TV Guide Launches Monthly Magazine Only For Streaming

TV Insider will be on the stands in the US in March 2023.

To launch a new print magazine seems an anachronism nowadays. Still, the team behind TV Guide Magazine decided to sail against the current. It launched a new magazine focused on TV streaming platforms. The monthly magazine, called TV Insider, will be on stands in March 2023. The first issue features Kiefer Sutherland (star of Paramount+’s new series “Rabbit Hole,” which premieres March 26) on the cover. Peacock’s breakout hit “Poker Face” star Natasha Lyonne will follow up as the April issue’s cover star.

“The origin of this new monthly came from our last round of reader surveys,” group editorial director Michael Fell said. “The percentage of TVGM readers watching streaming and wanting to know more about streaming had grown phenomenally. We needed to provide more space in this area. The problem was the grids, as far as physical space. The grids were still a valuable resource for the TVGM readers who were still watching a lot of broadcast tv. But that was limiting how much we could expand for streaming.” Therefore, the need for an independent publication. TV Insider magazine will be slightly larger than TV Guide, boasting thicker paper. Mr. Fell said the company decided not to make this a “streaming edition” of TV Guide Magazine. There will be no traditional grid listings in this book — something that the red TV Guide logo is synonymous with.

Source: Variety