Boston Globe Media To Publish Design Magazine

By: E&P Staff Boston Globe Media is launching a new glossy magazine, Design New England: The Magazine for Splendid Homes and Gardens.

The publication will be distributed by mail six times a year starting in October to 40,000 high-income households and 10,000 businesses and newsstands in the Boston-area.

?Design New England is a natural showcase for advertisers who value a very sophisticated environment and want to speak to an audience with very sophisticated tastes,? Samuel Martin, chief advertising officer of Boston Globe Media, said in a statement.

Steve Twombly has been named publisher of the magazine. He was most recently with International Data Group as publisher of CMO magazine. He was also publisher of Body & Soul magazine, now owned by Martha Stewart Omnimedia.

Jill Connors has been appointed editor. She was an editor at This Old House, American HomeStyle, and Decorating Remodeling.