News from the Magosphere 4th September ’09

Magazines make client ads for use in other magazines
Mag creatives keep their future employment options open (requires registration)

GQ hides investigative piece to avoid Russian anger
Unsurprising really – investigative journalism is hardly Conde Nast’s bread and butter, and the attention will ironically now get the piece more read. Interesting/disturbing to hear how the Russian authorities threaten publishers – with fire code audits, among other things

After Men’s Health and Women’s Health
Comes the inevitable Children’s Health. Next up… oh, never mind. Meanwhile, all three are being used for political ends

YouWorkForThem creates free typography magazine
Naff name, but it contains intelligent, engaging content that also handily promotes their font range. Speaking of which…

Book publisher makes a decent-looking PDF literary magazine
Actually designed to be printed out on the office computer

Lovely limited edition print from It’s Nice That
Though only if you buy it by the end of the month. Looks worth it

Wallpaper* plays with translucent paper
The third year of their guest editorships – last year’s featured those fabulous Zaha Hadid die cuts

If everyone had their own magazine…
Actually they do. Niches are easy targets for cheap laughs but they actually represent one of the most positive media advances of recent years, brought about by lowered print costs

Yudu to offer The Big Issue online
Erm… missing the point?

Amazon runs this year’s ASME cover awards
A good voting mechanism, but yet again, they’re mostly just a bit blah. And what kind of a category is “sexiest”?

Complete online archive of Design magazine, 1965-1974
I know, I’m too good to you