How Local Magazines Figured Out What Patch Never Could

Look at the list of winners for the annual City and Regional Magazine Association awards. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Pan Mac gets Obsessed after six-figure deal

Pan Macmillan has signed a non-fiction title about the nature of obsession for a significant six-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo Touch, localized e-bookstore reach Portugal through FNAC

It's all too easy to forget in English-speaking countries that the e-reading selection often isn't as diverse in other parts of the world, where local authors are often kept out of the equation. The Portuguese may know that all too well, which makes Kobo's arrival in their country a potential... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Publishers & The iPad: An Unrequited Love

Apple hasn’t promoted the tablet computer in MPA member magazines since summer 2011. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Square Peg signs The Vagenda in six-figure deal

Square Peg has fought off twelve other publishers to acquire a book in a six-figure deal by the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SF Chronicle Launches 49ers Digital Magazine

The San Francisco Chronicle launched its 49ers Insider digital magazine last week in advance of the team’s season-opener against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WebMD the Magazine Gets Redesign, Increases Distribution

Healthy living title WebMD the Magazine is reintroducing itself this September with a redesigned publication. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Growth of a Regional Magazine Company: Open Sky Media

After the acquisition of San Antonio, Austin Monthly and Austin Monthly Home, Hadley Capital, a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalizations and add-on acquisitions, among other things, founded Open Sky Media in March 2011. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer acquires ACP Magazines in £322m deal

Bauer Media Group, Europe's largest privately owned publishing group, has agreed to acquire ACP Magazines in a deal estimated at AUS $500m (£322 million). Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Woman's Own refreshes magazine and launches standalone website

Woman's Own, IPC Connect's weekly women's title, is set to revamp its print edition and launch a standalone website. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MPA Study: Social Media Enhances Magazine Consumption, Engagement for Millennials

  In a new study produced by the MPA, the Association of Magazine Media, and research firm GfK MRI, data reveals that Millennial magazine media readers aged 18 to 34 believe that technology has improved their experience of accessing various media—including magazines. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local News Sites Form New Trade Association

Next month, at the annual Block by Block conference for local news sites, around 100 independent publishers will celebrate the launch of a new nonprofit trade group that will offer support for the growing hyperlocal news industry.   Local Indepe ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon trialling local delivery scheme

Amazon is reportedly trialling a scheme to deliver parcels which customers can collect from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Asking 'Where's Waldo' helps increase local bookstore business

The 'Find Waldo Local' campaign, held nationwide for the month of July, had customers hunting for Waldo in independent bookstores and businesses. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Find Waldo Local' to Return in 2013

Candlewick's Find Waldo Local promotion, which the publisher produced last month in conjunction with the American Booksellers Association, was such a resounding success that Candlewick announced that it will sponsor it again next summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp restructures digital magazine

News Corp's digital tablet magazine The Daily is letting go of 50 employees, around 29 per cent of its total, as it streamlines production to focus on its most popular features. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-figures secure new history from Holland

A new book by historian James Holland has been bought in two six-figure deals after bids,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst's Reveal magazine launches first website

Reveal, the celebrity weekly magazine published by Hearst, has launched its first website, which has attracted advertising from Gap. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Spin Magazine Is Sold to Buzzmedia, With Plans to Expand Online Reach

The sale to Buzzmedia, a portfolio of music and celebrity Web sites, calls into question Spin's future as a print publication. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers still launching print magazines

Despite a troubled print advertising market, publishers still believe in the power of glossy paper and ink: They launched 114 magazines in the first half of 2012. That puts the year roughly on par with 2011, when 111 new titles appeared during the same period, according to online database... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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