Tribune Publishing, which owns 10 daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, has hired Michael Rooney as executive VP-chief revenue officer, the company plans to announce Monday. Mr. Rooney, who was chief revenue officer at The Wall Street Journal until last year, will oversee the company's sales and marketing teams across print and digital.In this newly created role, Mr. Rooney joins a leadership team charged with steering the publicly traded Tribune Publishing -- which was spun off from Tribune Company's more lucrative TV businesses this year -- through choppy waters. Marketers are diverting their advertising budgets from traditional channels -- including print, radio and arguably even TV -- to digital media, where abundant competition and automated ad-buying technology are depressing advertising rates.Tribune Publishing said last week it was buying 38 suburban Chicago newspapers from Sun-Times Media, parent of Chicago Tribune rival the Chicago Sun-Times, but Tribune has also shifted part of its focus to digital opportunities. The company owns 60 digital properties and commands a large audience across these sites. And it has sought to carve out a marketing-services business aimed at advising small and mid-sized businesses on their digital needs. That has included a minority investment in content marketing firm Contend to produce branded videos for advertisers. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Like mapmakers, we tend to put where we reside at the center of the world. It's natural: for most publishers it's the trade closer to home that's the lifeblood of your business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daphne Durham, who is stepping into the role of publisher for Amazon’s adult trade and children’s imprints as Larry Kirshbaum departs, said the company is “delighted” with the sales performance of the unit’s titles to date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This month's starred self-published books of note include a fictional tragedy in pre-colonial Nigeria and a memoir where beer pong meets sado-masochism. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Programmatic buying is exploding according to a recent IAB and Winterberry Group study. However, the study also shows that some hurdles are slowing adoption rates. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our weekly round-up of web buzz looks at Italy's RCS Libri / Rizzoli Lab effort in co-publishing; self-publishing in Germany; author contracts; and more. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I’m grateful to MacKenzie and to every other thoughtful reviewer who shares their perspectives on my book and on this remarkable story. – Bloomberg Businessweek reporter and Jeff Bezos biographer Brad Stone, responding to a one-star review of his new book from MacKenzie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’s wife.... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Closures were up 42% over the previous year, according to the Guardian. The companies that folded included the 26-year-old healthcare publisher Panos London and Evans Brothers.Ninety-eight British publishers closed their doors in the year ending August 2013. The cause? E-books and online discounts. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By Denis Wilson It's not uncommon for sister publications within a publishing company to partner on issues or share content. For its October issue, Wired collaborated with fellow Condé Nast title bon appétit on... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By Alyssa DelPrete Publishing Executive and Book Business magazines congratulate the winners of the 2013 Publishing Innovator of the Year Award, which recognizes companies that have demonstrated significant... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like the rest of the publishing world, associations went through a traumatic period in 2009. Five years later, the industry is trending upward in the midst of a recovery. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has signed a five book fantasy series from crime author James Oswald. Writing as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp began putting his stamp on the publishing company Wednesday, when employees were told that editors will begin reporting to the organization's business side, a reversal that sent a ripple of anxiety through its editorial offices. Editors of the company's magazines, which... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Immediacy and accessibility are vital for today’s publisher. And now, multiplatform publishing is no longer a luxury just for consumer brands with flexible liquidity. In fact, there are several non-profit association publishers investing in new product suites that include responsive design... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A recent study by Shareaholic found that Google Plus generated just .04 percent of traffic referrals in September. Facebook, by comparison, drove 10.37 percent. Gigya, an analytics company, found that in the second quarter of this year, 2 percent of social sharing happened through Google Plus,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2013-10-31 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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As he looks out on spectacular palm tree-lined fairways bordered by crashing waves on any number of golf courses he regularly frequents in his beloved home state of Hawaii, Dennis Francis often thinks about how his favorite pastime is so much like th ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After serving half of his four-year sentence, Conrad Murray was released from Los Angeles County Jail on Monday, and is reportedly shopping a memoir.After serving half of his four-year sentence, Conrad Murray was released from Los Angeles County Jail on Monday, and is reportedly shopping a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week marked Digiday's sixth Publishing Summit, a gathering of emerging and legacy publishers who are all confronting the same pressing issues in their industry. In case you weren't able to make it to Miami, here are a few highlights.The post Watch Highlights From The Digiday Publishing... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gawker Media is welcoming more than just readers into its Kinja ad-free community; now publishers are signing up and distributing content on the open commenting and blogging platform. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter's Ev Williams started Medium to simplify and socialize online article writing, but the service's invitation-only nature has kept many folks on the sidelines. Today, things are opening up: Medium's now accessible to anyone willing to sign into Twitter and verify an email address. Would-be ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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