Yankee Magazine – the Little Regional that Went National
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Three year ago, we congratulated Yankee Magazine on their 80th anniversary in print. At the time, Sydney Ember in The New York Times compared the magazine to a hardy New Englander. “Yankee has stuck it out, in much the same...
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Print & Digital – Happily So Far Together
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“Both sides were wrong.” That’s the blanket statement recently issued by pseudonymous industry insider D. Eadward Tree. As he explains in a recent Publishing Executive post, the “print is dead” camp and the “digital will never work” side are both...
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Get Two Distinct Personalities with this Week’s Free Fonts
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Font designer Tom Chalky created Brixton as his first ever (and one of his best-selling) font families. He redesigned it in 2015, and it’s now available in three weights. Brixton features a distinctive, decorative style with a hand-drawn feel and...
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New Trend Had Designers Breaking a Cardinal Rule of Type
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Is it ever okay to alter a designer’s typography? According to some, the sliced text trend is one instance where it’s perfectly okay. “The nifty effect makes type elements look like they’ve been cut with a precision tool and can...
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The Bliss of Taking a Summer Digital Detox
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Travel guide company AFAR has a suggestion for all of us traveling this summer. “Buy a camera. Buy a book. And where you get to where you’re going, talk to people.”  Earlier this spring, AFAR launched their #travelunplugged initiative, in...
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Would You Pay for an Ad-Free Facebook?
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Imagine a social platform where you could connect with the people and the information that’s important to you, minus the spam, the sleaze, and the intrusive advertising. Sounds great, right?  Now imagine paying that service around $7.63 a month. That’s...
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Uber Drives Forward with its Own Print Magazine
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Uber, that poster child of paradigm-disrupting digital commerce, has officially launched a beautiful print magazine. “The ride-sharing tech company is launching a magazine in several major cities for drivers and riders titled Vehicle,” writes Maxwell Tani in The Daily Beast....
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A Free Font this Week that Won’t Let Go
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Sometimes a font just grabs you and compels you to read. If that’s the impact you’re after, try Chonburi by Thai design firm Cadson Demak.  It features a bold, stylish serif that leans toward the display category, making it great...
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4 Pro Tips to Maximize the Power of Direct Mail
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If any of these critical elements are overlooked, you’re probably wasting a lot of time and money. Even in our omnichannel experience, direct mail is often called “the most direct pipeline to consumers.”  And there is plenty of innovation going...
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Why Far & Away is our Favorite New Title in a Long Time
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What do you get when two iconic publishing brands – National Geographic and the Wall Street Journal – decide to collaborate on a new print title? You get the new magazine Far & Away, a luxury business travel publication that...
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