News from the Magosphere, 25th January ’10

Spin starts licensing their archive content
The lesson for magazines here is never, ever throw anything away. Meanwhile…

Conde Nast suddenly realises that brands have value beyond print
“Guys! I’ve got a brilliant idea!”

New magazine launches for mega-rich athletes
As long as Jamie Redknapp isn’t on the editorial board

Girls Like Us is back!
Brilliantly named, trendy Euro-lesbian mag returns with a smart new look

Paste survives with unusual content-sharing deal
We might start to see a lot more of this kind of thing. (Previously)

Esquire‘s moving cover
It’s a simple trick, but it still kinda freaks me out

Creative Review offers subscribers free tomatoes and a planter
Includes prize for the best tomatoes (see comments). Part of their rather fabulous series experimenting with biodegradable packaging

PDF magazine gets David Foster Wallace exclusive
Requires free subscription, but it’s well worth the hassle – and it’s a lovely mag anyway. Also still the only PDF mag I know that’s designed to be printed out on normal printer paper before reading

Limited-edition Emigre prints for sale
Really pretty combinations of previous front pages. Shame they’re so expensive

New Feltron Report prepares to launch
Every year, Nicholas Felton releases his limited edition, infographically gorgeous Annual Report. This year’s is twice the price of last year’s – and is a 16-page, four-colour extravaganza. Almost guaranteed to be worth it