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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Last summer in a used bookstore, I happened on an enormous, bound volume of Life magazine, from July–September 1945. I opened to the very first story in the first issue, July 2, 1945. The headline read:   Continue reading at Slate

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The Magazine Medic Honors

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Screw magazine publisher Al Goldstein dies aged 77

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Nothing said you made it in 2013 like a magazine launch

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How Local Magazines Figured Out What Patch Never Could

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Online start-up branches out into print

An online start-up in south London is launching a crowdfunded print version tomorrow. The Croydon Citizen is publishing a free news magazine, which will be distributed at the borough's railway stations and main shopping areas.Editor-in-chief James Naylor says the 16-page magazine, which will be... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Hearst Magazines Digital Chief Troy Young Discusses Finding Great Editors

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