Magazines are a great indicator of trends. Go to your local bookstore or news rack and see what the best sellers are.
A new survey by mediafinder.com, an online database of US and Canadian publications just released an interesting report.
There were 335 new magazines launched in 2008. The largest number of categories were in Health, Regional and food.
The category with the largest number of launches was Health, with 31 new magazine titles, including Autism Research, Therapy Times and Living Well.
Can you find a niche -writing about these types of topics? Or, are there products you can sell relating to living well? I’ll bet there is!
The next-largest category for new magazines was Regional, with 24 titles launched in 2008. New entrants in this area included Michigan Avenue, Orange Appeal and Mountain Time Magazine. This is great news, and my favorite part of the report.
This year I started a blog called: Photowalkstoday.com  - about photographing in the Seattle Puget Sound area. This evidence – reminds me that I’m on the right track. I’ll focus more energy on growing the blog.
Magazines reflect the trends of current times – and are a very useful tool in predicting what people are looking for.
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Thanks for re-capping the Media Finders survey. I had no idea the top areas of publication are regional, health and food. I have a lot to say about those things and had never considered saying it.
Your regional blog “Photowalkstoday” for the Seattle Puget Sound area gave me an idea to start a regional blog. I live in Santa Fe and it’s a great place to write about. Tourism is our forte and being a local, there’s alot I can share effortlessly. Thanks again for the idea.
I am a devoted fan,
Paula Bidwell
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