The second half of 2011 continued to be a challenging time for magazine publishers, with only four of the top 20 consumer titles achieving lifts in print circulations. Continue reading at 'Media Week'
[ Media Week | 2012-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For libraries, 2013 was an eventful year. PW takes a look back at the top 10 library stories of the year, and a look ahead to what might be on the horizon in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic book blockbuster Iron Man 3 was the highest-earning film of 2013 around the world, ahead of Despicable Me 2 and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazines saw combined ad units for print and tablet products grow 6 percent in 2013, according to a joint study by Kantar Media and the MPA—The Association for Magazine Media. Measuring 69 publications that have both print and tablet products, the report found tablet unit sales up 16 percent... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad units in magazines' iPad editions climbed 16% in 2013, according to a report out Monday by MPA-The Association of Magazine Media and Kantar Media.The report, which looked at 69 magazines with monitored print and iPad editions, is a hopeful sign for traditional publishers stymied by secular... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last summer in a used bookstore, I happened on an enormous, bound volume of Life magazine, from July–September 1945. I opened to the very first story in the first issue, July 2, 1945. The headline read: Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The turn-the-page Web catalog—tested widely in the 2000s as an alternative to e-commerce sites—once looked like an emerging shopping platform led by now-defunct tech providers such as RichFX. But the concept died on the proverbial vine. With the massive proliferation of tablets, however, the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Awards season has arrived. The Oscars, the Golden Globes, all the rest. Some of these shows we love, most we secretly mock. There are way too many, to begin with. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher who helped break down legal barriers against pornography dies in Brooklyn after long battle with illness Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longform journalism is having its moment, one that backers of recent print and digital magazines hope will linger like a 10,000-word New Yorker profile.Readers appear hungry for a more relaxed experience than the harried web.The hashtag #longreads took off on Twitter. Buzzfeed launched a long... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Specs Who Troy Young Age 45 New gig President, Hearst Magazines Digital Media Old gig President, Say Media What’s it been like coming from pure-play digital companies like Say Media to Hearst, which has had a print mind-set? It was different at first, for sure. There were a lot more steps... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The save-it-for-later software service Pocket has released a list of the "best" content from 2013. Pocket's 10 million users saved more than 450 million items (from articles and videos to memes and gifs) from across the Web this year, and Pocket looked at which were saved most, as well as which... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online paywalls are helping some newspaper and magazine websites increase the ad rates they charge, according to a new report from the Online Publishers Association.It's a hopeful sign for publishers that have hesitated to erect paywalls, despite the potential to generate new revenue from... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific processLeading academic journals are distorting the scientific process and represent a "tyranny" that must be broken, according to a Nobel prize winner who has declared a boycott on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The magazine was once the most hotly anticipated Sunday read. Now it's been eclipsed by the showy T style publicationTwo magazines, both published by the New York Times, arrived in my house over the weekend, one thin, the other thick.The thin one, The New York Times Magazine, is largely about... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diaz adds narration to her body of work and more in this week's audio books news. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Monday: Slate staffers pick their favorite books of 2013. Tuesday: The overlooked books of 2013. Wednesday: The best lines of 2013, and the best poetry of 2013. Thursday: Dan Kois’ 15 favorite books. Friday: The Slate Book Review Top 10. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swinwood to succeed Hayes at Harlequin and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tabletop game publisher Paizo Publishing is opening its 8th RPG Superstar Design contest, an annual competition to find the best new game designers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alex Ferguson has increased his lead at the summit of the Official UK Top 50. Sales of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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