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A new periodical focusing on the Upper Valley will hit shelves later this week. Upper Valley IMAGE will cover the forty-some communities in the region. We'll talk with it's editor, William Craig about how he intends to compete with other publications that already cover Dartmouth, Hanover, and the entire state.

We'll also talk with industry analyst Martin Walker to find out how the magazine business is doing in this age of niche marketing and information overload. Martin is founder and chairman of Walker Communications, a consultant company for publishers.

And we'll hear the story of a groundbreaking magazine out of Texas called "No Depression". It focuses on American roots music, past and present. This piece comes to us via the Public Radio Exchange. Click here for a direct link to the story.