Second-quarter advertising revenue at Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, increased 3% compared to the second quarter of 2013, the company said Tuesday in its first quarterly earnings announcement since spinning off from Time Warner in June. Growth was driven partly by a 12% increase in digital sales, though digital still represents only a modest fraction of total ad sales and overall revenue.Time Inc.'s ad revenue during the second quarter was $461 million, with digital revenue totaling $74 million. Print and "other advertising revenues" were $387 million, a 1% increase.The company's acquisition last October of American Express Publishing titles including Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure and Departures magazines led to the year-over-year increase in ad sales. If Time Inc. hadn't bought those magazines, its print and other advertising revenues would have fallen 6%. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad units in magazines' iPad editions climbed 16% in 2013, according to a report out Monday by MPA-The Association of Magazine Media and Kantar Media.The report, which looked at 69 magazines with monitored print and iPad editions, is a hopeful sign for traditional publishers stymied by secular... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You might think December would be the calm before the storm at Time Inc., which is, to say the least, expecting an eventful 2014. But CEO Joe Ripp is busy this month too.The company, which publishes magazines including People and Sports Illustrated, is slated to spin off from parent Time Warner... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp, the recently spun off publishing side of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, reported that its revenue fell in the first quarter of its fiscal 2014, due to lower advertising revenue and foreign exchange fluctuations. The company re ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp., the publisher of newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, reported a 2.8% decline in first-quarter revenue, hurt by shrinking demand for print advertising.Sales fell to $2.07 billion in the period, which ended on Sept. 30, down from $2.13 billion a year earlier,... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times is planning to step off the sidelines and into the world of native advertising online, where a growing list of traditional publishers have thrown their arms around sponsored or branded content.Meredith Kopit Levien, exec VP-advertising, said the Times is planning to introduce... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram's cautious roll-out of its in-stream ads is now underway.U.S. users who open the app in the coming week will see an "educational ad" from Instagram itself, according to a blog post. Confirmed advertisers to follow it are Adidas, Ben & Jerry's, Burberry, General Electric, Levi's,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe Ripp, the newly installed CEO at Time Inc., has spent the first eight weeks on the job firing up his troops for the company's spinoff from Time Warner next year. On Wednesday, he seemed intent on rallying the magazine industry as a whole."We're not really competing with each other," Mr. Ripp... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Responding to growing Washington attacks on data brokers, the Direct Marketing Association is mounting its biggest defense by unveiling a new study Monday during its annual conference in Chicago. The study quantifies how much of the economy is driven by companies that use consumer-level data to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Forbes rolled out AdVoice in 2010, the architects planned to blow up the traditional publishing-advertising model. Instead of offering companies just online banner ads, Forbes was giving advertisers the ability to publish their stories directly to the magazine's website.It was a gamble that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As a premium content publisher with unprecedented reach and coverage across the upper Midwest, Star Tribune has attracted the largest online readership of any Minnesota media brand—and the advertisers seeking to connect with that audience. ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For most of us the digital revolution started some time ago. Working in journalism for nearly 15 years means that I have seen things change enormously, but even back in the late 1990s it was clear that the web was where it was at -- or where it was going to be. Newspapers and magazines have had... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its second major digital hire of late, Hearst Magazines has hired Todd Haskell from The New York Times as svp and chief digital revenue officer. Haskell will be responsible for driving sales and revenue for Hearst Magazines Digital Media’s 24 sites, including Cosmopolitan.com, Esquire.com... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total revenue at Amazon rose 22% in the second quarter ended June 30, to $15.70 billion, while operating income fell 26%, to $79 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Building on the success of its Pulitzer Prize winning interactive article "Snow Fall," the New York Times will launch what it's calling "an immersive digital magazine experience."Sam Sifton, the former Times food critic-turned national editor, will lead the project. At the same time, he will... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo has announced a rise in e-reader sales of 145% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earnings at Time Warner Inc. grew 24% in the first three months of the year despite a slight drop in revenue, as the company benefited from strength in its television networks.Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that first-quarter net income was $720 million, or 75 cents per share, compared with... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrated book publisher Quarto has announced its first quarter results, with group revenue... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publishers have found new fans for their content on tablets and e-readers, but will they ever be able to get advertisers to give them the same commitment? In the three years since consumers got their hands on Apple’s first iPads, magazines have been preparing their content for the new... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital revenue growth among online publishers in the UK is expected to grow by 15 per cent in 2013 according to the fifth annual organisation census by the Association of Online Publishers, while technology and data will play an increased role in re ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital revenue growth among online publishers in the UK is expected to grow by 15 per cent in 2013 according to the fifth annual organisation census by the Association of Online Publishers, while technology and data will play an increased role in re ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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