Media companies have been streamlining their businesses by cleaving off underperforming print units from more lucrative TV, film and digital businesses. Just this year, Time Warner spun off magazine division Time Inc., Tribune Company split apart its TV and newspaper businesses and Gannett announced plans to divide TV and print, all following similar moves from other companies in years prior.But Meredith Corporation, publisher of magazines like Better Homes and Gardens as well as the owner and operator of 15 local TV stations, has not joined the movement. During an investor call Thursday to discuss its most-recent earnings report, an analyst asked Meredith executives whether it would ever follow the trend."We are not opposed to it," said Meredith Chairman and CEO Stephen Lacy. But the Des Moines, Iowa-based company would need to "feel there's a larger opportunity on one side of the house that would create value for shareholders" instead of just separating for the sake of it, he added. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Program focuses on multiplatform strategy, while the association tries to graduate 'magazines' to 'media.' The post MPA’s AMMC Looks to Redefine the Magazine Industry appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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It was a glass-half-full kind of event and in the end, they didn't rename it the AMMC for nothing. The post Notes on the American Magazine Media Conference appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Amazon customers in the US can now convert their print titles into Kindle books with a software package called Kindle Convert. Currently available in the US for computers running Windows 7 and 8, the software helps users to scan in pages of their print books, converting the image into usable... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dave Epstein has been promoted to v-p of retail sales, and will oversee sales of both adult and children's books to all traditional retail accounts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The MPA hosted its annual American Magazine Media Conference in New York this week and closed the show with “A View From The Top.” The post Does ‘Magazine Media’ Actually Redefine The Industry? appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Vogue takes home top honors. The post The 2015 National Magazine Award Winners appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Jon Karakauer's next book, 'Missoula: Rape and the Justice System In a College Town,' will be released on April 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Linda Shaughnessy is stepping down from her role as joint head of the Foreign Rights department at United Agents. Shaughnessy was head of Foreign Rights at AP Watt for 34 years before it was bought by United Agents. She will continue to act as a primary agent for her own clients, who include... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kalmbach is using existing footholds in tech and hobbies as platforms for a launch. The post How Kalmbach Turned Two of Its Strengths Into a New Magazine appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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“Uncertainty is the new normal.” The post What the Latest USPS Rate Hike Means for Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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The Netflix-for-magazines race continues… The post More Competition in the All-You-Can-Read Magazine Market appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Two publishers make the case for separating or combining their print/Web editorial staffs. The post The case for, and against, integrated print-digital newsrooms appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Led by strong gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, while sales of children/young adult sales increased 16.5%, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Has the editor of The Bookseller compared the fall of print sales of adult fiction since 2009 by more than £150m with the massively declined budgets of public libraries over the same five-year period (The writing’s on the wall for adult fiction in print, 14 January). This is also conditioned by... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy the panel discusses the Kickstarter campaign to fund Queers Destroy Science Fiction!, a special issue of Lightspeed magazine written by queer creators. The post Crowdfunded Magazine Celebrates Queer Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
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Last year the book trade “rekindled its love affair with the physical book”, Pan Macmillan’s m.d Anthony Forbes Watson has told The Bookseller. “Previous years have all been about growing ebook sales, but in 2014, in a market where ebook sales were plateauing, suddenly it was all about forward... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A publishing group’s managing editor has said 90pc of revenue made by its flagship title comes from print. Tom Thomson, managing editor of the Herald & Times group, made the claim about Glasgow daily The Herald while speaki ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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'The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture,' which was released as a paperback and ebook by publisher Melville House, is getting a second printing of 10,000 copies. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New figures from Nielsen BookScan show continuing decline since 2009 as more and more readers migrate to ebooksPrint sales of adult fiction have declined by over £150m since 2009, new figures show, as ebooks take an increasingly large bite out of the market.A review of 2014 from book sales... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's clear that the business of magazines is under pressure, but they continue to exert an outsized influence on culture, food, politics and more. Despite the business challenges, they're still sexy. Articles become movies and editors become celebrities. A short blurb turns a product into a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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