Jeff Bercovici of Media Life Magazine explains why fall will be good for business magazines. Let’s hope.

Ho-hum: Newsweek’s Seth Mnookin suggests “how to resuscitate moribund magazines.” Or, at least that’s what the sub-head says. In reality, it’s merely a rehash of Playboy vs. Maxim and Bonnie Fuller moving to US.

Folio: The July issue of Folio: has been posted. Lots of good stuff.

Men’s gambling-lifestyle magazine(s) update: Vegas Magazine’s launch gets a PR bounce with this AP story making the rounds. (Note to the San Francisco Chronicle - when a “former” employee of Playboy launches a magazine, you shouldn’t say “Playboy” launches a magazine, unless, that is, you know something about his lifestyle that you’re not reporting.) Stay tuned for the next episode of JAQK: Launching a Vaporzine.

Clear channel world: I blogged the other day about a new magazine from Clear Channel and said I would add any info I learned about it. Here is an AP story about the magazine, called Music Guide Live. Here is the the accompanying website. And I guess there’s a reason it’s “like” Playbill: it is published by the same folks, Clear Channel Collective Merchandising. As noted by Lewis, not everyone likes those folks.

Legend: Inc. founder Bernard Goldhirsh, 63, a legendary magazine success story, was buried today after dying Sunday from complications of a brain tumor. Goldhirsh also founded the successful Sail magazine. (He founded some others which weren’t so successful, but with two like Sail and Inc., you’ve got an awesome lifetime ERA.) A great story from his obituary sums up Goldhirsh’s noted lack of pretense:

Gendron recalled taking a business trip to New York City with Mr. Goldhirsh to meet representatives of the investment firm Goldman Sachs. When they met for breakfast to discuss strategy for the meeting, Mr. Goldhirsh asked him: ”Do you think we have to wear socks?”

Back from the Bay: I’m just back from a quick trip (a longer one later this month) to San Francisco, so I have some catching up to do. Especially want to note that my hero and friend, Samir Husni, responded to the rexblog’s most recent mention of him, including my suggestion for a new joint venture between the two of us: “As usual, I loved your comments on my quotes and loved your idea on the new southern (rather Mississippian) magazine Bubba-JAQK.”