Mag world view: Scratch scratched; Jamie rolls out; NME gives it away; Print & independent thinking; Launching Plugin

• Scratch magazine toed the line between 'servicey and intellectual'. That was one reason it didn't make much money." (Nieman Lab)
• Jamie magazine launches in Hungary, Poland and Greece (FIPP)
• After 80 per cent circulation drop in ten years, NME print edition to go free (Press Gazette)
• B4B launches Slovenian tech Plugin Magazine in English and German (FIPP)
• Independent thinking shows that print can still deliver success (Guardian)