2008 magazine biz predictions..

I used to work at Folio: - the magazine about the magazine industry -and now and then the editor asks for comments for the yearly predictions list from anyone that’s willing to share…I wrote this back in july 2008.

I’m just waiting to be right on one of them..

NAME: Paola DiMeglio
TITLE: Art director, CMP
SECOND HALF PREDICTION: Sean “Puffy,” “Diddy” Combs will launch his own Trump-like magazine called “White” (to go with his Hamptons/white party theme) … There will be more launches of a Gay/Lesbian Wedding Magazines in light of the new marriage laws … ”Green issues” of magazines will actually be printed on recycled paper and someone will actually use paper with implanted seeds for that “green” effect … MagCloud is going to take off … MagHound won’t catch on with subscribers because no one has any damn time to even read every issue that comes in (I am still on my January issue of FOLIO:!) … The Amazon Kindle will fizzle out … Bonnie Fuller will launch her own gossip/entertainment/fashion show … Perez Hilton will launch his own gossip magazine …