Probably a custom made font for the web site/magazine.
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Looks close to this, except they shaved off some corners:
Klavika Bold is close, but not exact. Perhaps your sample is from a custom version? Looks like the Facebook logo font to me, actually http://www.myfonts.c...e/klavika/bold/
It kinda looks like a Hermann Zapf font. Identifont didn't find it either. Almost none of the things it asked are in your sample. Is there something else that is printed with it in the magazine perhaps?
EDIT: It's "Fago NS" (custom) created by Ole Schäfer. The non-custom one is available from FontFont.com