CommonWealth magazine, the 22-year-old quarterly published by Boston-based nonpartisan think tank MassINC, is going all digital. The Summer 2018 issue, out today, will be CommonWealth's last, editor Bruce Mohl revealed in the issue's editor's letter, arguing the magazine will more effectively serve its organizational mission—that is, coverage of the policy debates that impact lower- and middle-class Massachusetts residents—by devoting the bulk of its funding to its growing digital channels. "We explored a number of compromise positions, including publishing a thinner magazine (you’ll notice this issue is a bit narrower), a smaller-sized magazine, and even reducing the number of issues we publish," wrote Mohl. "We evaluated each option closely, but in the end they all felt as if they were merely delaying the inevitable." Citing an online survey of over 1,000 CommonWealth readers, Mohl said a mere 10 percent of print subscribers exclusively read the magazine in print (all of each issue's articles also appear online), while nearly two-thirds of print readers said they'd continue to read the magazine online should its print edition end. [caption id="attachment_127833" align="alignright" width="150"] Bruce Mohl[/caption] "We aren’t the place readers generally go for breaking news or leaks from political insiders. But we are the go-to place for insightful analysis, coverage of events and people beyond Boston, and for policy debates," Mohl continued. "I know many of you like the... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rakuten's $315 million buyout of Kobo will bear some e-reader fruit come July. The e-tailer's CEO and chairman, Hiroshi Mikitani, announced plans to release the Kobo eReader Touch Edition in Japan next month for 10,000 yen (on par with its $130 US sticker price). Timing is key, of course --... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 400 years of printing under the Cambridge University Press name is to end, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dow Jones is closing the print edition of SmartMoney, the 20-year-old personal finance magazine, and expanding its digital news team, the company said today, confirming news first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The print edition's September issue will be its last, meaning the elimination... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly two years after launching a digital publishing company for mobile devices, Nomad Editions founder Mark Edmiston is still figuring out how to make a business model that works in the electronic age. Edmiston—who was president/CEO of Newsweek before going into media investment banking—was... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arianna Huffington speaking at the party last week for Huffington, the new iPad weekly magazine. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. appears to have relented in its refusal to sell subscriptions via its iOS apps, from which Apple takes a 30 percent commission. The Sports Illustrated publisher had resisted the move, forcing people to subscribe to the print edition in order to receive it digitally, but an update has... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Huffington Post, which has methodically spread its wings from juicy gossip about Salma Hayek’s cleavage and pointed political commentary to a Pulitzer Prize-winning 10-part series on wounded veterans, is breaking into the magazine busin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers from Sri Lanka and New Zealand have won this year's Commonwealth Writers Awards for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival founder Peter Florence has warned that it is “almost impossible” to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heavy hitters across several industries have tried to find the perfect balance between the old and the new to breathe some life into what's been described as a dying medium. Layar "wants to make the world clickable" with its augmented reality software and doesn't plan on letting paper-based... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The romance with the printed word shows no signs of abating. Despite the rapid growth in ebook sales in recent years, print book output in 2011 grew by 6%, to 347,178 titles, compared to the prior year. The preliminary numbers released Tuesday by bibliographic database Bowker are "the most... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New figures suggest that recent growth in the self-publishing market has led to the first... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GfK MRI's latest Survey of the American Consumer reveals an unsurprising drop-off in print readership, along with a glimmer of hope from digital editions. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As temperatures soared across the UK, printed book sales slumped to their lowest level in nine... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK is selling Coast and transferring its licence to publish Psychologies in the UK to Kelsey Publishing, the Kent-based publisher that acquired several IPC magazines in 2010. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distributor Georgetown Terminal Warehouses in Ontario begins POD publishing in Canada in a partnership with Illinois-based Publishers' Graphics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With bikini season approaching, Yahoo’s all about trimming the fat. Last month the company announced that it would lay off 2,000 employees as part of then-CEO Scott Thompson’s plan to create a “smaller, nimbler, more profitable” company. Now the company has opted to close its digital magazine... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says monthly is not for sale or going out of businessThe publisher of the Urbanite, a free monthly magazine focused on Baltimore urban affairs, said Wednesday she was seeking an investor to help the publication expand its digital media offerings. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Los Angeles Times is shutting down its monthly Sunday magazine, LA. The last issue will be June 3rd and the closure comes after attempts to recast the publication through frequency reductions, management shifts and editorial change-ups. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London, England – The World e-Reading Congress drew a number of influential speakers in London today, including Duncan Edwards, CEO of Hearst Magazines International, who highlighted the striking rise of tablet publishing. Hearst is ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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