New York magazine will reduce its frequency from 42 issues to 29—effectively going from a weekly to biweekly—in a move that reflects shifting reader habits as much as it does the economic realities of putting out a print magazine, the company said Monday.The magazine will save $3.5 million in manufacturing costs because of the shift from weekly to biweekly, according to Larry Burstein, New York's publisher. And even though it's reducing frequency, the subscription price will remain the same—resulting in an increase in the cost per print issue for readers. The newsstand price will also increase to $6.99 from $5.99.Adam Moss, editor-in-chief of New York, said he plans to reinvest those dollars back into the magazine and its website, bulking up some of its coverage and adding staff."You'll see a bigger, better New York," he said of the printed product.The magazine hopes the less-frequent but "bigger, better" print edition will help better capture ad dollars from fashion and luxury marketers, which still have an appetite to advertise in print, according to Mr. Burstein.In shifting to biweekly, New York ends a 45-year run of printing its version of the city on a weekly, or nearly weekly, basis. But the economics of pushing out frequent print editions have dimmed as advertisers continue to migrate to the web and the costs of paper, printing and distribution rise. Ad pages at New York magazine this year through the Nov. 25 issue declined 7.5% from the period a year earlier,... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Set aside that Soldier Field would have to expand to 70,000 seats -- or 8,500 more than its current capacity for football crowds -- in order to meet the National Football League's minimum stadium size for hosting a Super Bowl, but spending public money on expanding a sports palace doesn't have a... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Of all the ways to enjoy a book, minds wander most when we're listening to someone else read it.With so much focus in the publishing world on ebooks, you might have missed the recent explosion in the popularity of audio books. They've become a billion-dollar industry with huge annual sales... Continue reading at Fast Company
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While the fate of gay married couples in America hangs in the balance awaiting a pair of Supreme Court decisions, Time's latest cover insists a bigger decision has already been made. As the Supreme Court hears arguments in landmark marriage-equality cases, many around the country, including... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Kids are really up against time. Carefree childhoods are nonexistent. People read what I tell them to," says bookseller Francine Lucidon, owner of The Voracious Reader. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Jeff Bezos, in the U.K. to launch the Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon's Lending Library service, has told the BBC that his firm makes no money on its Kindles. "We make money from when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices," he told technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. "That... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just as president Obama comes out in favor of gay marriage, a new book takes a close look at American same sex couples, from Walt Whitman to Greta Garbo to Jasper Johns. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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