News from the magosphere 29th October ’08

Grazia moves into perspex pod
Shoppers gape at fishbowl antics of wacky magazine staff, without the option to vote them out if they’re boring

Special fake-old Rolling Stone wraparound for Life on Mars USA
America’s equivalent of Camberwick Green is ironically much better than RS‘s own recent covers

Gunpowder online magazine “officially launches 5th November”
What other date could they choose? (Though it’s actually based in Marbella, Spain.) Yet again raises the question of “what is a magazine” vs “what is a webpage”. See the intros to We Love Magazines and The Last Magazine for more on why this doesn’t fit either my or David Renard’s definitions (and no, it doesn’t have anything to do with paper)

Magazine butchers submissions on 19th-century operating table
Get thee hither in London on October 30th

The golden age of magazine photography?
An incomplete list of classic titles, to buy now or search eBay for later, if you have the time / patience

Music mag relaunches as no-ad bookazine
Won’t be the last. I wonder if Radar will reappear as an annual next year? (Bonus link: flyer for Radar‘s Print is Dead Halloween goodbye party)

Mygazines closes
Shortly after agreeing a settlement that removed all their popular content. Not so much a victory as a warning of skirmishes to come

Cosmo to carry section for men
Let no advertiser remain untouched

GQ UK celebrates 20 years by taking over Savile Row
“Tailor Mark Marengo will project images from GQ’s archive onto a white suit in its window, while Richard James and Ozwald Boateng will put large-scale displays in their stores.” Fun real-world interaction – more please, and not just in capital cities / NYC

Eco magazine decides not to use paper
Makes sense. But are they offsetting the energy used to host it?

AXM gets caught out posting fake comments
Nobody messes with Private Frazer