It has been a long road for the Interactive Advertising Bureau's 2020 Digital Content NewFronts, which were postponed for two months and underwent a significant presenter overhaul as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But at long last, the weeklong virtual event is ready to kick off on Monday.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-06-19 12:00:45 UTC ]
In 2017, we came to a realization: Our jobs should be easier. We worked on opposite ends of the advertising and media buying process. Lynn came from the buy side as a digital media manager at Macy’s, who had also previously handled agency work. Mollie was on the sales side, working at AdTheorent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2020-06-11 15:19:00 UTC ]
Digital and print media companies wondering how best to keep new subscribers who signed up during the pandemic will need to prove to readers that their publication is invaluable after the crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an uptick in subscribers at a variety of news organizations,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-06-10 16:18:57 UTC ]
Museums are a lot like libraries and bookstores: quiet, contemplative spaces filled with wondrous objects that can light up your imagination and transport you to a different time and place. Now, like so many other cultural institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, most are shuttered for the time... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-06-09 11:00:00 UTC ]
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought huge swaths of the publishing industry to a halt, but one channel remains open and thriving: mobile webcomics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE) said on Tuesday (19th May) that the Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted “severe and lasting damage” to French publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 15:13:17 UTC ]
Condé Nast is laying off "just under 100" staffers in the U.S. as part of a larger cost-cutting effort at the company, CEO Roger Lynch said Wednesday morning. In a staff memo obtained by The Daily Beast's Maxwell Tani, Lynch said the cuts are concentrated in "specific areas where we could bring... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-13 14:49:32 UTC ]
‘The Hope of Glory,’ ‘Suffer Strong,’ ‘The Gift of One Day,’ and more titles centered on overcoming challenges take the top 10 spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Take a look behind the scenes at the marketing push for Jen Hatmaker’s new ‘Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire,’ released in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Christian Retail Association surveyed over 220 independent Christian bookstores to see how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted them, offering an idea of the number of store closures, furloughs, layoffs, and ways retailers are coping. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is to explore the impact of culture during the Covid-19 pandemic via a new campaign, Boundless Creativity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-07 09:18:11 UTC ]
Total sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt fell only 2.4% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year ago, but the educational and trade book publisher said it expects its business to be "severely impacted" by the Covid-19 pandemic in the second quarter. It is projecting that most schools will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year's Bloody Scotland International Crime Festival has been cancelled, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 02:03:17 UTC ]
David Higham Associates (DHA) has announced this year's open day will take place online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-27 19:47:27 UTC ]
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has reaffirmed the importance of copyright law, stating the Covid-19 pandemic "does not make copyright protection less viable or infringement less unlawful." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-27 10:06:18 UTC ]
A J Waines, Fiona Veitch Smith and Holly Watt will feature in this year's National Crime Reading Month, which is now online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-26 19:51:35 UTC ]
The Quarto Group posted its first profit since 2016 last year, despite a sales decline. The financial forecast for 2020 is clouded by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has already led to "falling orders and revenues," the publisher said. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
The independent bookstore e-commerce site Bookshop.org has seen a 2,000% increase in sales in the last month and has become a lifeline for many stores that have been temporarily closed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet despite its apparent success, the site has skeptics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a joint statement released to mark World Book Day, leaders of three organizations serving the publishing industry issued a cry to support the country’s booksellers as they struggle to survive the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a spike in reading among young adults, a survey from The Reading Agency has found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 02:12:37 UTC ]