Sunday, December 13, 2020

Notable new magazines in 2020: Reveal, Sweet July, Beach Happy


Celebrity-branded lifestyle magazines continued to be a hot trend this year.
Meredith Magazines launched three new titles in the category in 2020.
In January, it released the premiere issue of Reveal magazine featuring Drew and Jonathan Scott from the HGTV series “The Property Brothers.” (See articles by PRNewswire, the Daily Mail and AdAge.)
Also in January, Meredith debuted Rachael Ray in Season magazine. The magazine is a rebrand of an earlier magazine by the Food Network chef. (See article by Digiday.)
In April, Meredith launched Sweet July featuring actress, TV host, restaurateur, author and Instagram influencer Ayesha Curry. (See articles by AdAge, People and Folio.)
Despite travel restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, a couple of travel magazines launched this year.
The 30A Company debuted Beach Happy magazine in July. (See article by Mr. Magazine and Facebook post.)
Fifty Grande, a travel magazine focused solely on the U.S., premiered early this year. (See article by Mr. Magazine.)
Elsewhere, Bloomberg Media in July launched Bloomberg Green, a new quarterly print magazine focused on climate change solutions. (See article by Folio.)
Dennis Publishing started a weekly news magazine for kids in the U.S. in March called The Week Junior. (See article by Digiday.)







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