• AP, Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:30 AM

Maer Roshan's high-profile Radar magazine has folded, attributing its widely predicted demise to a weak advertising environment.  The magazine had produced just three issues --the first of which was regarded essentially as a test of the concept--but it failed to gain traction in the ad community, conceded co-publishers Mort Zuckerman and Jeffrey Epstein.  Roshan, the magazine's founder and editor, who earlier had worked at New York and Talk magazines, said that the title had produced a number of "groundbreaking stories" during its brief life.  Until Zuckerman and Epstein came along, Roshan had waged a long public campaign to secure financing for Radar; the first issue was produced with borrowed funds and a small amount of seed money from investors.  The magazine was intended for young, well-educated professionals with interests in pop culture, style, and politics.  Roshan, in a statement, said he would seek to revive the magazine and its Web site at the opportune time.

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