FIPP Global Launches Tracker: September 2025
While closures still dominate the media headlines, it’s worth pausing to notice what’s starting up. This new FIPP tracker gathers launches (or significant developments) from the past year, across formats, regions and intentions. We look at innovation and births, from glossy print revivals to serious newsletters that now rival legacy media in reach. While the definition of “publication” is evolving, the common thread here is ambition: to speak to a defined audience with authority, identity and regularity.
We’ve expanded our scope beyond traditional print or online titles to include newsletter-first ventures and digital startups where the scale, intent or influence merits attention. Substack no longer just hosts side projects. For many, it’s become the publication itself.
Below is a region-by-region look at what’s launching, rebooting or expanding and why it matters.
FEATURED LAUNCH, GLOBAL
Title: 72
When: September 2025
Format: Print
Company: EE72
Category: B2C
72 Magazine is a new quarterly print publication, with a supporting digital platform, from EE72, the media venture co-founded by Edward and Akua Enninful.
Visit EE72: ee72.com
NORTH AMERICA
Title: Status
When: Mid 2025
Format: Newsletter (digital-only)
Company: Independent (Oliver Darcy)
Category: Direct email / B2C
A media-savvy dispatch from a former CNN correspondent, authoritative, agile and designed for the inbox.
Visit Status: status.news
Title: The Lever
When: Active (growth through 2025)
Format: Newsletter (digital-only)
Company: Independent
Category: Direct email / B2C
This investigative newsletter, funded by readers and run independently, now claims over 112,000 subscribers. Its rise reflects a broader appetite for accountability journalism outside traditional institutions, especially in areas like climate, corruption and corporate power.
Visit The Lever: levernews.com
Title: Puck
When: Active (gaining significant influence in 2025)
Format: Digital + Newsletter
Company: Puck Media
Category: B2C
Pitched as a high-gloss insider read, Puck focuses on the intersection of power, media, tech and politics. With paid subscriber numbers approaching 40,000, it may not be massive but it’s influential.
Visit Puck: puck.news
Title: Heatmap News
When: Active (significant growth in 2025)
Format: Digital + Newsletter
Company: Independent
Category: B2C
Climate-focused and digital-first, Heatmap has carved out a niche with roughly 500,000 monthly readers and a newsletter base of 50,000. Its clean design and smart editorial positioning have made it one of the most talked-about climate media startups of the past two years.
Visit Heatmap: heatmap.news
Title: The California Post
When: Coming 2026
Format: Print + Digital
Company: New York Post Media Group
Category: B2C
A bold move from the New York Post Media Group, this new tabloid-style daily is aimed squarely at California readers. It’s a rare example of a new regional daily with national muscle behind it. It’s a signal that some media players still see local as worth fighting for. Website under construction.
EUROPE
Title: i‑D magazine, UK
When: 2025
Format: Print (biannual)
Company: Bedford Media (revival)
Category: B2C
Originally launched in 1980, this fashion, music, art, film and youth culture magazine closed following Vice Media’s collapse in 2023, This year i‑D returned to print under Karlie Kloss’s Bedford Media. This is more than nostalgia, it’s a bid to reconnect with younger audiences who increasingly see physical media as collectibles. It will be closely whatched to see if this can affirm that print can be a comeback format for niche publishers.
Visit i‑D magazin: i-d.co
Title: L’Officiel, UK and Europe-wide
When: 2025
Format: Print
Company: AMTD Group / L’Officiel Group
Category: B2C
After years of turmoil, the storied French fashion magazine is expanding again, with new editions launched or confirmed in the UK, Australia, Canada and Mexico. The UK edition, in particular, will test whether global luxury brands still see value in European print placements.
Visit L’Officiel: lofficiel.com
Title: System Collections
When: May 2025 (launch of biannual sister publication)
Format: Print (biannual, with digital companion)
Company: System Magazine (Anglo-French, independent)
Category: B2C
Launching in May 2025, System Collections offers curated, photographer-led showcases of Fashion Month highlights, effectively a “time‑capsule” format that captures the immediacy and artistry of runway seasons. It’s a smart print strategy for a slow‑media moment and a potential revenue outlet for an otherwise niche title.
Read System Collections here: system-magazine.com
Title: Hello! Wedding
When: First edition planned for 23 September 2025
Format: Print (bookazine-style, biannual)
Company: Hello! Magazine
Category: B2C
An extension of the HELLO! brand that capitalises on its storytelling expertise. The dedicated wedding bookazine (a 144-page, perfect-bound format) taps into aspirational and practical wedding content, offering a collectible, in-depth piece in a market where print is often dismissed.
