If there’s one universal truth in publishing, it’s that you can never get complacent. You see that even with the launch of the new subscription service Apple News+, for which publishers are lining up in one way or another as they question the reliability of Google and Facebook to send them profitable traffic, leading to the creation of more paywalls or other means of reader-supported revenue. All the while, investments in social media, video and regular old print fluctuate seemingly every quarter in a quest to ensure profitability for the work staffers produce. But out of this inability to get comfortable come some creative solutions to old-school issues. Folio: spoke with leaders at three publishing houses to detail how they overcame obstacles when starting new businesses or overseeing new teams. [caption id="attachment_154289" align="alignright" width="150"] Adam Fitzgerald[/caption] An Indie Motorcycle Mag Tests a New Business Model 4 Adam Fitzgerald, Editor-in-Chief, Iron & Air Magazine When Adam Fitzgerald started an Instagram account with some friends to post images of vintage motorcycles, he never thought it would turn into what it is today. The success of the account eventually led Fitzgerald to quit his job as a graphic designer in 2012 to co-found Iron & Air magazine. In the years that followed, any success the magazine saw was by “just being really, really scrappy,” said Fitzgerald. But he and his co-founders realized that in order to take the magazine... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DOJ attorneys say the proposed acquisition is “precisely the march toward concentration and monopsony power that Congress enacted the Clayton Act to prevent.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles for many tastes: a posthumous memoir by Michael K. Williams, a new recording of an 18th-century romance and a sweeping African novel Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-10 11:00:03 UTC ]
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In a highly anticipated post-trial filing PRH attorneys reiterate their claim that the government manufactured a fatally flawed case to block the nearly $2.2 billion merger—and then failed to prove it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Another summer has come and gone, but the digital media industry looks a little bit different than it did last spring. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-09-08 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Escoffery’s first book, the superbly crafted, kinetic linked story collection If I Survive You, arrives with four starred pre-publication reviews and an early rave from The New Yorker’s Katy Waldman, with more to come. He’s a rare debut author with a lengthy track record. His stories... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-06 08:57:51 UTC ]
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In the lengthy filings, the parties sharpen their arguments for summary judgment in the closely watched copyright case. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The best YA book deals of the day, sponsored by Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus.`Nothing More to Tell by Karen M.... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-09-03 10:30:00 UTC ]
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For her book 'Nickel and Dimed,' Barbara Ehrenreich tried to live on minimum-wage jobs and advanced debates on labor inequalities. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-03 01:14:21 UTC ]
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Abby West has been named v-p and editorial director at Amistad, with promotions for Tara Parsons and Laina Adler to v-p and deputy publisher of their respective imprints. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As testimony wrapped up prior to closing arguments today, the defense and DOJ once again attacked each other's data analysis and methodology. The DOJ asserted that publisher competition, not imprint competition, is the surest way to lift advances, and that non-Big Five publishers face... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Kensington publisher Lynn Cully will transition into a the newly-created role of v-p and director of business, with Jacqueline Dinas taking over as publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After a lengthy presentation by Manuel Sansigre, PRH's global v-p for mergers and acquisitions, Judge Florence Pan decided to exclude his testimony, ruling that the data had not been independently verified. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In this week’s Media Briefing, senior media reporter Sara Guaglione looks at what Axios's sale to Cox Enterprises signals about the current investment market for media companies. The post Media Briefing: What Axios’ sale says about the valuation of digital media companies appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-08-11 04:01:00 UTC ]
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At Abrams Press and the Overlook Press, Jamison Stoltz has been promoted to editorial director, and Tina Pohlman has joined as executive editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We look back on our coverage of the first American Booksellers’ Association convention, held July 24, 1901, in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We look back on our coverage of the first American Booksellers’ Association convention, held July 24, 1901, in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Rosie Perez narrates Ronnie Spector’s new memoir. Also, the latest from Patrick Radden Keefe and Dan Fesperman Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-29 11:00:19 UTC ]
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In this week’s Media Briefing, media editor Kayleigh Barber examines the state of the digital media economy as major tech platforms report quarterly earnings and advertising and commerce businesses remain in flux. The post Media Briefing: A snapshot of the digital media economy at the start of... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-07-28 04:01:00 UTC ]
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Attorneys for both parties filed a host of final briefs on July 22, including their individual pre-trial statements and briefs on a handful of lingering (but potentially significant) evidentiary question likely to be settled early this week. Oral arguments in the case are set to begin on August 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Six groups will be chosen to read a shortlisted book, with the most ‘original and engaging’ readers to be invited to the prize ceremony Book clubs across the UK are being invited to take part in the inaugural Booker prize book club challenge, with seats at the prize ceremony dinner up for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-07-12 12:21:35 UTC ]
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