Si Newhouse (pictured, above) canceled Conde Nast's famous Christmas lunch for the second year in a row, and then—uh oh—then he hired a crisis management flack. Did Details dump toxic waste in Peru?

Just in time for the birthday of shop-loving Baby Jesus, the Times covers shop-dropping, the practice of placing items in stores. (Aww, remember the Barbie Liberation Organization?) They also stumble on one of our faves, Packard Jennings—if you find yourself in San Francisco in January, he'll have a new show at…

Rabble Rabble! Viacom Walkout [Flickr]