Conde Nast is looking to leverage its high-profile properties with an expanded experiential marketing and events business. The company bolstered its capabilities in this area with several new acquisitions.

Launched by Atlantic Media four years ago as a free, ad-supported publisher in 2012, Quartz's core editorial products include its Web site, qz.com, which attracts around 20 million unique visitors per month, and a popular app, the Daily Brief.

Announced in the magazine's upcoming April issue, the Men's Health guy search invites entries by readers who embody the fit, health conscious and community-oriented lifestyle which defines the magazine's ideal guy.

The new rules governing ad placements will allow publishers to place ads after every 250 words of editorial content in Instant Articles. That compares to the previous proportion of one ad for every 350 words.

The collaborative trend took a big leap forward this week with the news that The New York Times Magazine and ProPublica are joining forces to hire veteran criminal justice journalist Pamela Colloff, who will work for both newsrooms.

While many people have wrung their hands over the proliferation of online pornography and its social impact, say this for it: Porn won't crush you to death next to your kitchen sink. Or will it.

The long-term shifts in British newspapers' editorial stances on EU membership, taking place over many years, are only now coming under scrutiny. In the case of the country's biggest newspaper, the Daily Mail, the proportion of negative coverage jumped from under 25% to 85% over this period.

A good proportion of the people who use ad blocking software do it for practical reasons - for example, device speed - and are actually receptive to ads as long as they are presented reasonably. Most important, they want options.

In recent years, it seemed like Warren Buffett was the only cheerleader left for the newspaper industry among big investors. But now, it looks like even the Oracle of Omaha is having his doubts.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepped up his attack on the law requiring public legal notices to appear in newspapers. The state's newspapers responded with an estimate showing official spending on notices is far lower than Christie's administration claims.