Fast News for October 5, 2010

SPD MEDIA MIX is our regular list of publication design, digital, and media news and updates. Please send your links and news items to SPD at mail@spd.org and we'll add them to the Mix.

>> Trade group The Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) has changed their name to MPA--The Association of American Media. Their new logo was designed by Paula Scher at Pentagram. Details on the logo design here...

>> Hugo Lindgren is the new editor at The New York Times Magazine...

>> Courtney Murphy has been promoted to creative director at Good Housekeeping. She's been the design director there since 2006...

>> The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announces the winners of their best magazine covers of the year contest...