Trust in Traditional Media Rebounds … while Social Continues its Slump
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Great news; traditional media is bouncing back from the massive hit it took during the last couple of years. American audiences began to show serious skepticism of the media back in 2015, and it continued to drop in 2016-17 over...
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V…V…Very Good Fonts This Week 
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Our Free Font Fridays continue, this week brought to you by the letter V. First up is Vegur by Japanese type designer Sora Sagano. The sans-serif typeface offers versatile, neutral styling, and includes three weights (no italics). It’s free for...
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How Hoffman Media is Responding to the “Demand for Quality”
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Hoffman Media got the memo. According to Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni, the publisher is all in on the audience-first approach and reaffirms the importance of creating quality content. “We’re seeing readers really demand the quality and that’s something that Hoffman...
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3 Tough Truths Publishers Must Understand for 2018 
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It’s an industry at the crossroads. Whether you are thriving, struggling, or somewhere in between, the publishing industry is facing a pivotal year, according to Keith Sibson in Publishing Executive.“Everyone agrees 2018 will be a year of significant change, but...
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Wait, I thought Facebook was a business
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It’s no secret we aren’t Facebook fans around here. After seeing the writing on the wall three years ago, we walked away (and didn’t miss them). Meanwhile, fake news happened, Russia happened, and so many people started to find Facebook...
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The News Bubble Just Burst; What’s Next?
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How quickly things change. It was only three years ago that The New York Times broke the story that Facebook was officially courting publishers to post native content on their site. At the time, Dillon Baker of The Content Strategist...
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Print is Still a Preferred Choice
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What does print do to your information? According to a recent Two Sides North America survey, it does two specific things to us humans in our material world: It makes the information you publish more credible; and It makes a...
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9 Creative Ways to Spark a Full On Marketing Blitz for Your Print Magazine
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It is pretty clear to most of us in the industry that print magazines are back – indeed, for many us they never really left, but that’s not the point here. What is the point is that consumers still love...
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Free Fonts that Work in a Pinch
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Some of the most creative designs are born out of restrictions – of the medium, of space, of budget or other restraints. This week, we offer two typefaces to consider when your design is up against specific spacing challenges. The...
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Young Subscribers Flocking to Paid News Content
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“Why should I pay for news when I can get it for free online?”Apparently, the Millennial generation has asked that question and found a really good answer, because they are subscribing to paid news services at a faster rate than...
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