‘The Power Broker’ Is Finally Getting a Digital Edition. What Took So Long?

Robert Caro’s mammoth study of the urban planner Robert Moses is coming out as an e-book this month, on the 50th anniversary of the biography’s publication. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

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Santa Claus returns as cover star for Christmas edition of Radio Times

Double festive edition on sale on Wednesday will cost £3.20 – a 14% increase on last yearRadio Times is bringing back Santa Claus for its Christmas cover for the first time since 2009, when he was banished as a "symbol of indulgence", although readers will have to stomach a 14% cover price... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Annuals sales reveal brand power

The top three bestselling annuals in 2013 are growing year on year both in terms of value and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek's Long, Strange Return to Print

Newsweek's return to print is the latest development in an odd timeline for the once-storied magazine. It's changed ownership four times, employed four CEOs and had three editors-in-chief since 2010. It's awkward liaise with the Daily Beast and swings between layoffs and hiring flurries add to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek to print weekly edition again one year after calling it quits

Editor in chief Jim Impoco announced the magazine will begin producing a weekly 'premium' print edition as early as JanuaryAmanda Holpuch Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek to Bring Print Edition Back From the Dead

Newsweek's new owners think they can succeed at something its previous owners failed at: printing a weekly magazine in the United States. IBT Media, the obscure media company that bought Newsweek in August, said Tuesday that it intends to rev ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst's Troy Young Spills: This Is How You Make Money In Digital Media

The 126-year-old publishing company's new head of digital talks about what kind of content works, balancing legacy with progress, and how to find the "unicorns" to lead your brand where it needs to go.The publishing industry in the digital age is a lawless frontier of fluctuating business... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Papers Pursue Big Digital Strategies

To any small newspaper publisher still holding out against a digital platform, consider a visit to Linton, N.D. There, few publishers serve as small or rural a community as Allan Burke, whose family-owned Emmons County Record, a 3,100-circulation ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here Are All of This Year's Hot List Digital Winners

Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Photo: Jeremy Goldberg  A few years back, Peretti produced something that went viral. He challenged himself to do it again. And he did. Then, nobody thought you could engineer viral, but Peretti saw the power of social publishing clearer than anybody else. “I’ve... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gone Girl' Finally Hits Paperback

With more than 6 million copies sold, and 71 weeks spent on the New York Times's hardcover bestseller list, Gillian Flynn's thriller, Gone Girl, is coming to paperback. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Downside of Digital Media’s Scale Fetish

In the world of online publishing, traffic means little in and of itself. That fact is often overlooked by some in the digital media world. The post The Downside of Digital Media’s Scale Fetish appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital publishing startup Booktrope wins $205,000 in angel investment

After Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post with his spare pocket change earlier this year, I took a look at the growth of the digital publishing industry here in the Seattle area. Booktrope, a digital publishing startup based here in Seattle, was one of the companies I chatted with... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Old Media Veteran Goes Digital at Glam Media

Glam Media, one of the largest digital media companies, has hired magazine publishing veteran Dan Lagani as its first president and chief revenue officer, the company is expected to announce Tuesday. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon brings digital currency to UK

Amazon has launched its own digital currency for apps and games in the UK, six months after the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer unveils digital brand The Debrief aimed at 20-something wealthy women

Publisher of Heat says The Debrief will have aggregated news and sex advice for connected, influential readersBauer Media is the latest mainstream UK publisher to jump on the social mobile bandwagon, unveiling plans for The Debrief, a multiplatform digital brand aimed at "constantly connected,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NFL Stars Cam Newton And J.J. Watt Star In Gatorade "Freaks" Digital Comics

Calling J.J. Watt a "freak" to his face is probably not a good idea, but Gatorade decided to chance it.Football and comic books go together like chocolate and, er, pumpkin bread--they're not a bad combination, but we don't see them put together very often. The on-field heroics of stars like... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did Preacher Finally Find a Home at AMC?

It's been a long way for Preacher from the comic book page to the small screen, but an adaptation of the salty DC Comics horror/Western book (formerly with DC's corporate sibling HBO) might finally be getting closer to full-fledged production, this time at AMC. A tip was first reported by Badass... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goodreads and Second Screen integration finally hitting Kindle Fire HD and HDX

Today marks the debut of two features we've been waiting for since Amazon first announced its new Kindle Fire line lo so many weeks ago. Goodreads and Second Screen integration will be rolling out to Fire HD and HDX owners over-the-air in the next couple of weeks - or you can just go to Amazon's... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hands-on: Flipboard (finally) lands on Windows 8.1

Microsoft is continuing to fill in the gaps in its Windows Store catalog with the arrival of Flipboard for Windows 8.1. Just like its iOS and Android counterparts, Flipboard's Windows 8.1 app offers digital “magazines” culled from websites large and small. After setting up an account, users can... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Books case: digitizing 'snippets' of text is ruled 'fair use'

US Circuit Judge Denny Chin says Google Books falls under fair use, while the Authors Guild calls it copyright infringement. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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