Now nearly 71, Mr. Petersen has no heirs to whom he could pass along his magazine empire.

You left your job in a metals company to build a magazine publishing empire in China.

When a buyer was not found, the magazine empire folded.

What does the lead singer of a rock band want with a financial magazine empire?

In 2004, after seven years building up a magazine empire in China, Kitto had it seized by the state.

There's a new gaiety and splendor at the magazine empire run by S.I. Newhouse Jr.

He liked his hefty salary, enjoyed running a magazine empire, and was reluctant to jump into the icy waters of full-time writing.

Instead, the intensely private Ziff family sold 94 percent of its magazine empire to Forstmann Little for about $1.4 billion.

Upon inheriting his father's newspaper and magazine empire, Sir Basil Turton suddenly finds himself the most sought-after bachelor in London society.

But the 43-year-old front door to Henry R. Luce's magazine empire is just as vital and (excuse the word) timeless.