Playboy will stop running photographs of naked women in its print edition after more than six decades, the magazine said Tuesday.Although it will continue to publish "sexy, seductive pictorials," as Playboy put it in a statement, the magazine will end more than six decades of full nudity when a redesign arrives with the March 2016 issue. It already eliminated nudity from Playboy.com last summer and licensed out operation of PlayboyPlus.com, where naked photos can be found.Hugh Hefner founded Playboy in 1953 with a debut issue that included a naked centerfold of Marilyn Monroe. He expanded the centerfold from a two-page spread to a three-page fold-out in 1956. And its November 1972 issue sold over 7.2 million copies, the high-water mark for a single Playboy issue, according to the company. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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German multi-media owner brings together titles such as Take a Break, TV Choice, Kerrang! and Q in consolidation German media giant Bauer is to merge its two UK publishing operations, bringing together titles including Take A Break, TV Choice and Grazia with Heat, Kerrang! and Q.The two... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has joined forces with lifestyle magazine Red to find a new cookery star to bring their style of African cookery to the masses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue fell 11% in the quarter ended March 31, 2016 compared to the period ended March 31, 2015 and earnings tumbles 36%, to $36 million. E-book sales were down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning with this fall’s list Abrams will phase out the name of its Stewart, Tabori & Chang imprint and publish all titles under the Abrams banner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran Vegas media sales executive joins GreenGale Publishing. The post Kim Armenta Named Publisher of Vegas Magazine appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secondary school pupils are far less interested in reading than children at primary school, with only 40% of 14-16 year-olds saying they enjoy reading compared with more than 70% of 8-11 year-olds, according to a new National Literacy Trust (NLT) report. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kathryn Schulz and Emily Nussbaum win for Feature Writing and Criticism, respectively. The post The New Yorker Wins Two Pulitzers in a First for Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From rights on offer at the London Book Fair to digital developments in Thailand, our Spring 2016 magazine highlights rights opportunities across the globe. The post Download: Publishing Perspectives Spring 2016 Magazine appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The colouring book boom and continued strength in UK education publishing was not enough to compensate for tough export markets in 2015, notably in the US, according to statistics collated by the Publishers Association. The invoiced value of UK publishers’ sales of books for export fell 3% year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some social-centric publishers saw double-digit drops in their Facebook referral traffic last month, with some suspecting that this is the flip side of Facebook's pushing Instant Articles (and video) into people’s news feeds. Those initiatives are designed to keep people in Facebook's app, but... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice and National Geographic lead the way. The post Magazine Brands Well-Represented Among Webby Awards Finalists appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier this month, InStyle launched its first sweepstakes in partnership with Pinterest. The spring-themed contest is part of the magazine's push to focus on the platform, as it's the only one whose followers continue to grow, 22 percent year over year. "Our other social platforms are maxed... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 62-year-old men's magazine said to be hitting the auction block weeks after going nudity-free, could fetch over $500 million. The post Playboy is Up for Sale, Sources Say appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Innovation still matters, but sometimes it helps to be a follower, too. The post “Traveling” Ideas Make Regional Magazines the Place to Be Seen appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The revamped four-day Paris Book Fair, now called Livre Paris, closed last night with a drop in visitor numbers of about 15% from last year’s 180,000, which in turn were 10% fewer than the year before. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After three years behind a paywall, The Sun has had to flip its content strategy to win back the traffic and SEO history it's lost in the interim, to compete in the free-access world. That's meant bringing in more people experienced with digital publishing and creating a centralized team... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inkworthy debuts with more than 450 publishers on board. The post The Magazine Channel Launches Reading App appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you visit Playboy.com between now and St. Patrick's Day (March 17), you'll see ads for Tullamore D.E.W., the blended Irish whiskey. Then, if you jump onto Instagram, you'll be retargeted with a 30-second video commercial from the same marketer. Such retargeting isn't at all new, but... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advert for ‘gregarious, vivacious’ journalist requires inner London locationA magazine publisher in central London seeking a “gregarious, vivacious” journalist to join its “small, friendly team” has added another interesting requirement: applicants must “live within half an hour of Bond... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 3.6% overall, with declining share prices for Amazon and News Corp. offsetting gains elsewhere. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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