U.S. magazine startups steady in 2008

Some good news comes from Samir Husni, the "Mr Magazine" of the University of Mississippi whose tally of magazine startups shows that slightly more new magazines were launched in the U.S. in 2008 than in 2007.Our final tally of new magazine launches reveal that in 2008 a total of 715 new magazines were launched compared with 713 in 2007. Of note is that this number exceeds all predictions (