The veteran publishers of the New Scientist magazine have started a speculative science fiction / near-future magazine, possibly aiming to get a first-mover advantage ahead of the economic upturn (apparently touted in big publisher circles as likely to drive a new generation of young people away from fantasy, and toward “hard” SF). The new title is Arc…
“A new digital magazine about the future […] forthcoming new fact and fiction”
MIT Technology Review magazine has also announced a hard SF venture, TRSF…
“the first installment of a to-be-annual hard SF collection.”