From The New York Review of Magazines, photographs that used to appear in Life magazine have a home on the web; Suzanne Weinstock goes inside the mind and work of magazine artist Fred Harper; only three issues in, Love has been busy trashing the traditional glossy model by putting fat chicks and unknowns on its covers — and porn stars and Q&As about lesbianism in its pages; for Fast Company, the premise is simple — we’re the coolest business magazine you’ll ever read. The Caravan flaunts what magazines do best — exquisitely worded narrative features that draw readers in and can keep them engaged over a cup of tea; let’s face it, Denver is not known for its reportorial chops — 5280 magazine, however, may be changing that; and Vibe is back form the dead. Slake magazine, a new journal from Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly, formerly of LA Weekly, considers its mission the return of long-form journalism. A look at how Time and Life magazines helped turn America on to LSD. Time magazine, the last of the big newsweeklies, puts up a paywall. Saint Sarah Palin? The dying Newsweek goes for the lowest common denominator. Mr. Magazine celebrates the new blood of the magazine industry: 25 Notable New Magazines from the last 25 Years. If the term “open source” has defined many online publishing efforts in recent years, “cloud computing” may dominate the next several years. Notes from the underground: Mixing DIY ethics, rock'n'roll and searing new writing, a fresh breed of literary magazines is breathing life into the publishing industry. What kind of online editor are you? Questex classifies where its editors do well online — and where they don’t.
