MediaBuyerPlanner: Dugout Media, Inc. has announced a new publication for kids interested in baseball: Baseball Youth, The Nation's Baseball Magazine for Kids. The magazine will include features on major leaguers' younger days along with how-to articles to help kids improve their games. It also includes educational puzzles, trivia, and video game features.

The publication targets children ages 6-17 who are active or are interested in baseball. Baseball Youth will be circulated through youth baseball organizations, Major League and Minor League Baseball events, baseball camps, subscriptions, and retail stores.

Baseball Youth will publish five issues in 2006, followed by bi-monthly publication in 2007. Dugout Media, Inc. has plans to launch a sister magazine, Softball Youth, next month.