BoSacks Says Beware of the Digital Statistical Bull
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[responsive]Earlier this month the Association for Magazine Media announced the launch of Magazine Media 360[/responsive], dubbed as the “new way to measure magazine readership.” At the time, we cautioned that including digital readership of so-called “magazine” content was likely too...
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The New Yorker Takes on Commenting: Hilarity Ensues
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[responsive][/responsive]Those crazy kids at The New Yorker. Just when we thought they couldn’t get any more ironically and hilariously current, they come out with this: “Welcome to the inaugural issue of Commenting Comment, the only print magazine dedicated to Internet...
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Life in the Balance Between Print and Web
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[responsive][/responsive]Elliot Jay Stocks lives and works in the balance between print and web. And a recent interview with Stocks in MagCulture Blog notes that it’s this in-between space that keeps things interesting, and evolving.Stocks is the creative director for Adobe...
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54 Fantastic Magazine Layouts 
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[responsive][/responsive]Today’s post is for the design geek in all of us, the lover of all things beautiful and creative. Inspiration Hut has put together a list of 54 Fantastic and Modern Magazine Design Layouts to Inspire You. And boy do...
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Have You Crashed Your Magazine App Today?
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[responsive][/responsive]If you publish digital versions of your magazines on the Apple Newsstand, you’ve got some work to do. According to D. B. Hebbard in Talking New Media, the latest iOS 8 updates from Apple are causing crashes and other malfunctions...
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Allrecipes’ Secret Ingredient: A Generous Helping of Community Data
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When the successful website Allrecipes.com launched their print magazine in the summer of 2013, the publisher bucked a major trend of magazines forsaking print for a digital-only product. The calculated risk has paid off beautifully, with the latest circulation figures...
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Monocle Introduces the Cure to the Empty Start-Up Culture
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[responsive][/responsive]“Today there are numerous people who launch their own companies in full knowledge they could have a bigger salary in the corporate world,” says Andrew Tuck, cofounder of high-end luxury magazine Monocle. “But they choose to run a vineyard, a...
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Magazines Get a New Way to Measure Readership, But is it Too Broad to Be Useful?
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[responsive][/responsive]It’s been an ongoing struggle in the industry since the advent of digital publishing: How can a magazine effectively measure its readership across digital platforms? The reason this is critical comes down to ad rates, with more eyeballs on the...
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The Great Indie Magazine Explosion
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[responsive][/responsive]It began in the aftermath of the recession, around 2011. A slow but steady trickle of independent quarterlies like Kinfolk, Tiny Atlas Quarterly and Wilder crept onto the scene and captured the hearts and minds of readers. The trickle has...
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Achtung! Magazine Sales are Booming in Germany
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While newspaper sales in Germany continue to trend downward, there is a boom in demand for glossy magazines as wired Germans find the time to unwind, according to the German website DW. The main reason? Readers need downtime that they...
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