Read the announcement here.
Title: Broadsheet London Edition
When: Launch edition planned for Sept/Oct 2025
Format: Digital / Guide Format
Company: Broadsheet
Category: B2C
Founded by Nick Shelton in Australia, Broadsheet has become a trusted city guide across Australia and New Zealand, with 85 staff and deep local reach. Its expansion into London marks a rare case of a lifestyle media brand successfully scaling from the Southern Hemisphere into a global cultural capital. With an editorial team drawn from major UK titles and a model that blends food, fashion, art and experience-first journalism, Broadsheet’s arrival signals continued belief in curated lifestyle publishing.
Read the announcement here.
AFRICA
Title: Rolling Stone Africa
When: August 2024
Format: Print
Company: Mwankom Group (licence)
Category: B2C
A new regional edition of the iconic music and culture title, Rolling Stone Africa launched with English and French print editions based in Nigeria. It marks an editorial investment in pan-African storytelling, with a focus on music, politics and cultural crossover.
Visit Rolling Stone Africa: rollingstoneafrica.com
Title: Tatler Africa
When: Early 2025
Format: Digital-only
Company: Tatler Asia (licence)
Category: B2C
This launch represents a unique crossover within the Tatler brand. While the original Tatler is a UK-based title published by Condé Nast, Tatler Africa is part of the Tatler Asia network, operated under licence by the Swiss Edipresse Group and the Lamunière family. With audiences in Nairobi, Lagos and Cape Town in mind, the title responds to the growing appetite for luxury lifestyle content in African urban centers. It’s a strategic testament to how legacy brands can iterate via global licensing arrangements and tap into emerging luxury markets.
Visit Tatler Africa (via Tatler Asia): tatlerasia.com
Title: Vogue Adria
When: March 2024 (expanded April 2025)
Format: Print + Web
Company: Condé Nast / Media 3.0
Category: B2C
Targeting the Balkans (Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia) with stylish, multi-language issues and regional cultural coverage.
Visit Vogue Adria: vogueadria.com
Title: Harper’s Bazaar France Intérieurs
When: October 2024 (spin-off launch)
Format: Print (quarterly Intérieurs supplement, alongside 10x/year main title)
Company: Prisma Media (under Hearst licence)
Category: B2C
Harper’s Bazaar France relaunched in spring 2023 and now expanded to include Intérieurs, a high-end quarterly focused on design, architecture and luxury living. Directed by designologist Isis‑Colombe Combréas, this glossy extension reinforces the magazine’s dominance in the luxury and “art of living” segment, deepening audience engagement through a visually rich print complement. It exemplifies how legacy fashion titles can evolve into multi-faceted lifestyle brands when layered with special-interest content.
Visit Harper’s Bazaar France Intérieurs: harpersbazaar.fr/evenements/bazaar-interieurs
ASIA & PACIFIC
Title: Rolling Stone Philippines
When: December 2024
Format: Print + Digital
Company: Modern Media Group (licence)
Category: B2C
Based in Manila, this new edition promises deep coverage of Southeast Asia’s music and creative industries. It’s an under-served beat with global potential.
Visit Rolling Stone Philippines: rollingstonephilippines.com
Title: Tatler Vietnam, Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan
When: Through 2025
Format: Print + Digital
Company: Tatler Asia (licence)
Category: B2C
There is a cluster of new Tatler editions being launch and planned through 2025, reflecting the brand’s growing interest in emerging markets with luxury potential. Though formats vary, most editions mix digital and occasional print with strong event tie-ins.
GLOBAL / DIGITAL CROSSOVERS
Title: Tablet Magazine, US
When: June 2025
Format: Print (monthly)
Company: Tablet Magazine
Category: B2C
Originally a digital-only Jewish media outlet, Tablet launched a monthly print edition in mid-2025. The move was framed as a push for permanence and editorial gravitas in an era where too much content disappears into the scroll.
Visit Tablet: tabletmag.com
Title: Persuasion
When: Active (rapid growth in 2025)
Format: Newsletter / Digital Magazine
Company: Independent (Yascha Mounk)
Category: Direct email / B2C
Founded by political scientist Yascha Mounk, Persuasion straddles the line between a newsletter and a digital magazine. It now claims over 100,000 subscribers and regularly features contributors from across the ideological spectrum.
Visit Persuasion: persuasion.community
Title: Another Jane Pratt Thing
When: 2025
Format: Newsletter + Website
Company: Jane Pratt (Independent)
Category: Direct email / B2C
Jane Pratt’s return with a Substack-native project and an accompanying new(s) site.
Visit AJPT: anotherjaneprattthing.com
