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The first issue of The Ride Journal as PDF

You Should See the Other Guy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:03:33 -0800

The Ride Journal is a lovely mag by/about/for cyclists of all types: bmxers, fixed gear riders, road racers, tricyclists, casual riders... you name it! It's a beautiful publication--great photography, nice paper, good personal stories. However, it's a print mag. As their 3rd issue is being mailed out, they've made their first avaiable for download as a 26MB PDF.

Like StumbleUpon for magazine articles

allkindsoftime — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:00:45 -0800

"Maggwire.com makes discovering magazine content a personalized experience. Utilizing social intelligence, our system recommends magazine articles you will enjoy reading from over 600 magazine titles." More on how it works. They are just out of private beta and apparently will soon be offering a premium version with content from subscriptions sites.

2 Across: Send in the ______. (6 Letters)

grumblebee — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:16:14 -0800

Stephen Sondheim's crossword puzzles for "New York Magazine." Incredibly rare.

More Web Magazines

netbros — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:35:28 -0800

The New York Review of Ideas is a web magazine reporting about New York commerce, literature and politics. The Manzine is actually £2 for the print version, but some of the its best is also online.

70 years of controversial magazine covers

Matthias Rascher — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:35:33 -0800

70 years of controversial magazine covers.

Magazines as Fabric

ocherdraco — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:07:05 -0800

Artist/Designer Ilisha Helfman makes clothes for her custom made paper dolls every week from the cover of the New York Times Magazine.

Japan's Media Environment

armage — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:21:13 -0800

Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large (August 2009, PDF) A detailed, 67-page overview and analysis of Japan's traditional and new media environment published by the Open Source Center, an office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Long form journalism on the Web is "not working."

thisisdrew — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:17:20 -0800

Long form journalism on the Web is "not working." - TIME.com Managing Editor Josh Tyrangiel ..Among the detractors of this statement is David Sleight, Deputy Creative Director of BusinessWeek.com: "Really? It’s 2009 and we’re still having this conversation?" Scattered industry advice on this topic varies from moderate to extreme, and while web analytics paint a convincing picture of web readers, some wonder if long form journalism has EVER worked. Of course there seem to be other factors at play, like methods of presentation and quality of content.

A Bomb in Every Issue

shoesfullofdust — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:34:05 -0800

The Havoc of War: How Ramparts Magazine Challenged American Culture

A Hard Man is Good to Find

nooneyouknow — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:49:06 -0800

Filament aims to be a different kind of women's magazine. They plan to "cover a wide range of topics [but absolutely no beauty or diet articles] that inspire and engage , and [give women] gorgeous boys the way [they] like to see them." Their first issue is out and featured a mix of articles, fiction, poetry and pics of shirtless boys. For their second issue, they want to include a pic of a man with erection, but their printer bailed because the printer was afraid of a backlash. The magazine has also had issues with distributors because many of them don't want to deal with a women's magazine with a man on the cover. Via (NSFW) Erotica Cover Watch (NSFW) which is a blog dedicated to ending the preponderance of (naked) women on the covers of erotic books, and is trying to get more men and couples on the covers.

Shopped, or Not?

netbros — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:58:51 -0800

Real or Fake? From the Life Magazine photographic archives.

Dispatch and Tit-Bits treasure hunts

tellurian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:59:07 -0800

Secret London has the story of a circulation promotion gimmick that runs awry.

The Journal of Business and Design

netbros — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:02:49 -0800

@Issue: is the online blog of The Journal of Business and Design. Topics of recent interest include Drawords, an ongoing caption this drawing project, and Typography in China, an explanation of the availability of Chinese typefaces. Also, @Issue interviews an iconic group that includes captains of industry and design.

Twitter: the anti-New Yorker

CunningLinguist — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:57:22 -0800

Writer Dan Baum is twittering the epic saga of being hired at the New Yorker, after 17 years of trying, and then let go. It's an eye-opening and engaging tale for any writer. Baum, who wrote on a myriad of subjects, is perhaps best known for his post-Katrina New Orleans coverage. Told (annoyingly, if innovatively) in 140-character spurts, his tale takes you into the New Yorker offices ("like being in a hospital room where somebody is dying,") reveals that writers at the august mag get $70k and no benefits, and outlines the cumbersome process of story pitches to mercurial editors. In a rare inside look at the biz, he links to the pitches that worked, and those that didn't, on his website.

Too old for photography

klausness — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:46:24 -0800

Expiration Notice is an on-line magazine dedicated to work by emerging photographers over 35. An interesting counterpoint to the usual hyping of "young and emerging artists." (via)

from bleached plant matter to glowing liquid crystal

HumanComplex — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:22:35 -0800

"The reason many people worry that the written form is dying, and the reason most writers consider online publication second-rate, is that no journal has yet succeeded in marrying the editorial rigors of print to the freedoms of the internet." -- The new journal Wag's Review attempts to bridge the gap. Included are an interview with David Eggers and a near 30-page treatise On Douchebags.

No More SciAm

rosswald — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:33:58 -0800

The death of SciAm. It's no secret that print media is getting hit pretty hard, but the butchering of Scientific American seems particularly brutal. More opinion on the poor state of affairs in science journalism BloggingHeads discussion on the future of science journalism with Carl Zimmer and Chris Mooney Some idiots blame the blogosphere

Cave Canem Feature

netbros — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:33:13 -0800

The Drunken Boat publishes poetry from around the world, translations of poetry, reviews of poetry collections and anthologies, and interviews with well-known poets. The current issue features Cave Canem poets, home for the many voices of African-American poetry and committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African-American poets.

B'dum B'dum

vronsky — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:38:59 -0800

Part 1 of a What's On documentary by Granada TV about the Buzzcocks and Magazine (Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley), broadcast on July 27, 1978 and presented by Tony Wilson. 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l Permafrost

Gramophone Archives

Gyan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:55:54 -0800

The Gramophone Archive is a (free) searchable database containing every issue of Gramophone from April 1923 to the latest issue.

The Expanded Universe begins expanding

Joe Beese — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:16:43 -0800

30 years ago, the sixteenth and final issue of Pizzazz magazine was published by Marvel Comics at a retail price of 75 cents. In addition to cover stories like "Linda Ronstadt: Rock's Superwoman" and "Is Meat Loaf the Cutest Cultural Development Since the Pickle?", Pizzazz published what is arguably the very first addition to the Star Wars Expanded Universe - a serialized comic titled "The Keeper's World". Appearing in October 1977, only 5 months after the theatrical release of what was not yet known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, it comfortably pre-dates Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye (March 1978) and even Marvel's own Star Wars #7 comic (January 1978). (previously)

The entire Harper's Index

chunking express — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:44:55 -0800

The entire Harper's index is now online.

The Film and Arts Online Magazine

netbros — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:43:13 -0800

Scene 360 is an online film and arts magazine, profiling and interviewing artists & web designers, filmmakers and writers.

Ahorn Magazine

chunking express — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:03:09 -0800

Ahorn is an online magazine dedicated to contemporary photography, directed and edited by Daniel Augschoell and Anya Jasbar.

Virginia Quarterly Review opens Archives!

Bizurke — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:58:52 -0800

The Virginia Quarterly Review — "A National Journal of Literature and Discussion" — just made public every article, essay, book review etc. published in its pages between 1975 and 2003. Search the archives here or check out this blog post for some greatest hits.