Laugh and the World–Oh, Wait…

Haven’t had enough of the economic roller coaster? Late last night, The Economist put out an April Fool’s press release riffing on the world’s woes.

The Economist can afford to have a sense of humor; the magazine topped off Media Week’s 2009 Magazine Hot List, with ad revenue up 25.5 percent last year.

Not so much at Forbes, whose former employees are circulating a release about the company’s intention to sell one of the four brothers who run it, in order to shore up finances.