early one new title a month. And publishers are scrambling to launch more. Here's the big mummy of them all. As this issue goes to press, Cond� Nast India announced that it is launching an Indian edition of Vogue. Cond� Nast Publications Inc has 127 magazines in 23 markets which includes Vanity Fair, GQ Style and Cond� Nast Traveller. Next in line is Fortune magazine which is reportedly coming in with ABP group (Anandabazar Patrika).
A casual look at the new titles crowding the newsstands over the past year or so reveals that almost all of them are international names. A closer look reveals that most of these magazines are in convenient niches and that they are in English. ... more