Unlike his buttoned-up peers in the executive suite at Hearst, Troy Young doesn't keep an office, nor does he wear designer suits to work. Rumors have even spread that he insisted on a contract provision saying he didn't need to wear a necktie. He says there's nothing about ties in the contract -- though he claims to not own any.But that's not the only reason Mr. Young, hired in May by the privately held owner of Cosmopolitan and Esquire, is alien to the opulent Hearst Tower. His charge as president of Hearst Digital is to infuse a 126-year-old print brand founded on afternoon newspapers with the mentality and nimbleness of a digital startup. Redesigns of the magazine sites are on the way, as is an entirely new editorial mission for some of its online properties. "There's never been more pressure for Hearst to be good at digital," said Mr. Young.But he could just as well been talking about the entire magazine industry, which is struggling to reinvent in the face of intense challenges online. Media empires like Hearst and Cond Nast are seeing their titles' websites draw fewer visitors than upstarts such as BuzzFeed and Gawker. The industry as a whole is still laboring to recover ground lost during the recession, when ad pages plummeted 26% from 2008 to 2009, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. Through the first half of 2013, pages have declined 4.9%. Digital revenue hasn't proved to be the savior. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst is preparing to launch a digital weekly edition of monthly men's magazine Esquire this week, in an attempt to appeal to younger readers and stem double-digit circulation falls. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JCDecaux has launched a Twitter-driven book club to connect with commuters and use its digital screens in stations to enhance commuters' journeys. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publishers are exploring digital opportunities to boost trade in a tough climate for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“I’ll corroborate what you’ve probably been hearing,” says Abrams CEO Michael Jacobs, when asked to discuss the state of digital publishing in the art and photo book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines International announced today that Arnaud de Puyfontaine has been appointed as managing director, Western Europe, of Hearst Magazines International. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp.—which now includes The Wall Street Journal but not 20th Century Fox—is adopting a new strategy for making money from digital advertising: It will no longer sell inventory through outside ad networks but will handle those automated sales itself.The news and information company, which... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new survey of Japanese readers shows seniors are more open to young people to using electronic books. We explore the reasons why this may be. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin announces an ebook-only imprint, in addition to planning for many ebook originals through other imprints. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPC Media's Style at Home and Ideal Home, and Hearst Magazines UK's Elle Decoration, posted circulation increases in the first half of 2013, as the wider home interests sector posted modest declines. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The LSU Libraries' Special Collections division was recently awarded $210,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, to digitize an additional 100,000 pages of Louisiana newspapers published from 1836 through 1922. This marks ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s still no more relevant topic of debate in the publishing industry than the future of the physical book versus the exponentially growing influence of digital publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former US current affairs magazine Newsweek, which published its last print edition in December, is sold to digital news company IBT Media. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get it now as an ebook, or from our iPad app. Hacking Hollywood: The Creative Geniuses Behind Homeland, Girls, Mad Men, The Sopranos, Lost, and More is a special edition of Fast Company that is available starting this month. Besides chronicling the tales of disruptive entertainment startups,... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century's Julia Twaites has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to He... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Times Co., the newspaper publisher controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, reported second-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as it drew more subscribers for its digital editions.Excluding some items, profit was 14 cents a share, the company said today in a statement.... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-08-01 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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Profile is to release a digital edition of England's 100 Best Views by Simon Jenkins... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin UK achieved double-digit growth with Waterstones in the first six months of 2013, ahead... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury is promoting its forthcoming title Crown of Midnight by creating a digital story... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-25 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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