A staff uprising at Sports Illustrated... Following Tuesday's New York Post report that editor-in-chief Chris Stone is exiting Sports Illustrated after 27 years with the magazine, The Wall Street Journal added late Wednesday evening that the brand's new operator, TheMaven Inc., is planning to lay off more than 40 staffers and replace them with "as many as 200 contract workers in coming months to cover sports," citing people familiar with the matter. The news follows what has been a tumultuous two years for the 65-year-old magazine since its parent company, Time Inc., was acquired by Meredith Corp. in early 2018. After the merger, Meredith put a handful of former Time Inc. titles, including Sports Illustrated, Time and Fortune, up for sale in order to focus on its newly expanded suite of entertainment, food and lifestyle magazines. In May, Meredith sold SI to the licensing firm Authentic Brands Group, with an agreement that would allow Meredith to continue running SI's media operations for up to two years. That agreement lasted approximately two weeks, as ABG announced, in mid-June, a new licensing deal that would transfer the next 10 years of SI's operations to TheMaven—a two-year-old startup that bills itself as "a digital distribution and monetization platform," acquired TheStreet over the summer for $16.5 million and also hosts the websites of several Active Interest Media magazines. On Thursday afternoon, a Twitter account purportedly belonging to "Sports Illustrated... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Panarea Digital is an ebook, app, and mobile technology developer with a focus on education. The firm has produced interactive ebooks for Barnes & Noble and other companies, but Panarea Digital is now focused on Nearpod, a mobile learning platform that uses the iPad and other mobile devices... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a new study undertaken by comScore to support the release of a new digital ad measurement solution, the company found that 31 percent of ads are delivered, but not seen by consumers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple will today lift the lid on a hotly anticipated education announcement which many... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of children's authors has formed a collective called Electrik Inc to publish their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's publishers remain confident that the printed book will be the dominant format for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon and Schuster will release blockbuster writer Jackie Collins’ backlist in digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The earnings of German book retailer Thalia's parent group Douglas Holding will be hit by the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. (NWSA) for the first time publicly detailed bribery by a journalist at its now-defunct News of the World, telling a court that a former editor agreed to pay a prison guard to get a story about a child killer. Matt Nixson, a features edit ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Immediate Media, the company formed out of the sale of BBC Magazines to a private equity company, has purchased You & Your Wedding and Prima Baby & Pregnancy magazines from Hearst Magazines. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The chairman of the Apostrophe Society has called Waterstones' dropping of its apostrophe... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wenner Media has named a new chief digital officer, David Kang, who becomes the third person to hold the position in less than a year. Wenner hired its first chief digital officer, Steven Schwartz, in 2009. He left in May for his old employer, Reuters. The next person in the job, Michael... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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F+W Media, a Blue Ash, Ohio-based media company serving enthusiasts in about 20 verticals including antiques and collectibles, crafts, writing and horticulture, has acquired World Tea Media, organizer of the World Tea Expo. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers who worry that digital ad tech is hammering their premium pricing are increasingly turning to private exchanges, where they hope a velvet rope approach will keep keep bargain buyers out. Here's a similar approach from mobile ad startup Medialets, which has created an exchange... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An imprint of Penguin Group USA discovered Kerry Schafer after she posted samples on Bookcountry.com, a site that lets writers share their work. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Children's Group has created the role of acquisitions manager for its media and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPC Media magazine Marie Claire has appointed Toby Evans as publisher, from his position as associate publisher on woman's weekly title Look. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong ebook sales over the festive period compensated for the decline in physical sales,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Physical book sales in the final week of the year totalled £22.5m — down 70% week on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books and audio books on the Web site of the New York Public Library. Publishers are waiting for an industrywide approach to e-lending to gel. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ealier this month, Ziff Davis Enterprise [ZDE] completed a significant step in its OmniDigital strategy, rolled out earlier this year. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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