OPTIMUM Magazine provided MediaBids with some insights into its readers, content and more: 

OPTIMUM Magazine is a monthly men's lifestyle magazine targeting men of all
ethnicities and cultures. We offer our readers insightful and sometimes
humorous discussions on music, movies, fashion, politics, sports, health and
fitness, business, money, community affairs and sex and sexuality.
OPTIMUM is always an in-depth and provocative editorial which emphasizes the
importance of a man's well being in his daily life, in his relationships and
with society at large.

More than just the provocative pictorials, OPTIMUM Magazine separates itself
from its competitive set by targeting and incorporating a broad male base,
ages 21-49, that extends far beyond single cultural society. These efforts,
combined with other strategic cross-cultural initiatives, will serve to make
Optimum Magazine the most authoritative voice reflecting the diversity of
the modern male populace globally.

OPTIMUM Magazine is not only diverse but also read by a smarter and more
informed person, giving more value and having a bigger impact on their
return on investment more immediately. OPTIMUM Magazine has a solid
foundation of readers built up from a circulation of 50,000 printed
magazines per month and growing.

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A little bit about Echelon Magazine, in their own words...

"Echelon Magazine was established in 2004 to serve the LGBT business community.
Our mission is to promote the economic contributions of the Gay community by profiling successful
career professionals, promote the LGBT buying power and inform our community about issues
concerning money, employment, diversity and marketing. Echelon Magazine has also created other
LGBT business sites including GayFranchise.com and GoGayBiz.

The majority of our readers are between the ages of 35 and 55. The demographics are split pretty
evenly between small business owners and career professionals. Among the career professionals are
many diversity marketing executives interested in following the progress of this niche market.

We are very excited to announce our first event; The Echelon Pride in Business Expo occurring
on June 23-24, 2012 in Los Angeles. It includes 3 dynamic Pavilions: Career, Franchises and Small Businesses
and is presented by Hyundai Motor America. We have room for 2000 attendees and it is free to register.Interested parties can visit http://www.prideinbusinessexpo.com

We currently have approximately 4,000 opt in subscribers to our free weekly newsletter and our bi-monthly magazine is read by over 10,000 unique visitors."

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Over the past ten years, Vision Magazine has become a mainstay within the holistic community, revealing evolutionary ideas in conscious living, holistic healing, and the creation of a more peaceful world. With each issue, Vision Magazine reflects our innovative, open-minded, progressive readership. "Beauty & Health" brings you the latest guides and gurus of radiance: spas, masseurs, estheticians, nutritionists and other health professionals. Insightful interviews and stories of the projects, books, and people in the "The Art of Living" acknowledge those who are changing their own lives and the lives of others. "Natural Health" brings you the clinical evidence of herbs, antioxidants, cooking, vitamins –whether new or ancient technologies–to lead us to a healthier, fuller life. Exploring the consciousness of our minds, and our unconscious desires, "Inner Art" asks the artistic nature in each of us to blossom and flourish with desire and care. "Mind & Spirit" brings together the teachers and students that have dedicated their lives to breakthroughs in wholeness and wellness. In Earth Watch we bring global issues to your door, covering world news and the ecological issues that affect us all. Sit down with "Vision Cafe" and indulge in exclusive reviews of current releases – books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and movies. Next enjoy our monthly Visionary Artist, a page of visual delights to entice you to current showings of the artists that often grace our cover. Community Resources keeps you in touch with the practitioners, companies and people–therapists, coaches, doctors, who form our holistic community.

(MB) Tell us a little bit about your publication.
(CL)  City Limits is a non-profit news organization publishing investigative journalism on New York City issues and providing tools for civic engagement. We chronicle the story of the urban agenda. Unlike other hyper-local or non-profit sites, City Limits' award-winning investigative coverage rivals the mainstream news organizations - which attracts the best and brightest minds from New York City's diverse and culture
rich communities and a national audience that follows our work. We partner with leading institutions, universities, businesses, non-profits, and brands to help them achieve their marketing goals and engage our audience with services and opportunities that fit their lifestyle.
City Limits welcomes an opportunity to work with your organization.

(MB) Who are your readers? 
(CL) City Limits readers are Collective Community Stakeholders - policymakers,
businesspeople, nonprofit professionals, community advocates, academics and journalists.
(MB) What are some exciting events and other opportunities coming up with City Limits?  
(CL)  City Limits will be going on tour in the near future!  We will be visiting New York City boroughs - 
Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx.  Each event will be attended by 150 - 200 New York City Collective 
Community Stakeholders -business, clergy and political leaders in the community. 
We will be providing panel discussions on Homelessness and Poverty.   City Limits' - City Conversation 
package offers sponsorship opportunities starting at $500.00 to 3K net. 
In addition there are also Cocktail Hour sponsorships 2K net per event.   
For more information, please contact allison@citylimits.org
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The promotion will run through March 9. The NYT’s Media Decoder, which announced the news ahead of the official Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announcements (here and here), reports:

The Nook edition of People is $9.99 a month; with a one-year subscription, customers will receive a Nook Tablet, a color device with a 7-inch display, for $199, a discount from its regular price of $249. Customers who buy a one-year subscription for the Nook edition of The New York Times for $19.99 a month, which includes access to NYTimes.com (NYSE: NYT), will receive a black-and-white Nook Simple Touch free or a Nook Color for $99.

The Nook Tablet is discounted by only $50, but that brings it down to the price of the Kindle Fire. The Nook Color is heavily discounted, by $100. The Nook Simple Touch is normally $99. The total cost of a one-year People subscription on Nook is $119.88, and the total cost of a one-year NYT subscription on Nook is $239.88.

Barnes & Noble announced last week that it may spin off its Nook business, though CEO William Lynch said in a CNBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) interview that B&N stores and Nook would “continue to have a very symbiotic relationship.” This promotion is intended to showcase Nook Newsstand, which Barnes & Noble sees as one of the fastest growing parts of the Nook business.

More significantly, the promotion opens the door for other retailers—ahem, Amazon—to start offering free or discounted e-readers or tablets with content subscriptions. Nothing was preventing Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) from doing that before, of course, but I would not be surprised to see it respond now with an offer of its own for Kindle Fire Newsstand subscribers.

It is our understanding that Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) and Barnes & Noble are sharing the cost of the discounted Nook Tablet that comes with the Nook People subscription. The New York Times says it is “not divulging terms of our agreement with Barnes and Noble.”