THE MEDIA BUSINESS Merger Near for Smart

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 3, 1990

LEAD: The publisher of Smart magazine said last week that he was close to reaching a final agreement to merge his men's publication with a men's magazine that is being readied for introduction next year. The publisher, Owen Lipstein, said he had agreed to buy Men magazine and would incorporate some of the ideas being considered for Men into Smart.