This edition brings an article from Folio on a study which said magazines along with confectionary and beverages make up the “power group” of top performers at the checkout. Still at Folio, an update on layoffs at Business Week as up to a third of its staff could lose their jobs through the sale of the magazine.

Cameron Williamson will assume the role of editor in chief at Glow magazine effective November 30. Williamson has been art director of Chatelaine since 2006. Prior to that he was creative director at Toro magazine, fashion director at The National Post and fashion editor at Saturday Night.

Presented by Toronto-based K9 Design Co., the inaugural National Magazine Makeover Contest is now accepting submissions. Organized to celebrate print and design the contest is open to all Canadian magazines.

On November 26, CSME is hosting “Picture this: telling stories through photography” at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto. The luncheon will feature veteran photojournalist Peter Bregg  speaking on how to use photography to turn a good story into a great one.

At the recent ABC board of directors meeting a few changes were announced including making some paragraphs optional for business publications and digital editions in reports. The creation of a Canadian digital advisory committee was also announced.

Billed as Alberta’s heritage, arts and culture magazine, Legacy will cease operations after the release of its Winter 2009 issue. The decision to close the magazine which has been in print for 14 years was made not for financial reasons or lack of advertising but simply because the time has come, said publisher and editor Barbara Dacks.

At day two of Marketing Week, president of Hearst Magazines Cathie Black was the luncheon speaker with a talk entitled “Innovation: The Future of Magazines.” In a half-hour that recognized the industry’s hardships while looking to the future, Black painted a picture that was not as bleak as many might have expected despite Hearst having folded “one or two” magazines in the past year.

It was announced yesterday that Quebecor Media Inc. is combining its four sales teams — Sun Media newspapers, Canoe.ca, TVA Broadcast and TVA Publications into one group. According to vice president, national sales Philippe Guay the move was made not to cut costs but to better leverage the synergy between the groups.

This edition brings an article from Advertising Age on 10 digital media companies Hearst’s new CFO could buy. Still at Ad Age, a piece on Elle continuing to take risks with their brand extensions. The New York Times reports that Conde Nast’s ad pages have declined by nearly a third since last year. Folio reports on Hachette closing Metropolitan Home and shifting resources to Elle Décor.

Having been in print for 83 years but not sold on newsstands until last May, Legion Magazine has been using various initiatives to promote the magazine and its mandate. The latest, says general manager Jennifer Morse, is attaching one of three postcards to each newsstand copy of the November/December issue and all three to each subscriber copy for readers to send to Canadian troops in Afghanistan.