TEN Publishing will shutter 19 of its 22 automotive print magazines by the end of the year, leaving MotorTrend, Hot Rod and Four Wheeler as the only three titles that will continue to be published in a physical format in 2020. According to a memo sent to staffers at MotorTrend Group Friday morning and obtained by Folio:, titles going out of print include Automobile, Lowrider, Truck Trend and Vette, among several others. A full list can be found below. "It was announced today that TEN Publishing will discontinue publishing 19 of its 22 automotive print titles by the end of the year," wrote MotorTrend Group president and GM Alex Wellen in the memo. "I know this is difficult news, but I want to assure you that we remain committed to you and your pursuit to deliver quality automotive storytelling and journalism across all of our content platforms." MotorTrend Group, a joint venture formed in 2017 and majority owned by Discovery Communications, comprises the digital and video businesses of the company formerly known as The Enthusiast Network, whereas TEN Publishing controls those brands' print magazines. Under a licensing agreement, MotorTrend Group provides editorial and ad sales support to TEN, producing content for both MotorTrend Group's digital platforms and TEN's magazines. Folio: reached out to TEN for comment but hasn't heard back. "Simply put, we need to be where our audience is," Wellen continued in the memo. "Tens of millions of fans visit MotorTrend’s digital... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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The organization formerly known as the Online Publishers Association (OPA) has announced a new name, Digital Content Next, a rebrand that signals a renewed focus on defining and confronting critical, big picture issues that its members face when crea ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has started using Digimarc Corp.’s watermarking system for ebooks to provide an extra layer of security to the sale of HC’s digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the magazines with the largest number of single-copy sales, only four saw increases at the newsstand through the first half of 2014: Prevention and Women's Health, which are owned by Rodale; HGTV Magazine, a joint venture between Hearst and Scripps; and All You, a Time Inc.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media giant to create two companies, one of which will focus on broadcasting and digital content and the other on publishingGannett, the publisher of USA Today, is to take full ownership of the auto website Cars.com and spin off its publishing assets into a publicly traded company as it focuses... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T he magazine industry has faced its fair share of hardships in recent years. The demise of Source Interlink has left newsstand inventory sparse and publishers reeling. The monetization of digital content remains enduringly elusive. And all... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newer, flatter design puts Kindle, Fire, and Prime categories front and center.Amazon has unveiled a new homepage design to select users, placing a new emphasis on the retail giant's biggest brands: the Kindle ebook platform, its Fire lineup of tablets and smartphones, and the Prime... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BitLit gives consumers an easy digital process to claim free or discounted ebook editions of the print titles they already own. digital. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You’d be forgiven for thinking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wants to compete with other phone makers with his company’s new Fire smartphone. But forget the multiple cameras and pretty 3-D-like effects, the device is really about selling more stuff.The Fire comes with close ties to Amazon’s online... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fortune and Money magazines each rolled out their own websites Sunday, ending a long partnership with CNNMoney.com under which their digital content had been subsumed in the larger site.The collaboration is coming to an end because the magazines' and CNN's family is splitting up: Time Warner is... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As reported by "Folio," the nation's number two magazine distributor is shutting down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinicum, a private equity firm with investments in media and e-commerce, has purchased a majority stake in F+W, A Content + eCommerce Company, an old media content company that has transformed itself into a digital content and retailing platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Source Interlink has reached an agreement with investor GoldenTree Asset Management to recapitalize t Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Richard Mollet, chief executive of The Publishers Association, has welcomed the "clarity... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a time when many independent booksellers both here and abroad are beginning to gain traction selling Kobo ebooks, other retailers are eyeing the secondary market for ebooks and other digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Created by the founders of BookSurge, the print-on-demand vendor acquired by Amazon, BiblioBoard is a new app and e-publishing platform that offers a library of public domain content bundled into subject category anthologies. The BiblioBoard app offers these BiblioLife anthologies at different... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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