With the access to virtual/online media taking its toll on traditional publishing (I know I’m not complaining), print media is looking for new ways to retain old audiences and gain new followers. Maghound the route that Time Inc. is going. What is Maghound?

Maghound is a magazine membership service which allows you to manage your subscriptions online, change your magazine selection as often as you like (so you could get different ones each month), and you can have each magazine delivered to a different name in your house (you can get one in your name and your kids could get their own).

I’ve been given a free trial of the service to review and present to you and that review will be up soon (the service just started rolling for me) but as a little teaser, Maghound and People StyleWatch are offering some of VL’s readers a chance to win a trip to NYC, home of yours truly, for a makeover a shopping spree.

From now to 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, residents in the continental U.S. 18 or older at time of entry you can enter to win:

** Roundtrip Airfare for Two, the Winner and a guest, to New York City, NY on a Thursday through Saturday
** Airport Transportation to and from the NYC airport to the hotel
** Hotel Accommodations for a Three-Day/Two-Night stay at a NYC hotel of the Sponsor’s choice
** Hair and Makeup for the Winner at a People StyleWatch Recommended Salon, which will take place on the Friday of the trip and including: a salon consultation, hair cut & color, make-up application and eyebrow shaping
** PLUS a $1,500 Shopping Spree for the Winner with a People StyleWatch Editor (on that Friday) who will advise on trendy outfits and wardrobe suggestions at a retail store of the Editor’s
choice

3 FIRST PRIZES WILL ALSO BE AWARDED:
** $100 gift card to either Sephora Macy’s Gift Card (Winner’s Choice)

There are two ways to enter: online at www.maghound.com/nycsweeps or by mailing in a postcard (address included on rules page)

The fine print: – The winner will be selected and notified of their selection by US Sweepstakes, in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received, on or about Wednesday December 23, 2009. Once the grand prize winner is verified as eligible and qualifies for the prize, the contact information will be passed along to MAGHOUND and to the blogger who referred the entrant to the sweeps.
– Please note: The winner will be confirmed via email and/or phone, and will be required to sign and return, within seven (7) days of notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Waiver, and where allowable, a Publicity Release. Travel companion of winner will also be required to sign a travel liability waiver.
– The prize package will be awarded during the time period of January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010 and subject to People StyleWatch Editor’s schedule.
– And last but not least, the blogger who referred the winner will also get a free trip to NYC (round trip airfare for 1 and 2 night hotel stay) so that you can document the day and meet the StyleWatch editor!

I already live in NYC so essentially if you win, I’ll likely send an out of NYC editor on the trip!

Good luck!