A lot has happened at Wenner Media over the past 2 years. Perhaps more than in its 50 years prior. The company was founded by Jann Wenner in 1967, when he launched the music weekly Rolling Stone. Thereafter, it grew into a nine-figure annual revenue company. It introduced other familiar titles—Outside and Men’s Journal, and also acquired Us Weekly. Since then, all of those titles have been sold off to other publishers, including the majority interest in its flagship Rolling Stone to Penske Media at the tail end of 2017. (At the time, BandLab owned 49% of the brand, but Penske bought out the remaining shares this year and has total ownership.) It’s fair to say that Wenner Media had its share of ups and downs over the recent years, but the one thing it never lost was its stake in an iconic brand. But as most Folio: readers know, the industry is challenged and brand legacy will only get you so far. That’s why Rolling Stone needed to make changes… big ones. New ownership gave the company the capital and infrastructure to invest and develop a vision that would allow Rolling Stone to thrive on multiple platforms. Since the sale, the brand has undergone changes to its print product, introduced new digital and video products and launched several events. In other words, it’s doing all the right things a publisher needs to do in 2019—diversifying. Two years ago we spoke with Gus Wenner, following the sale of Us Weekly, but prior the sale of Men’s Journal and Wenner Media itself.... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-06-06 15:50:33 UTC ]
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Sci-fi anthology stalled since 1974 will be produced by executor, screenwriter J Michael Straczynski, adding stories by today’s big-name SF writersIt is the great white whale of science fiction: an anthology of stories by some of the genre’s greatest names, collected in the early 1970s by Harlan... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-11-16 14:38:59 UTC ]
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Third-quarter sales rose 37% over 2019 and earnings soared at the e-commerce giant. The company said it has seen signs that customers are indeed shopping early, something retailers of all kinds are pushing for to avoid lost sales if Covid-19 cases surge closer to the end of the holiday shopping... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Review will publish Always, in December by debut novelist Emily Stone, as a lead launch title in autumn 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 17:42:51 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has published a diversity and inclusion action plan, featuring measures and targets to employ and publish more people of colour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 10:50:31 UTC ]
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Helped by the release of Bob Woodward’s Rage, unit sales of print books jumped 16.4% in the week ended Sept. 19, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible is launching Audible Plus, a $7.95 per month service that will provide listeners will unlimited access to more than 68,000 hours of original content. In conjunction with the launch, the company has restructured its traditional credit-based subscription service into a new $14.95 per month... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessica Kingsley Publishing is to release the first guidelines for producing dyslexia-friendly texts and workplaces in the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 08:07:55 UTC ]
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Mental health experts published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Sheldon Press and John Murray Learning are participating in a new weekly online video series offering free mental health support, an initiative devised for the "tough times" many are experiencing during the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 07:05:00 UTC ]
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With much of the book business still wrestling with the short-term impact of the coronavirus crisis, it may feel too soon to imagine what happens next. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-01 11:09:51 UTC ]
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In the weeks since coronavirus took over and everyone went into lockdown, The Bookseller's events site BookGig has seen an influx of virtual event listings. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-26 18:11:33 UTC ]
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From Turkey, South Africa, Sweden, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, Brazil, and Argentina, this year's free books from Amazon Crossing arrive amid frontier-defying contagion. The post Amazon Crossing Rolls Out Its 2020 Free World Book Day Translations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-17 03:09:44 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Monoray has acquired a "no-holds-barred" memoir from film director Oliver Stone: Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing & Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador & The Movie Game. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-01 16:53:11 UTC ]
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You've read Nic Stone's YA novel Dear Martin and are looking to read more like it? These are a few great books like Dear Martin out there in the world. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-31 10:41:39 UTC ]
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Madison Smartt Bell’s “Child of Light” is a revealing biography of the author of “Dog Soldiers” and “A Flag for Sunrise.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-27 17:30:40 UTC ]
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As part of a new virtual book club, publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove will be in conversation with a Dialogue author about their book on Instagram live every Thursday at 8 p.m. for the next 10 weeks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 22:24:25 UTC ]
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Bertrams has unveiled its Christmas campaign, with the tagline "Believe in Books" as the wholesaler heads into the festive trading period. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 14:27:10 UTC ]
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Today saw two new developments in the ongoing Peter Handke controversy, which has set the literary world ablaze since October 10 when the Swedish Academy announced the Austrian writer/Slobodan Miloševic eulogist as the joint winner (with Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk) of the 2019 Prize. The first... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 20:05:06 UTC ]
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With the cooperation of some 80 percent of Italy's publishing companies, the new Fondazione LIA program is establishing accessibility standards for books. The post Fondazione LIA Rolls Out Accessible Publishing Program for Italy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-19 11:30:18 UTC ]
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Politico Publisher and media executive Robert Allbritton is launching a new digital media and events company it's dubbed Protocol, focused on “people, power and politics of tech,” bringing on high-profile names to run the latest entry in an increasingly competitive landscape. The new company,... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-11-13 17:43:49 UTC ]
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Knights Of has acquired the first middle-grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone, entitled Clean Getaway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-13 14:09:46 UTC ]
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