Hearst and Cond Nast Joint Venture Seeks More Publishers to Join

With long-term trends exerting downward pressure on magazines' ad-page sales and newsstand appeal, two of the industry's biggest publishers said last week that they had formed a joint venture to handle back-office operations such as production, procurement and circulation.The competitors and now collaborators, Cond Nast and Hearst Magazines, hope not only to cut their own costs but to attract other publishers as customers as well.If it's a somewhat surprising move, bearing some potential for conflict, it reflects the challenges facing magazines. Newspaper companies have long made similar pacts, shrewdly, to consolidate print and layout operations, said Rick Edmonds, a media business analyst for The Poynter Institute. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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Mobile, Idealism, More Mobile: What UK Publishers Worry They’re Not Worried Enough About

Some of the U.K.’s leading premium publishers gathered together for the Association of Online Publishers’ Autumn conference on Thursday in London. Top of the agenda was the issue of cross-platform publishing and the challenges pub ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Faces in Frankfurt: Publisher Snapshots from Around the World

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When a Book is a Stone: The Role of Publishing in Areas of Conflict

At the Frankfurt Book Fair's Weltempfang stage, publishers from Nigeria, Syria, and the Ukraine discussed their experiences publishing in the midst of conflict. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Paulo Coelho Tells Publishers "Don't Be Greedy"

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Publishers Urged to Reclaim Copyright Debate

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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, October 8, 2014

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Self-Published Books Topped 450,000 in 2013

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Betting Big on Publishing’s Future

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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