o Jews in the film.Fortune suffered a bout of unfortunate timing with its feature on Barnes & Noble's Len Riggio. The business magazine reports that the bookseller hasn't lost the fight to acquire book distributor Ingram, in an issue that hit newsstands the day Riggio backed out of the deal. But the article on Barbra Streisand's stock-picking savvy is a fun read and the cover story on why CEOs fail is compelling. Wired still can't decide if it wants to be Fast Company or fill the hole left by Rolling Stone, but this month gets it right. Still recovering from last month's worst cover ever, issue 7.07 splashes with some cultish Silicon Valley drones, members of "Generation Equity," by way of illustrating excerpts from Po Bronson's new book. Good stuff elsewhere on Mormon genealogy and cars as second homes. Plus a not-very-good hatchet job on local lad Jason Calacanis of the Silicon Alley Reporter. Finally, if you're ready to lighten up, and you can admire beautiful homes without experiencing crippling envy, we have the shelter magazines. Architectural Digest's theme is "All American Country Houses!" - featuring a sprawling rustic retreat made entirely of wood, built on 3,000 acres of mid-Atlantic marshland. Definitely no smoking in there. There's an interesting look at what some people go through to build their dream house. Nan Tucker - ex-chairman of the board of the Chronicle Publishing Company - bought a ranch in Marin County, California, but cou...
