The Economist Group is laying off 90 employees, about 7% of its 1,300 total staffers, the company said Friday, citing the business impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cuts primarily affected employees in events and client solutions roles, as well as TVC, the London-based content marketing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-15 15:03:09 UTC ]
[caption id="attachment_154889" align="alignright" width="150"] Roger Lynch[/caption] Nearly five months after Condé Nast announced that CEO Bob Sauerberg would depart the company, the magazine publisher finally named former Pandora president and CEO Roger Lynch as the new global CEO on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The faster than expected move from physical textbooks to digital offerings was the key factor in a 8.8% revenue decline at Barnes & Noble Education for the quarter ended January 29. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The magazine editor on integrating print with technology, avoiding the hard sell, and why it’s fine for covers to show a few wrinklesIt seemed, at the time, an odd move. While old media print companies were scrambling to improve their digital offerings and wondering whether their print titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
• She played a key role in expanding and diversifying the title’s various digital offerings. • In the past year, she grew revenue by 73 percent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
New York Times Co., the newspaper publisher controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, reported second-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as it drew more subscribers for its digital editions.Excluding some items, profit was 14 cents a share, the company said today in a statement.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Building on the success of its Pulitzer Prize winning interactive article "Snow Fall," the New York Times will launch what it's calling "an immersive digital magazine experience."Sam Sifton, the former Times food critic-turned national editor, will lead the project. At the same time, he will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new Pew report takes a look at how 16-29 year olds view print books and libraries versus ebooks and digital offerings. Print is still the favorite among younger Americans. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's long had a contentious relationship with France. But it seems the Mountain View-based company has come up with a way to squash that problem: by throwing money at it. Taking to the company's official blog today, Chairman Eric Schmidt announced the creation of a €60 million Digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazine publishers have been criticized for being slow to meet advertisers’ demands for performance metrics, but Condé Nast is taking a step in that direction with an investment in Flite, a cloud-based platform that lets brands measure and adjust their ads in real time. Condé Nast has been a... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease publishing its flagship encyclopedia and concentrate on its digital offerings. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 05/05/2011 - 15:40 Bertelsmann has acquired digital media agency Smashing Ideas, with the aim of beefing up Random House Inc's digital offerings. The terms of the acquisition were not made public. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]