For a Regional Magazine, Print is Still the Main Source of Income

When you read the literature of journalism these days you might think that you must hurry to carve out your place in the digital world. That may be so for newspapers, but it is not so for magazines, particularly not for regional magazines. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teens prefer the printed page to ebooks

Newsflash You’d think teenagers would shun traditional print books for e-readers. But the latest survey says that’s not true… what do you think?Read site member Butterfly Rainbow’s How I fell in love with my KindleDo you prefer real books (made out of paper etc) to ebooks? The latest stats on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Number of magazine closures almost double in 2014

Though the number of magazine launches held steady in 2014, the outlook for print media still took a turn for the worse as closures nearly doubled. Among the shuttered publications are... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.S. Gov to Release CIA 'Torture Report' in Print, Digital

The U.S. Government Printing Office has released the "official and authentic" digital and print versions of the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, also referred to as the "Torture Report." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colombian Online Library El Libro Total Expands Into Print

Colombia's El Libro Total, a free multimedia online library of more than 45,000 titles, is now expanding into mobile and print editions. The post Colombian Online Library El Libro Total Expands Into Print appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prizes Expand Eligibility to Magazines

  The Pulitzer Prizes have recognized the country's top journalism for almost a century, and for most of that time, there was just one major requirement for entry: the story had to appear in a printed newspaper. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Magazine World’s Oldest, Richest and Biggest Audiences

While the MPA's new Magazine Media 360 report aims to capture the raw reach of some of the industry's top brands, media research firm GfK MRI delves deeper into exactly who makes up those audiences. The company—which actually provides the MPA with its print and digital edition readership... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Shutters USA Weekend Magazine

Gannett announced that it's shutting down its weekend magazine, USA Weekend, effective Dec. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martha Stewart Opening Cafe as Lifestyle Magazines Falter

Martha Stewart is expanding her home-goods empire, this time by offering food and drink directly to her legions of devotees with her first cafe.Martha Stewart Cafe will open in the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, where the domestic maven's company headquarters are... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thrillbent Grows with Print and an App

Thrillbent, the digital comics portal started by comics writers Mark Waid and John Rogers, has spun-off into a full featured app and a print campaign with two different publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Idea: Why I Gambled on Print

By Ron Epstein In late 2012, I purchased a small, local publishing company. The marquee property was a magazine called L.A. Parent that distributed approximately 70,000 free copies every month, along with other... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forecasting the Future of Print

Postal rate hikes, paper shortages, the rise of digital publishing, and one of the deepest economic recessions in recent history are just a few of the factors that have harried magazine publishers in the past decade. Many publishers have had to... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Print Unit Sales Rise in 2014?

With unit sales of print books up about 2% in the first 47 weeks of 2014, year over year, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan, the industry is poised to post its first increase in print sales since 2008. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent Publishing as the Source of Bibliodiversity

Susan Hawthorne argues that independent publishing is the source of cultural diversity, bringing bibliodiversity to confront megapublishing and bookselling. The post Independent Publishing as the Source of Bibliodiversity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinventing Book Printing: The Next Generation of Custom Textbooks

A number of new developments and new technologies suggest that custom textbook publishing is on the cusp of a boom not seen since the early 1990s. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinventing Book Printing: Toward a Hybrid Market

Even though the physical book market is more unpredictable than ever, “print is here to stay,” declares Stuart Applebaum, spokesman for Penguin Random House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinventing Book Printing: New Ideas for a New Market

When PW began this series in September 2013, the book publishing industry appeared headed to a market where print and digital books would coexist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribner Launches Online Magazine

The new consumer website will feature contributions from Scribner authors and editors, as well as from other Simon & Schuster imprints. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To 'read' this fashion magazine, you'll need a smartphone app

Persona is one of the latest fashion magazines in Tokyo. It’s printed on heavy stock paper and is full of photos of models and clothing. The only thing missing is text.You “read” Persona with a smartphone camera.An app recognizes the images, queries a cloud database and then downloads related... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three magazine publishers winning at Instagram

Instagram as a platform may not be the biggest traffic driver, but magazines publishers finding unique ways of using it to push their brands. The post Three magazine publishers winning at Instagram appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This woman is Hearst Magazines’ secret digital weapon

Kate Lewis is a print veteran, but she may be Hearst's savior in its bid to boost its digital business. The post This woman is Hearst Magazines’ secret digital weapon appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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