Empty Shelves at the Newsstand
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Turns out the predictions of magazine shortages this summer were spot on. According to Dead Tree Edition, bare shelves are common in the magazine aisles of some retailers, due in large part to the recent collapse of distributor Source Interlink...
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Inside the National Journal Redesign
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When the National Journal decided it was time for a redesign, the editorial team knew there were some things they had to let go. With their successful website platform now handling some of the more immediate and timely pieces, the...
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How Magazines Are Finally Putting Multimedia Into Their Workflow
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Credit where credit is due: Magazine publishers are -- generally -- very good at publishing print magazines. They’ve refined the editorial process over years of trial and error and best practices. As the industry has evolved to include multimedia as...
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Print Remains the Anchor for Enthusiast Market
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The publisher of lifestyle enthusiast titles like Yoga Journal, Backpacker and Sail and Climbing says that maintaining their strong print platform is key for growth in other areas like digital and events. Skip Zimbalist, CEO of Active Interest Media, was...
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The Newsstand Model is About to Get Interesting
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[responsive][/responsive]It was a come-together moment for industry leaders: Three major magazine publishers announced they are teaming up to peddle newsstand copies of their top fashion magazines, according to DeadTreeEdition.This is big news.Anyone even tangentially involved with the magazine industry knows...
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How to Actually Remember What You Read Online
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All the info, without all the noise, in user-friendly format: That’s what  UK company PaperLater is providing, saying they “allow people to enjoy reading all the great writing the web has to offer in a calmer, less distracting format,” according...
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Restoration Hardware Goes Big …Really Big
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For one specialty retailer, bigger is definitely better when it comes to their catalog. Forget slim jims and other micro catalog trends; for Restoration Hardware, they are going big when it comes to your home.“Weighing in at a whopping 12...
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Data Shows Magazine Revenue Will Grow in 2015
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The magazine industry is poised for renewed revenue growth next year, according to industry projections by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).The insights were pulled from PwC’s Global Entertainment and Media Outlook - Magazine Publishing Overview, 2014-2018, and cited by Print in the Mix.According...
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Rosenberg on Why Print Publishers Should Pivot Back to Print
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Print publishers are missing out on a potentially lucrative opportunity by selling their online impressions through digital-only ad buyers, says Ari Rosenberg in MediaPost. He explains his idea through some rather hard to follow math, but the bottom line is...
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The Power’s in the Integration of Print and Digital
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If Michael Fernadnez of Advertising Age was trying to hit a nerve with his “stop printing catalogs” message last week, he sure succeeded. Response was swift and passionate, including Christine Alexander’s take on why direct marketing catalogs are worth it....
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