CEO and Publisher Bob Ritter of Washington CEO magazine has announced that he's eliminated the magazine's executive editor position. Partly a happy reflection of CEO vanity, Washington CEO faces hard times when CEOs are making the news mainly for sudden departures and downgraded earnings. The PSBJ reports that "with the economy looking dire for next year, Ritter said he looked at resources and decided it made the most sense to cut the top editing position." It's that next year part that makes us gulp a little. Though of course Barbara Morgan, the ex-executive editor, has dibs on really feeling the pain of the economic slip 'n' slide. more ›

Seattlest thinks our city is lucky to count Grist as a native child. It's a helluva publication that always gets at the, um, grist of the matter. They use humor wisely and since, as we noted yesterday, we're a tree-hugging hippy, we love what they stand for. more ›