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Fewer Magazine Launches -- And Failures -- This Year

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."

Read the whole story at Crain's New York Business »

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