A new regional magazine debuts in Nothern Michigan

GRAND TRAVERSE SCENE, a new magazine focused on the Grand Traverse Bay region in Michigan, debuted September 3.

The publication highlights the area’s places, activities and people, and provides a glimpse of local lifestyle and history.  Readers also will find information on dining, museums and events.  The inaugural issue included features on the local salmon fishing craze of the 1960s, the history of local carriage houses, the role of the region’s artesian wells and a back-stage look at the Traverse Symphony Orchestra.

Published seven times a year by the Traverse City Record-Eagle, the magazine has a print circulation of 14,500, and is available on newsstands and inside single copies of the Saturday newspaper.  The editor is Loraine Anderson, landerson@record-eagle.com.  Find the website at www.grandtraversescene.com.

Wednesday News Round-Up for September 21

Need to catch up on what’s happening?  We’re on top of it, with a summary of mid-week industry news.  Titles with an asterisk* can be found in the Wooden Horse database.

HARPER’S BAZAAR* will increase its trim size and reduce its frequency to 10 issues for 2012, combining December/January and June/July.  The magazine has a rate base of 700,000…

CANADIAN MAGAZINES CANADIENS: The Definitive Resource for Publishing Professionals released a second issue on September 15.  The biannual, bilingual trade publication covers the consumer and B2B magazine publishing business throughout Canada, and is offered in print and digital formats; http://www.magazinescanada.ca…;

DOGS IN CANADA, founded in 1889, will cease print at the end of the year.  The December 2011 issue will be the last, along with the final Dogs in Canada annual edition.  The oldest continuously published monthly in Canada, the magazine is owned by the Canadian Kennel Club, and has a paid circulation of 42,000…

UTAH FACILITIES MAGAZINE launched a new comprehensive companion website; http://www.facilitiesmagazine.com/utah…;

BUILDINGS magazine lost associate editor Kylie Wroblaski. No replacement has been named…

WIRED* tapped Kevin Poulsen, kpoulsen@wired.com, as news editor…

WIRED* also will welcome Cade Metz, no email yet, as section editor for the tech biz section…

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST* brought on board new associate market editor Ellie Sommerville, esommerville@gmail.com.  She comes to the magazine from LONNY*, where she served in the same post…

CAT FANCY* welcomed associate editor Reina Kutner, rkutner@bowtieinc.com, who also serves in that position for DOG FANCY* magazine…

TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING* magazine welcomed new online editor Jason Newman, jason.newman@transworld.net…

SKI* magazine now has Samantha Berman, samantha.berman@bonniercorp.com, as the new senior travel editor…

READER’S DIGEST CANADA* will lose managing editor Derek Webster, derek.webster@rd.com, when he departs in October…