LAUNCHING PAD.

This section focuses on several new publications launched in the U.S. as of June 28, 1993. The publisher of regional golf magazines Southern Links and Western Links will fold those titles into a new national golf publication Links, making its debut with a September to October 1993 issue. Links Magazine Publishing Associates was formed as a limited partnership. A magazine that sound off on issues concerning business and the environment, Eco is jointly published by Mount Kisco, New York-based Eco Inc. and New York-based Financial World Partners. The magazine was launched in September 1993 and will appear next in October 1993. The latest publication from Rodale Press is a joint venture with Ware Communications Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rodale's Heart & Soul, a fitness and lifestyle magazine for African Americans, was launched in September 1993 on newsstands with an initial circulation of 250,000. It! is a new weekly guide to New York entertainment published by Little Projects. The title made its debut in May 1993 on newsstands with a circulation of 20,000. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging in May 1993 launched an annual free publication to attract retirees from other state to Pennsylvania and to remind native Pennsylvanians of the state's attractions. Silver & Gold is produced by Journal Publications Inc., under contract with the department.