Fast News for December 9, 2010

SPD MEDIA MIX is our regular list of publication design, digital, and media news and updates. Please send your links and news items to SPD at mail@spd.org and we'll add them to the Mix.

>> Good news: Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin announces that the company will forgo its annual pre-holiday layoffs this year....

>> The Brenda Starr newspaper comic strip is ending its 70-year run on January 2....

>> New Mac/Life iPad app, The Essential iPhone and iPad Answers Guide. Smart idea....