[caption id="attachment_175473" align="alignright" width="150"] David Carey[/caption] David Carey, the former president of Hearst Magazines from 2010 to 2018, is returning to the company as SVP of public affairs and communications, effective January 2, Hearst announced Wednesday. Carey returns full-time after having spent the past year as a fellow at Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI), while also serving as chairman of Hearst Magazines. His term as chairman will expire December 31, two days before he starts in the new role, a Hearst spokesman confirmed. In his new role, Hearst president and CEO Steven Swartz says Carey will leverage his Harvard experience to "lead efforts to enhance our contribution to our communities through our core business mission, through philanthropy and through our participation in key civic groups." Prior to Carey's eight-year tenure as president, during which Hearst Magazines expanded significantly through a $900 million acquisition of Lagardere SCA's international magazine business in 2011 and an approximately $200 million acquisition of Rodale in 2018. He was succeeded as president of the magazines division last year by Troy Young, the former president of Hearst Magazines Digital Media. Prior to joining Hearst, Carey was publisher of The New Yorker from 1998 to 2005 before being promoted to group president of The New Yorker, Golf Digest and Wired. “My time at ALI focusing on social impact has been truly... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Time magazine's breastfeeding cover story asks: "Are You Mom Enough?" But it might as well ask: "Who Says Print Is Dead?" Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the May issue of the Slate Book Review, Meghan O’Rourke writes about Are You My Mother?, cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s therapy-fueled exploration of her relationship with her mom. Writes O’Rourke: Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the race on for expanding magazine brands onto a variety of platforms, particularly the kind that don’t involve paper, printers are finding new ways to serve clients and draw in new revenue. Some of these tactics include launching multiplatform services, in addition to combining digital and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Surrey County Council's decision to remove paid staff from 10 of its libraries has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All hail the ebook! Seriously, if it weren't for this marvelous literary development, try saying with a straight face that you wouldn't at least take pause before adding a new title to your collection. Numbers are in from The Publisher's Association -- a group of 120 companies across the trade... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Not a good sign for the magazine business: A rough quarter for Time Inc. the world's biggest magazine publisher. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. reports a loss in both advertising and subscription revenue in the first quarter of 2012. Ad revenue decreased five percent (equivalent to $19 million), with subscription revenue down two percent (valued at $6 million). Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone has appointed Pan Macmillan marketing director Rebecca Ikin as divisional marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has strengthened its marketing team and made a series of changes to its bookshop staffing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The trade paperback format lost some ground to ebooks through the first nine months of 2011, according to Bowker Market Research, but it remained the most popular print category. Still, the question being asked is what consumer segment the trade paperback is serving in a time when ebooks often... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus and David Fickling Books have together acquired a new novel by Guardian First... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 400 authors are scheduled over the two days at USC. Writers as varied as Anne Rice and Jeff Kinney will hold court.What do Sugar Ray Leonard, Judy Blume, Betty White, T.C. Boyle, Rodney King, Joseph Wambaugh and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have in common? They're just a few of the high-profile... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin clashed with Audible c.e.o. Donald Katz over the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK has launched a quarterly magazine called Good Ideas, aimed at 35- to 50-year-old women. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving forward with an expanded focus on digital media, Time Out New York (TONY) has integrated e-commerce and daily deals into its website and newly-launched apps. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau is addressing a problem that's plagued tech-centric industries since the first Mac-vs.-Dos argument: standardization. The problem has become acute for Web video, an industry enjoying meteoric growth, and the growing pains that come with that growth. So the IAB... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble is strengthening its relations with UK publishers and app developers in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An interracial couple navigates modern life in South African in 'No Time Like the Present,' by Nadine Gordimer.No Time Like the Present Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are you ready for a bombshell? Turns out people who read ebooks read more books than those don't. That tidbit comes from the number crunchers at Pew. According to a new report titled "The Rise of E-Reading," the ebook readers read an average of 24 books in the past year, versus the 15 books read... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Locke found fame as the first self-published author to sell one million Kindle ebooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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