CNet is now both a tech website and…a print magazine

CNet is a new lifestyle 128-page magazine that launched this week with 200,000 copies and all original content.

“The idea from the outset was that CNET did not want to be a tech insider publication.” The quarterly is “focused on giving consumers a lifestyle” rather than in-depth technology coverage, to help readers “who want to understand how these technologies make their lives better.” It features interviews with celebrities and visionaries, tech tricks, new product reviews and, of course, a gift guide – all original to the print title.

There are two editors-in-chief: Lindsey Turrentine, lindsey.turrentine@cnet.com, @lturrentine, editor-in-chief of CNET.com, and Connie Guglielmo, connie.guglielmo@cnet.com, @techledes, editor-in-chief of CNET News.

Contractors in “Vegas” now have their own print magazine

Construction Las Vegas is a new quarterly magazine for the construction industry in Southern Nevada.

It covers interviews, industry updates, spotlights of area designs in “Commercial Buildings,” outlines of local trade associations and their upcoming events in “Association Profiles” and quick industry updates in “Briefings.”

10,000 copies are distributed to developers, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers by publisher Greenspun Media. Editor is Craig Peterson, craig.peterson@gmgvegas.com

New magazine tells the business story of New Orleans after Katrina

Biz New Orleans covers new and small businesses in the city of New Orleans, LA – especially those starting and rebuilding after hurricane Katrina devastated the area.

The monthly print magazine highlights people and companies in news and commentary. “Since 2005 New Orleans has developed into one of America’s leading business communities and our city needs a business magazine to tell that story: Biz New Orleans is that storyteller.”

It is published by Metairie LA-based Renaissance Publishing, which also publishes New Orleans Magazine and Louisiana Life. Errol Laborde, errol@renpubllc.com is the editor-in-chief and Kimberley Singletary, kimberley@bizneworleans.com is the managing editor.

“A new approach to the women’s interest genre” has launched

Golly magazine just published its first quarterly issue and promises to be “modern, irreverent, and inclusive.”

A subscription is $40 and it is available in select boutiques. It easily reached its Kickstarter goal of $30,000 in just 17 days.

The publication was founded by Editor-in-Chief Roxanne Fequiere, roxanne@gollymagazine.com, and Alley O’Shea, the creative director.

The medical device industry has a new print magazine

The MedTech Strategist is a new trade publication covering all forms of global medtech topics and trends.

The biweekly replaces the shuttered magazines In Vivo, Start-Up, and MedTech Insight. It will “feature interviews with industry leaders, stories on leading companies, profiles of ground-breaking start-ups and analyses of dynamic clinical markets and technology trends, all in an effort to not just explain what is going on in the device space today, but why these events are occurring and what they may lead to in the future on a worldwide scale.”

It is published by Innovation In Medtech, LLC of Fairfield, CT and co-editors-in-chief are David Cassak, d.cassak@medtechinno.com, @DCassak, and Stephen Levin.

New print title and website feature the best of New York City’s five boroughs

Crain’s 5boros is a new lifestyle magazine and website targeting NYC urban explorers eager to roam a big city bursting with “new neighborhoods, new friends and new experiences.”

The quarterly covers food, fashion, retail, the arts, residential real estate and more and chronicles the resurgence of neighborhoods in every borough of the city. It’s a trail guide to all that’s fun in all corners of the five boroughs of New York City, connecting both established and emerging neighborhoods with insight on the best places to live, eat, shop, play and create. The website features daily updates and a blog network by local writers.

It is published by Crain Communications and contact is Deputy Managing Editor Valerie Block, vblock@crain.com, @ValerieBlock

New print magazine shows you how to live healthy but effortlessly and with great style

“Naturally, Danny Seo” is the title of a new print magazine from lifestyle guru Danny Seo and Harris Publications.

It “looks at living the healthy, natural and good for you life with a fresh, authoritative voice that covers everything from food, beauty, travel, home, and entertaining all through Danny’s unique point-of-view as America’s leading guru of green living,” according to its press release. It provides tips on how to live an easy sustainable and healthy life almost effortlessly with great style.

Danny Seo, danny@dannyseo.com, @DannySeoMag, is editor-in-chief. It launched in July 2014 with 350,000 copies at a newsstand price of $9.95. Issue two is planned for November 4, 2014 then the plan is to go quarterly in 2015 and to six-times-a-year in 2016.

Can a general interest print magazine survive today in California? This one is going to try

Starting a print magazine at this time may seem like a fool-hardy endeavor, but make the publication about California and you know the founders must be sanatorium-bound; glossies about that state have not all been that successful (remember “New West”?)

But Editor Douglas McGray and Publisher Chas Edwards will launch California Sunday in October in print and on the web, iOS, Android, and Kindle. The print edition will be inserted into select Sunday issues of the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Sacramento Bee newspapers.

The editorial will be “ambitious and rangy” and have dual editorial guideposts: It must be a great story and it must be unique or peculiar to California.

Typical readers will be men and women between 25-49 who work in creative industries, are heavy consumers of premium media, are early adopters of Apple products, and who do more international travel than average.

Douglas McGray, doug@californiasunday.com, @dougmcgray is editor and Jacqueline Bates, jackie@californiasunday.com, @jackiecbates is photography director.

Patch is dead; long live EveryBlock

AOL’s Patch, the local network of community websites, is technically not dead (yet) and is not really AOL’s, either. It is owned by Hale Global and – much smaller – seems to be waiting for a buyer.

EveryBlock might be in the same shape, although owner Comcast insists they are running the network out of the goodness of their hearts. “This is truly a community engagement, community investment product for us,” Matt Summy, vice president of government affairs for Comcast’s Chicago region, said.

The network was live from 2008 to 2013 with owner NBC News citing “considerable” financial losses as the cause of the shut-down. Current owner Comcast relaunched the Chicago site early this year and has now re-opened the Philadelphia site with plans to add Houston, Denver and three other markets by year’s end.

“EveryBlock is a combination of many different types of local information – from public records like crime reports, to neighbor discussions, to photos people have taken in your neighborhood,” the “About” page states. Curiously, as much emphasis on local and person-level information that EveryBlock emphasizes, the company uses an impersonal website form to submit information.

Again, according to the “About” page, visitors will find four types of content on the EveryBlock homepages:

• Neighbor messages – what your neighbors are talking about. (“Here’s the scoop on that new bakery coming to Main St.”)
• Civic information – building permits, crime reports, restaurant inspections and more.
• Media mentions – any time your neighborhood is mentioned in a media site, we’ll let you know about it.
• Fun from across the Web – local photos posted to Flickr, user reviews of local businesses on Yelp, lost-and-found postings from Craigslist and more.

Enterprising readers of this blog can probably find many uses for these hyper-local sites.

Golfers can now get their news digitally every week

Publisher Time Inc. borrowed assets from Sports Illustrated and Golf magazines and begat Sports Illustrated Golf + Digital, a free weekly magazine for the desktop, iPads and iPhones.

It features PGA Tour news and analysis, instruction tips, travel recommendations, the latest in equipment, video – all original content. Among the recurring videos will be an instruction series called “Play Like the Pros” and an equipment primer called “Tech Talk.” There’s even a serialized golf novel by Michael Bamberger, who is taking reader suggestions on where the plot should go. The magazine will publish 45 times in 2014.

The New York City-based publication is available from Golf.com on Wednesday mornings. Alan Bastable, alan_bastable@golf.com, is the editor.