Magazines Still Launching In 2009, But More Are Closing

According to numbers compiled by Mediafinder.com, an online database of American and Canadian periodicals, 187 new magazine titles launched during the first half of 2009. But we’re still in a deficit in terms of total number of titles because a greater number — 279 — closed up shop during the same period.

Mediafinder said regional interest magazines were hard hit during the first half of the year, with titles like Denver Living and Florida Inside Out both folding.

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