The number of magazine launches and closures in the first nine months of 2013 were both down, "in the same double digit range—between about 36% and 38%," according to Mediafinder.com, a database
of U.S. and Canadian publications, writes Matthew Flamm. That's 114 launches to 40 closures.
"There was one sign of a new trend: the emergence of Kickstarter as a publishing patron,"
writes Flamm. "Brooklyn-based quarterly magazine Popular Noise put out its first issue after raising $20,000 on the crowdfunding site. Other launches included Rodale's Conrad
Magazine, a custom publishing venture with Conrad Hotels & Resorts, and Bonnier Corp.'s Imaging Edge, published in partnership with Sony."
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