North – Minnesota’s Magazine

The photos are nice. 

Is it an independent magazine, or is it a tourism or chamber of commerce thing? Are the businesses that are profiled paying to be featured?

It's always irksome when no names are included in a magazine. Who publishes it? I mean, besides Bliva Media Publishing Group?

There's a brief masthead. Kathy-Jo Wargin, publisher; Ed Wargin, creative director; Carol M. Kelly, vice president.

Yes, I found it. Thanks, Bluenewt.

The photos and design are quite nice. And I like gin and canoes and bikes. Looks like it's a husband and wife (or brother and sister?, cousins?) Kathy Jo Wargin (publisher) and Ed Wargin (photos, design) plus some other contributors. I remember seeing something about this on the Facebook last fall, about the same time Destination Duluth was getting started on the Facebook. It's a big time for pretty photos of Duluth.

Thank you so much for your encouraging words, Kodiak. They are appreciated more than you know. 

To answer a couple of the questions raised in prior comments, Bliva Media is a private publishing company and North is not affiliated with the City of Duluth, the Chamber or any other tourism organization (but we love promoting the North and have high regard for these organizations). Businesses do not pay to be featured in stories. While a common practice in some publications, we feel it's a practice that contrasts with editorial integrity and trusted entertainment value. Ed and I are married, and have been in the publishing industry for a very long time -  Ed is originally from Duluth. Thank you again for the nice comments, PDD,  we enjoy your website and content very much, too!

Kathy-jo Wargin, you are most welcome. I hope North has a long and successful run. I enjoyed it so much that I heralded your magazine to the great and good of PDD.
  
My post was slotted into the Media Watch category which is kind of an oxymoron because I believe you launched in September 2013. So who's been watching?!!