McGraw-Hill has hired Evercore Partners Inc to sell BusinessWeek magazine, both Bloomberg and Reuters report. BusinessWeek, founded in 1929, has around 4.8 million weekly readers but like other magazines, the recession and the Internet have damaged its ad sales.

Typically hefty September fashion magazine issues will be about a third thinner this year, reports WWD Media.

Condé Nast International announced yesterday that it will start publishing GQ magazine in China in October. The men's magazine is the fourth Condé Nast title to be available in China--Vogue, Self and Modern Bride are already available. The Chinese GQ edition will be the magazine's 17th international issue. While the same advertising decline that U.S. magazines are dealing with has hit China and other countries, Condé Nast believes GQ will be successful in the Chinese market because of the country's enormous male population and the popularity of luxury items.

Consumer Reports magazine and the non-profit Consumers Union that runs it are trying to negotiate a $1.8 million that doesn't include layoffs.

The combination of the recession and haute couture designers creating clothing lines for chain stores has prompted Vogue magazine to promise readers budget-friendly finds.

Mr. Magazine's got a great article on ranking and rating Michael Jackson tribute magazines. Find out which tributes to the King of Pop to get and which to skip.

Not surprisingly, Mediaweek reports that magazine closings surpassed magazine launches in the first half of the year. While the construction, lifestyle and business categories lost big, regional, health, fitness and food magazines remained popular.

And lastly, O, The Oprah Magazine replaced editor-in-chief Susan Reed with Susan Casey, a former editor of Sports Illustrated for Women and former art director of Outside magazine.

For its June 26 issue The Week debuted a new cover design. The change was made to promote more single-copy sales; the magazine, at least in the U.S., is mostly a subscription-driven publication, with a circulation of 516,000.

Yesterday, popular music magazine Vibe announced it was closing immediately.  The R&B and hip-hop focused magazine had reported financial struggles earlier this year, which it tried to remedy with salary cuts and a four-day work week. Today Folio magazine reports that legendary music producer Quincy Jones, who started Vibe with Time Warner in 1992, is working to get the magazine back.

Though we haven't seen a copy of the issue yet, we're betting OK! Magazine's cover of the "last photo of Michael Jackson alive" crosses the line of decency that even the shock-and-awe celebrity magazine should have backed away from. Of course, crossing the line could be the magazine's subtitle. When you see the issue, let us know what you think.

Time magazine with its commemorative issue out today is the winner in the race to get a Michael Jackson tribute issue on the newsstands after the news broke Thursday of the King of Pop's death.

Time's tribute issue includes memories of the performer from friends and admirers like Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Tina Turner. The Time magazine Michael Jackson special issue was published in addition to the magazine's regular issue--not in place of it.

In the past, magazine commemorative issues including People magazine, have been top-sellers for the magazine industry including past issues honoring Princess Diana, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and the September 11, 2001 attacks.

As for Michael Jackson tribute issues, TV Guide's Michael Jackson/Farrah Fawcett commemorative issue will hit stands Thursday; we expect People magazine and Ebony/Jet who featured what is now Jackson's last interview as a collector's edition in December 2007, and others to follow suit. In addition, The New York Times reports that Rolling Stone magazine and Life will publish book-style commemorative issues.

What do you think? Will you be buying one or more Michael Jackson commemorative issues?