From Wooden Horse Newsletter and news releases: . . . FOREVER MX-5 is a new quarterly that targets Mazda Miata enthusiasts. Content focuses on road trips, car projects and parts, buying and selling Miatas, and club events. Jeff Zurschmeide is the editor-in-chief of the magazine, which is published by MediaSpigot LLC and sold in bookstores and on newsstands throughout the US… Courtney Caldwell, publisher/editor of Road & Travel Magazine, announced that her Earthbound Express, Inc. has launched Earth, Wind Power Blogazine to bring consumers the latest environmental developments and news on a variety of topics and tips on what readers can do to reduce their carbon footprint.
Racing World magazine was inspired by the 2008 opening of the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Vineland, NJ, but will cover auto and motorcycle racing from New England to Virginia. It is planned to launch this spring as a free bimonthly with hopes for a 40,000 issue distribution and cover NASCAR but also road racing, GT, vintage cars and the accompanying lifestyle, including coverage of local dining and hotels. Gerald Covella, owner of New Jersey Angler and Golfstyles New Jersey heads up editorial and design and is currently seeking funding. Interested writers and photographers should check out the website at http://www.racingworldnj.com.
Decades ago Paul Eisenstein christened his automotive news and feature writing for publications worldwide The Detroit Bureau and continued that service while nurturing his pioneering web site The Car Connection.com for 11 years until he sold it last fall. He has now launched The Detroit Bureau.com. He says the new site does not try to aggregate everything automotive but will be selective and focus on intelligent and reasoned commentary on things automotive. While it is a non-paying enterprise at the moment he has enlisted Joe Szczesny of Michigan’s Oakland Press, freelancer Mike Strong, environmental writer John DeCicco, Netherlands-based Henry Hemmes, marketing specialist Marty Bernstein, spy photographer Brenda Priddy, commentator Charlie Vogelheim, and others he has heard from to help make it a success. There have been offers of financial backing and advertising for the new site Eisenstein reports. However, he says, the main emphasis now is finding out if they can identify a niche in a heavily saturated market and provide a good product to fill it.