Carr loading: I’m glad it’s not just me who was thinking that the NYT’s business section seems overloaded with articles by David Carr. Gawker also noticed.

17: The NYT’s David Carr previews what Hearst will be doing with Seventeen Magazine starting next week. I had to link to it due to his description of the new design and approach as, “bracingly retro and surprisingly demure.” Sounds like some people I know.

Intelligent mammals: Mediapost’s Larry Dobrow profiles Blue Dolphin, the self-dubbed “Magazine Superstore.” According to Blue Dolphin president Don Nicholas, the website is selling around 10,000 subscriptions per week and if the holiday season goes well could drive past the 600,000-subscription mark for the year.

Wow. How do they do that? This article raises more questions to me than it answers. How do they generate that volume? (By comparison, the rexblog magazine store will soon drive past the 11 subscriptions level for 2003.) Do these sales come all via the Blue Dolphin brand or by providing back-office fulfillment services and affiliate programs to others? Amazing numbers, but I’m going to have to admit that Blue Dolphin is not exactly a household name even at my magazine-geek house.

Samiranator: I knew Professor Husni was a favorite of reporters who cover the media. I didn’t realize they are now covering where he goes each day for lunch (scroll to bottom).