Arizent, the B2B media and events firm previously known as SourceMedia, has closed two of its 19 publications as it concentrates its focus on the financial services space after unveiling a new corporate branding in January. Health Data Management, a 27-year-old brand which included a quarterly print edition, as well as the digital-only Information Management have both ceased operations as of this week, a company executive confirmed on Wednesday. The move comes as Arizent says it's transitioning from a traditional B2B publishing model to a focus on "advancing communities," leaning into the financial services space in which the bulk of its brands, such as The American Banker and Financial Planning, reside. "Focus is the key theme for us," chief strategy officer Jeff Mancini told Folio:. "When you think about the new community strategy that we’re moving towards and the ability to integrate the live event experiences, the financial services brands are not only mature, but more complete in terms of what we call a community. They relate to each other as a sort of ecosystem." Since the relaunch as Arizent, a central part of the company's strategy now involves editors and reporters increasingly working "horizontally" across multiple brands, Mancini said, to address topics of importance to the broader financial services industry. A topic like data privacy, he noted, is a vastly different issue in finance than in healthcare, which has its own, unique regulatory framework. "That's... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Hearst Magazines plans to publish two test issues of a new lifestyle magazine with celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz in the first quarter of 2014, the company said today.The company plans to distribute about 350,000 copies of the first issue to newsstands and another 450,000 to certain... Continue reading at Crains New York
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News Corporation's The Daily was to have been a vanguard of the future, based on the past -- a tablet-focused newspaper that could get us back to paying subscriptions for our regular news fix. Not enough of us were as enthralled with the retro-future concept, however. While CEO Rupert Murdoch... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern whose affair with then-President Bill Clinton paralysed the nation, has been shopping a memoir for several weeks, and according to the New York Post, she has apparently sold it for US$12 million (NZ$14.5 million) to an unnamed publisher. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Add the New York Post to the growing list of publications that are releasing apps optimized for the Kindle Fire and in this case, other seven-inch Android tablets too. “This app adds to our array of critically-acclaimed and successful app ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reader's Digest Association is on the block, seeking a price of around $1 billion, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, which says the company may sell off piece by piece rather than as a whole. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer Media, the consumer division of the publishing group, is understood to have renewed its focus on acquisitions following its failed attempt to partner with BBC Worldwide. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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