Stone Update Announces New Magazine

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Stone Update Magazine, an online publication for the North American stone and hard-surfaces industry, will debut with its first issue next week.

A preview of the magazine is now live at http://magazine.stonemag.com.

Editor/Publisher Emerson Schwartzkopf developed the new magazine, based on his experience with editing Stone Business Magazine from 2002-2011, and the stoneupdate.com news portal for the past six years.

“Stone Update Magazine is a different voice for the industry,” Schwartzkopf said. “It employs the power of online, yet presents everything in the organized delivery of the standard magazine.”

The majority of the articles and departments in Stone Update Magazine will be presented exclusive through the publication and won’t be a duplication of the current stoneupdate.com Web news portal.

“Readers and advertisers will get presentations and services beyond what’s offered at stoneupdate.com,” Schwartzkopf said. “The news portal is your go-to for what’s happening now, 24/7, while the magazine offers you in-depth information and perspective.”

While the magazine will cover a wide field with natural stone, quartz surfaces and the newer sintered-surface/gauged-tile-slab market, Schwartzkopf noted that it’s written and presented with the fabricator in mind.

“Fabricators are the people who make this business go, whether it’s in cutting, installing or maintenance,” he said. “They make the magic and they fix the problems.”

The magazine will appear bimonthly, beginning with the premier September-October edition, through 2018.

Anyone receiving Stone Update’s Slab & Sheet e-newsletter will be notified when the full magazine goes live. Free subscriptions are also available at https://www.stonemag.com/subscribe-today/.

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