Magazine world view: Acquisitions; mergers; jokes;spying

Ink acquires airline magazines from Ultramarine (Brand Republic)Royal Mail national strike coming as soon as October 19 (Brand Republic)Bonnier buys Conceive magazine (Audience Development)Reed Business Information sues McGraw-Hill over ‘corporate espionage’ (Folio:)Can you take a joke? (Utne Media blog)Interweave merges two beading, jewelry magazines (Folio:)How web analytics influence content