Time Inc. CEO as Sale Talks End: 'This Company Has Largely Under-Exposed Its Brands'

It's official: Time Inc. has not found a buyer -- and is no longer considering offers. In an announcement that put a cap on months of speculation over who would buy the publishing giant and when, Time Inc. said Friday morning that the "Company will continue to pursue its strategic plan."The magazine group, home to brands including Sports Illustrated, People and Time, outlined said strategic plan in corporatespeak that veered from predictable to scary. As any good publisher plan would, it calls for an emphasis on video and "continued growth in digital audiences and digital revenues." It also promised "selective portfolio rationalization" and "continued aggressive reengineering of the cost structure of the Company."These are trying times for magazine publishers. Magazines' print ad revenue, still a crucial source of revenue for the industry, will decline 2% to $12.4 billion this year, according to a recent forecast from eMarketer, and slip another 0.5% next year. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A move to the sale of more digital products in the educational market, through new purchasing options for college students, is likely one of the reasons a big decline came the month before school starts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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27 of the Bestselling Manga of All Time

These bestselling manga series have sold tens of millions — and sometimes hundreds of millions — of copies worldwide! Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

This essay isn’t about World War II. But like any historical fiction writer publishing in 2023, it’s impossible to ignore the recent wave of WWII novels that fill bookstore shelves at the moment. As someone who reads and enjoys many of these books but has no desire to write one, I have a theory... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-17 08:45:05 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We Don't Talk About Harry Potter

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Teju Cole Talks About His New Novel, “Tremor”

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Print Book Sales Up 4.7% Last Week, Driven by New Adult Titles

A host of new titles and a solid performance by adult segments led to a 4.7% increase in unit sales of print books last week over the week ended October 8, 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How to watch Martin Baron discuss 'Collision of Power' at the L.A. Times Book Club

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Capen Publishing Buys Six Imprints from Southwestern Family of Companies

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Talking AI at Frankfurt: A Look at Some of the Programming Ahead

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Amazon's Fire HD 8 tablet drops to $60 in early October Prime Day sale

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The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire by Michael Wolff review – Succession without a sense of humour

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With Adult Fiction Tumbling 10%, Print Book Sales Fell 5.7% Last Week

After a long run with weekly sales ahead of 2022, unit sales of adult fiction titles were down 0.2% in the year-to-date after sales fell last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hands-on: Windows 11’s new AI tools aren’t ready for prime time

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