Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media

Does a changing industry paradigm mean opportunity or peril for publishers? The post Time Inc. and Meredith Merger Raises Important Questions for Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Conversation With The New York Times’ A.O. Scott

In Confessions of a Book Reviewer, George Orwell wrote that even the harried and poverty-stricken literature critic was nonetheless “better off than the film critic, who cannot even do his work at home, but has to attend trade shows at eleven in the morning and, with one or two notable... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebook sales falling for the first time, finds new report

Research by the Bookseller shows that sales for the ‘big five’ UK publishers dropped in 2015Ebook sales for the UK’s five biggest publishers fell in 2015, according to a new report in the Bookseller, collectively declining 2.4%, to 47.9m units. It is the first drop in numbers of books sold in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith CEO Considers Splitting Broadcast, Publishing Units

Meredith Corp. has considered splitting its broadcast and publishing units, perhaps uniting one with a strategic partner, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Lacy said.The idea is one of several possibilities the company is considering after its plan to merge with Media General fell through, Mr.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Day in the life: What a publisher social media manager does

Being a social media manager involves more than tweeting, apparently. Hayley Saltzman works at Bustle in the role and revealed that her job is more strategic and planning tweets, Facebook posts and Instagram pictures. She tells Digiday that she figures out how to bring traffic into the site and... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc’s new beauty site is an e-commerce and data play

Time Inc. has launched a personalized beauty service, Powder, serving up recommended products and articles to users for Time Inc. This means it can re-target Powder users across its beauty portfolio, including titles like Marie Claire, InStyle and Look. L'Oreal is the only brand partner on board... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Company Execs Talk About Taking On Tech, Disruption

The five magazine media company executives who graced the stage at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown Tuesday night all had specific (well, somewhat specific) ideas for how to grow their companies and take advantage of industry-wise disruptions, but only one called for an across-the-board increase in... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EXCLUSIVE: Curalate raises huge Series C round

Curalate, the image monetization software provider based in Center City, just tacked on $27.5 million more in venture funding through a Series C round. Local firm First Round Capital joined the round, which was led by NEA in Silicon Valley. Curalate is now backed by more than $40 million as it... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Importing ‘Fresh Thinking’ for Export Exchange in Canada

Canada's Export Exchange program invited speakers from various creative industries—including video games, music, and fashion—to speak about their experiences in building global audiences and brands to a gathering of Canadian publishers. The post Importing ‘Fresh Thinking’ for Export Exchange in... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waleed Aly: don't take social media bait of misogynist provocations

Host of the Project says outrage at ‘neo-masculinist’ Daryush Valizadeh should be channelled into something positive, rather than fuelling his public profileWaleed Aly has called for a social media blackout on Daryush Valizadeh, the leader of “neo-masculinist” group Return of the Kings who... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baroness Rebuck and Jimmy Wales join Guardian Media Group board

Chair of book publisher Penguin Random House UK and Wikipedia founder take up their roles with immediate effectGuardian Media Group has appointed Baroness Rebuck, the chair of book publisher Penguin Random House UK, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to its board.They join other high profile... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PUC plans a hearing on Charter's purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House

California Public Utilities Commission officials plan a public hearing on Charter Communications' proposed $67-billion acquisition of two cable companies, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, which serve Southern California. The PUC hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Junipero... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How The Times of London is driving digital subscriptions

The Times of London and Sunday Times have a combined 400,000 print-digital subscribers and harbor ambitious plans to grow that figure both domestically and abroad. It has launched its first "entry level" app overseas, with a price tag of £3 ($4.30) a month, compared to the usual monthly £26... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two newspaper closures as Canada's media crisis deepens

Titles give up newsprint publication due to falling advertising and sales revenueAnother day, another bleak day for newsprint in Canada. Two more Canadian dailies, the Guelph Mercury in Ontario and the Nanaimo Daily News on Vancouver Island, have announced that they will publish their final... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portsmouth newspaper's price rise a symptom of media malady

Newsprint buyers will vanish ever faster, but publishers have done too little with their digital products to make them attractive to readers or advertisersAlongside a range of cutbacks, one of the other major tactics employed by regional newspaper publishers is, of course, cover price rises.This... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penthouse magazine axes print edition

Adult title’s move to go online-only follows rival Playboy’s announcement that it will no longer feature naked womenAdult magazine Penthouse is to end its print edition after 50 years and go online-only.The closure of the print edition of the magazine, which was founded in 1965 by Bob Guccione,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penthouse magazine plans to expand its website and move offices to L.A.

Adult magazine Penthouse will expand its website to include daily updates and more interactive content as traditional print publications continue to pivot to growing online readership. ------------FOR THE RECORD4:25 p.m.: An earlier version of this story said Penthouse would close its print... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penthouse Folds Print Magazine After 50 Years

End date for print edition still undetermined as brand plans to focus on digital content. The post Penthouse Folds Print Magazine After 50 Years appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media needs to make user experience a priority — or else

User experience is about empathy for the end user, Barbarian Group's Colin Nagy said on the Digiday Podcast. Many publishers miss that as they strive to churn pageviews and banner ad impressions. The result: navigating digital media is like walking on a sticky movie theater floor. The post... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Redwood Media Group Acquires Two Art Shows

Publisher of Decor and Art Business News adds Red Dot Art Fair and Art Santa Fe to growing exhibitions division. The post Redwood Media Group Acquires Two Art Shows appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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