CMP Media/Micrososft "MSDN Magazine" series for Asia-Pacific region.

CMP Media (Manhasset, NY) and Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, WA) have introduced MSDN Magazine, The Microsoft Journal for Developers, to the professional software developer market in the Asia-Pacific region through a licensing arrangement with Charlton Media Group (Singapore). Charlton will produce MSDN Magazine Asia-Pacific (APAC) series for English-speaking developers. The APAC series will consist of three titles: MSDN Magazine Asia, MSDN Magazine Australia New Zealand and MSDN Magazine India.

The initial combined circulation of 25,000 developers, administrators, system architects and IT professionals includes a mix of paid and controlled subscribers with additional issues distributed via newsstands. The first edition was to be produced this month. Each of the three editions of the APAC series will be produced six times a year and will consist of editorial content from MSDN U.S. edition combined with eight pages of localized developer news, technical content, commentary and analysis.

MSDN editorial director Grant Duers said "our editorial goal has always been to reach and educate as many Microsoft developers as we can." The APAC series "is a great extension" and will "help to continue our goal of getting our content in the hands of developers who need cutting-edge information on Microsoft technologies."