October 2013 was an unbelievable month for new launches! The magazine media industry saw 32 new magazines with regular frequency and 83 specials…for a total of 115 October launches! Absolutely a stellar performance for the world of new magazines. From Christmas cooking magazines to the new weekly, Closer, aimed at a more mature celebrity-craving audience and that’s first issue was priced at a mere $.25 and will sell after the premiere issue for $3.99; the magazines were fun, colorful and entertaining. So let’s take a look at this outstanding list of new magazines, beginning first with our frequency issues. (As always, magazines are not listed in the launch monitor until a physical copy of the first issue is acquired, received or bought by yours truly.)
Frequency:
And now our specials: