Mag world view: Bye IPC; GQUK's fake awards; Vice's value; book-a-zines; journal arms race

• IPC name to disappear as Time Warner rebrands magazine publisher (Guardian)
• UBM Consolidates North and South American Groups into One Division (Folio:)
• GQs meaningless mens awards give Tories the chance to hang out with the A-list (Guardian)
• Vice Media valued at $2.5bn after second investment (Media Week)
• Monocle Sells Minority Stake to Nikkei Inc. (Folio:)
• Observer to become most expensive UK Sunday newspaper with price rise to £2.90 (Press Gazette)
• The problem with “takes” is the business model of mass media (Buzz Machine)
• Book-a-Zines: Saving Print or Adding to the Problem? (Mr. Magazine)
• The Arms Race in Journals Publishing Heats Up (The Scholarly Kitchen)
• Ken Doctor: Inside the Toronto Star’s $10 million niche print business (Nieman Journalism Lab)