335 Magazines Launched in 2008 And Other Observations on the Future

The magazine industry may be dying a slow death, but there will always be those that see opportunity. In Folio:‘s annual magazine and media predictions* story, Wired.com senior editor Dylan Tweney points out, “In 2008, an amazing 335 new magazines launched, despite looming economic storm clouds.”

Furthermore, Tweney sees more mags launched in 2009: “We’ll see even more magazine startups, as entrepreneurs with funding (or un-maxed-out credit cards) seize the twin opportunities of cheap journalistic labor and lower competitive barriers to start up publications of their own.”

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