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“There has been a shift during lockdown to people really wanting to read,” agrees Jeremy Leslie, an award-winning creative director who opened his shop MagCulture five years ago in Clerkenwell, London. Mohammed Ahmed, Manager/co-Owner, outside Casa Magazines in New York’s West Village © Happy David for Casa Magazines A self-confessed “magazine nerd”, she’s optimistic that the pandemic will see a new future for print. As a journalism student at Columbia, New York, she would browse the bustling newsagents of 2nd Avenue, Iconic Magazines on Bowery and the Soho News International convenience store.

Byrd has always had a fondness for newsagents. “People want more than their phones and cable news can provide – more investigation, more analysis, different visuals,” says Ayana Byrd, a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist for The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Elle. From the traditional kiosk to the boutique ’zine store, the newsagent has been identified as an unofficial emergency service, with a unique power to charm. With renewed interest has followed an appreciation of the newsagent. Print sales are growing and subscriptions have increased for some titles, including FT Weekend, Monocle and The Spectator.

Despite the obstacles currently facing the publishing industry – plummeting advertising revenue being just the tip of the iceberg – many readers have rediscovered the pleasure of paper. Since this article was published in September 2020, the Go Fund Me campaign for Casa Magazines in New York has reached $30,000 and Valentino is in November 2020 taking over the store to release its ‘Vlogo Signature’ book, with a portion of the proceeds going to Casa Magazines.

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