Although I don’t know anyone who reads Seattle Magazine (demographics, probably), I’m sure there’s someone around town that’s excited by the news that the publishers of Portland Monthly are planning a northward expansion. Next March they will launch Seattle Monthly, which these theoretical readers have been demanding:

Vogel said Seattle community leaders had lobbied for a new city magazine there since before Portland Monthly began publishing. “We believe Seattle deserves a publication that embodies the spirit of this great city and is dedicated to the highest-quality design and journalism available,” she said. [bizjournals]

Whether the fictional Seattleites of Grey’s Anatomy will leave their beloved Seattle magazine behind [mb] for this newcomer remains to be seen. At the very least, there’s the hope for inter-magazine fighting in the proud journalistic tradition of Seattle’s favorite weekly and daily papers.

In other Portland invasion news: Powells will be coming to the Seattle next month to buy your used books and cart them their landmark store. This is somehow intended to help the University Bookstore break in to the up-and-coming world of used [not-just-text-] book sales. [seattletimes]