[caption id="attachment_157693" align="alignright" width="450"] The first (left) and last (right) editions of The Improper Bostonian (credit The Improper Bostonian)[/caption] The Improper Bostonian, a regional lifestyle magazine, closed its doors on Thursday after 28 years in print. "While this news might be surprising, the company has had a great run and we’re hopefully leaving this incredible city better and brighter since our inception in 1991," said owner and publisher Wendy Semonian Eppich in a statement posted on the Improper’s that followed with a long list of thank you’s to readers, staffers and clients but didn’t give any indication as to why the decision was made. Editor Matt Martinelli tells Folio:, however, that "for a little while now, they’ve been operating at a loss and things would be done around the edges—a cut here or there. It's not like we were this booming editorial staff and there was a lot of fat to cut." Martinelli posted on Twitter that "While the owner's decision to close was multifactorial, it was not really because of a decline in print readership, as no matter what, the newsboxes were mostly empty every two weeks." He also confirmed with Folio: that the circulation had been cut by 10,000 this year, but the decision to do that wasn't because there were that many unsold copies; management had just been looking for ways to lower print costs. "You do that with the expectation of saving X-amount of dollars, but then the price of paper... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday published a moving essay in Bloomberg Businessweek in which he publicly announced for the first time that he is gay. Cook is the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out.Cook is famously private and said he doesn’t think of himself as an activist,... Continue reading at PC World
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The country's oldest LGBT bookstore, Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia, Pa., was set to close on Saturday. But, in a new twist, owner Ed Hermance announced yesterday that he is in discussions with a potential buyer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Time magazine has announced several staff changes to its editorial team: • Tom Weber has been promoted to executive editor. He was previously serving as assistant managing editor. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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An online start-up in south London is launching a crowdfunded print version tomorrow. The Croydon Citizen is publishing a free news magazine, which will be distributed at the borough's railway stations and main shopping areas.Editor-in-chief James Naylor says the 16-page magazine, which will be... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Takeaway: Sacco’s social media expertise has nearly tripled traffic referrals in the past year. When Natalie Sacco joined Penton Media as a social media specialist in January 2012, she wasted no time whipping the editorial team into digital shape. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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The search to fill the top leadership spot at ABM has ended with SIIA naming Mike Marchesano as the business media division's new managing director. Marchesano's first official day will be October 14th. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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John Murray Press has announced two new appointments to the editorial team. Mark Richards,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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According to Fortune, the media giant is meeting with a reps from Meredith--but nothing's been confirmed. Could Time Warner be following in the steps of News Corp. and considering spinning off its publishing division? According to a report by Fortune (a Time Inc. publication), the media... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 27/09/2011 - 15:12 Hot Key Books, Sarah Odedina's new children's publishing company, has hired two publishers from Hodder to its editorial team. Emily Thomas and Sara O'Connor, previously Hodder YA fiction publisher and senior editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Jenny Roper Publication Date: Wed, 27/04/2011 - 15:25 Book recommendation website Lovereading.co.uk has added Apple's iBooks to its ebook recommendations section. As well as pointing readers in the direction of ePub and Kindle formats, Lovereading.co.uk will now feature an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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