Magazine world view: Obama cover bump; Newsweek shrinks; trouble at Twitter; Conde's sales down; Playboy for sale?

• Obama covers deliver newsstand bump for Rodale (Folio:) 
• Newsweek to cut a dozen staffers (Folio:) 
• Editors hit back in Monbiot backlash (Jon Slattery) 
• Condé Nast's ad pages drop more than 30 percent this year  (paidContent)
• Trouble at Twitter: U.S. visitors down 8 percent in October (TechCrunch) 
• Playboy talking to Iconix about possible sale (paidContent)