Hearst Magazines UK has published a shopping guide in Mandarin Chinese, which is being handed out with 10,000 copies of the latest Elle Collections luxury fashion biannual. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
With so much at stake, and so much potential labor cost involved in maintaining multiple channels, many publishers are being cautious in planning their long-term content strategies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salary trends switched and the gap between b-to-b, consumer and association advertising sales directors shrunk in this year’s survey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s not many publishing companies that can say they beat revenue projections by 40%, but that was the case in the fiscal year ended in March for the U.S. division of the U.K.-based illustrated book publisher Thames & Hudson. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette has restructured its New Zealand business, closing its publishing unit and relocating... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon posted a surprise loss of $7m (or £4.56m) in its second quarter, despite achieving a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
In reporting its last results as an independent publisher, Penguin Group posted a 16% gain in sales, to 513 million pounds, and a 27% rise in adjusted operating profit to 28 million pounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Much like trends in magazine publishing, social media is becoming a niche-focused market. This means there are an increasing number of networks that serve very specific functions. For instance, the difference between Instagram and Twitter is similar to the difference between a photography... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can a blockbuster based on the Good Book pull off a miracle? Not when it's up against giant sharks . . Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's Kindle Singles will feature interviews with some of the world's biggest names as part of their Kindle Singles store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Revenues were up for Meredith's National Media Group in its fiscal year 2013 earnings report, as the company saw big returns from digital advertising and continued success with its S Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Compensation bounced back for advertising sales or regional managers in this year’s survey after falling dramatically in 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Psychiatrist Christine Montross' encounters with patients in crisis thoughtfully weaves history, medicine and memoir.Lauren swallows scissors, light bulbs, batteries, bedsprings, knives. Eddie pinches pennies for plastic surgeries he can't afford and rubs his face raw with sandpaper trying to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
With titles like The Walking Dead: Compendium One leading the way, sales of graphic novels in the USA are up 10% year-over-year in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Like ad sales or regional managers, salaries for advertising salespeople, account executives or category managers fell last year—they didn’t bounce back for this segment in 2013 though. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The youngest end of the children's publishing business has seen a surge in licensing deals, with publishers tying in with infant and toddler development brands from the worlds of toys and entertainment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson made an operating profit of £20m in the first half of 2013, compared with £... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s not news that mobile has become a strategic imperative for publishers. Smartphone ownership has now crossed the 50-percent mark in the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center, while mobile users are reporting significantly higher content consumption levels across the board. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
AGE: 66 yearsVITALS: Good post-op pulsePROGNOSIS: Gradual improvement Recently, the online investment newsletter 24/7 Wall St. grimly predicted that Road & Track was so deathly ill that it could not survive another year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
This may sound obvious, but data is now at the heart of just about every action publishers and advertisers make. There appears to be no end to the data sources and the appetite publishers and brands have for it. Data drives every decision, from the content we produce to the viability and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]