MEDIA
• O, The Oprah Magazine, Teen Vogue, and Vogue saw their circulations slip during the first part of the year, while Esquire, Vanity Fair, and Ladies’ Home Journal were the big gainers. [Portfolio]
• Katie Couric is heading to Denver and St. Paul: The news anchor will be in charge of CBS News’ political-convention coverage this summer. [Broadcasting & Cable]
• Chris Matthews is considering running for Senate, but he won’t discuss it with the media. “I have a job to do and to do completely,” Matthews wrote in an e-mail to a reporter. “I can’t get involved in a piece that distracts from what I’ve spent more than twenty years getting prepared to do well.” [Patriot News]
FINANCE
• Is Goldman Sachs going to go on a deposit-taking bank shopping spree? [DealBook/NYT]
• It might not be the New York Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox, but Blackstone versus KKR is still a rivalry worth watching. [WSJ]
• Meanwhile, KKR hoped its IPO would value the company at $26 billion. Instead, the company’s poor timing might place the buyout shop around the $19 billion mark. [NYP]
REAL ESTATE
• Discount chain Costco wants to set up shop on the Upper West Side, but residents are trying to block the outlet from moving in. [NYS]
• Was the Soho Mews world tour a smashing success? Listing prices were just jacked up, especially for Penthouse E, which is now $11.55 million. [Curbed]
• The Gowanus hotel district continues to grow. [LAW
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a tapestry of other law firms will be advising KKR in its IPO. [AM Law Daily]
• Last year was a great year to get a law-school diploma: Nearly 92 percent of graduates have a job, the highest reported figure in twenty years. But don’t expect the same outlook for 2008. [Law.com]
• Conflicting views between in-house lawyers and their private-practice counterparts led JPMorgan to stop using one of its key firms, Linklaters. [Tags:
