Only newspapers have been given up for dead more often than magazines. But though their print cousins continue to lose advertising at a brisk clip, some magazine publishers are trumpeting a turnaround few could have foreseen in the dark days of 2008 and 2009, when nearly 1,000 titles shut down.Both Hearst Magazines and Condé Nast, boosted partly by a revival in fashion and beauty advertising, just marked their best first quarter in five years. Cosmopolitan, which has a new editor, a revamped Harper's Bazaar, and newcomer Food Network Magazine registered solid double-digit gains in advertising pages, putting Hearst up by 6.6% in ad pages overall. Bon Appetit, Details and GQ did the same for Condé Nast, which rose 3.3% versus a year ago.The improved fortunes come amid uncertainty for the industry's biggest publisher, Time Inc., which will soon be spun out of Time Warner to become a stand-alone public company. Its ad pages grew by 0.6% in the quarter, with fashion title InStyle up 5.5%, and Time—the last major U.S. newsweekly—down 13.4%, according to Publishers Information Bureau.Media observers credit Hearst and Condé Nast with keeping their print editions fresh while turning magazines into "brands" with audiences that extend across mobile devices, websites, social media and events. But the bump in ad pages remains the key marker of industry success and a sign that marketers see a future in glossy paper and ink."The fashion consumer, the beauty consumer continue to tell us... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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Facebook Inc. FB -3.51% is aiming to become a newspaper for mobile devices. The social network has been quietly working on a service, internally called Reader, that displays content from Facebook users and publishers in a new visual format tail ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An era came to an end last week when Time Warner announced it would be spinning off its storied magazine division by the close of the year, leaving the owner of People, InStyle, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and, of course, Time to fend for itself as a publicly traded Time Inc. The announcement... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. has named Martha Nelson as editor-in-chief of the media company. The company said Tuesday that Ms. Nelson is the first woman in the company's 90-year history to hold the role. She has worked for Time Inc. for 20 years and has been editorial director since 2010. She will assume the top... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson, the owner of Penguin, and Bertelsmann, Random House's parent company, are currently in discussions to merge the two companies. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comixology, a digital comics distributor and marketplace, marks its fifth anniversary this year as it emerges as the clear leader in the digital comics space. The company’s Guided View technology, a much imitated function on its Comics by Comixology app, which allows readers to read digital... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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