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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Just two months after the company's fiscal 2019 earnings report saw its share price tumble 23% in a single day, Meredith Corp. revealed a somewhat optimistic forecast for the company's print magazine business in its Q1 2020 report, covering the period from July 1 to September 30. On an earnings... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-07 19:16:37 UTC ]
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He wanted students to help end the practice, but instead they were entangled in it, Alan Taylor writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-01 12:41:31 UTC ]
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With a huge landmark for the Romantic poet William Wordsworth next year, a multimillion-pound refurb of his Lake District home is set to open—and it has fresh plans to re-engage with visitors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 13:38:52 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our daily newsletter. You can also get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Facebook’s... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-20 10:00:00 UTC ]
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The tricky business of managing “onsale” dates creates friction between publishers and booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-16 12:00:16 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's editor Philip Jones shares what attendees can expect from the Children's Conference 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 10:18:36 UTC ]
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Science fiction is fast becoming science fact, which should be cause for concern. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2019-08-27 17:03:06 UTC ]
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Board games are booming, but comics publishers are wary about entering the market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Audible Captions feature launching in September, allowing people to read along to their audiobooks, will only be available to US customers, the firm has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 23:46:46 UTC ]
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Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook producer and retailer, announced a new feature that will allow its customers to listen to and read along with books at the same time. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-18 18:09:52 UTC ]
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Tochi Onyebuchi’s young adult books, the duology Beasts Made of Night and Crown of Thunder, are fantasy novels with a Nigeria-influenced setting. His upcoming War Girls is set in a post-nuclear, post-climate change Nigeria of 2172. Riot Baby, his first novel for adults (also forthcoming), is a... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-07-04 11:00:10 UTC ]
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If you were disappointed at being left out of the initial Harry Potter: Wizards Unite launch, don't worry -- there's a good chance you can play now. Niantic's augmented reality sorcery is now available on Android and iOS in 25 more countries. This... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-06-22 20:26:00 UTC ]
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Aitken Alexander has announced the death of literary agent Brian Stone, who had been suffering from dementia for many years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 10:25:32 UTC ]
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YouTube has introduced augmented reality into videos, providing a canvas for beauty bloggers to play with virtual makeup while also opening a new route for brands to hawk their products. On Tuesday, Google, which owns YouTube, announced the new augmented-reality feature, which enables “virtual... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-19 21:35:54 UTC ]
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Facebook is rolling out its Canadian political ad registry today with a low-tech twist — a bid to prevent people based outside of Canada from running ads in the upcoming federal election. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-10 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has acquired two more YA novels by Nic Stone, author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 01:37:52 UTC ]
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Building on a decade of experience in international ebook distribution, Bookwire expands into publishing software solutions with its new 'Bookwire OS' offering. The post Jens Klingelhöfer Rolls Out a New ‘Bookwire OS’ Expansion of Services appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-16 05:30:08 UTC ]
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A day after winning two British Book Awards for Novel of the Year and the overall Book of the Year, Sally Rooney has claimed her first Mass Market Fiction number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this year's promotion for World Book Day, Amazon Crossing is giving away titles from Spanish, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Swedish, Japanese, and Norwegian. The post Amazon Crossing Rolls Out Its 2019 World Book Day Translation Offer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kickstarter's senior director of publishing, Margot Atwell, predicts what successful publishers will look like in 2025. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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