News from the magosphere 27th Nov ’08

Esquire‘s 7 greatest stories, now available online
They’re all well worth reading / lamenting the state of the world today, etc

Swedish magazine editors have plastic surgery for a story
One had his nose removed, then put back with the word “stet” stitched underneath

Personalise your inflight magazine
Right now, a gimmick – but not too far off a POD magazine future

Model artificially aged for Vogue shoot
All done through lighting, angles, make-up, posture and costume. Photoshop, know your limits

Teen Vogue creates a buy-nothing popup store
Clever use of branding, advertisers. Everyone wins

Yet another new newspaper supplement
I launches in a marketplace that already has T, FW, WSJ, ST. The future of print is acronyms inside other print

People think digital magazines are green
Though as Tony points out, are they really? Reminds me of another survey I saw a year or so ago, about how uncoated paper is seen to be less harmful to the environment than glossy paper. The reality is that it often isn’t

American Apparel has a rather good online newsstand
Some of the best independent press celebrated alongside pants (thanks Mike)