Future Plc is launching "Crime Scene," a new quarterly title devoted to crime dramas and literature. The new title hits newsstands in September.

Elle Strauss is joining the bridal fashion title, succeeding Rachel Leonard, who left Cond Nast at the end of July after 18 years on the job

Some retailers recently bowed to pressure to cover up "Cosmopolitan" at the newsstand, but now the magazine industry is fighting back with support from ASME.

Bauer Xcel Media is launching a new digital food destination, RecipesPlus, in the U.S., UK, and Australia. The site will leveraging Bauer's international footprint, drawing on the best recipes and other food content from each marketplace and publishing them globally.

Tribune Publishing has embarked on a "top to bottom" review of its digital business, Politico reports. The move comes as the publisher “continues to struggle with revenue declines one year after it was spun off into its own publicly traded company,” Politico notes. 

The New York Times and Financial Times are experimenting with a new subscription program that gives hotel guests free access to their online content.

Cricket Media, an educational media company and learning network, has entered into a distribution deal with Magzter, a global digital newsstand.

Shane Ferro is joining The Huffington Post’s business team, where he will be covering the intersection of business with culture, gender, education and technology, the online publisher announced this week. Ferro previously served as an economics reporter for Business Insider, and also wrote and edited the Counterparties newsletter at Reuters. Before that, she served as an art market reporter for ArtInfo. 

In what looks like a first for a U.S. city magazine, Boston magazine announced that it is launching a new Chinese-language edition.