For Publishers that Embraced Events, Now What?
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The publishing world has done a remarkable job of adding live events as a revenue stream over the past several years. We watched in awe as Marvin Shanken, the man behind Wine Spectator, Cigar Aficionado and Whisky Advocate, began calling...
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The Perils of a Pandemic Gone Postal
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“The purpose of accounting, one of my favorite professors used to say, is to give people the information they need to make decisions,” writes the always insightful D. Eadward Tree in Publishing Executive. “Postal accounting, however, is more like a...
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The Land Report Goes Big During Lockdown
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In an uncertain economy, it only makes sense to scale back your brand’s print footprint, right? Not if you’re The Land Report, which just launched their largest print issue ever. “Even during a pandemic, people are investing in, buying and...
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Let’s Get Topical for Free Font Friday
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Masks have become ubiquitous in these interesting days of 2020, so why not share a little font fun to play along? Presenting Masquerouge, a striking Victorian-style free front from the designer known as vastard. The free family comes in regular,...
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Bloomberg Launches Climate Journalism Magazine
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There’s been a lot written about how the pandemic has changed life as we know it, with plenty of calls for rethinking … everything … as we gear back up. As skies over typically smogged-in cities cleared, many began calling...
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Are We Ready to Eat Out Again?
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I missed eating out. So much so, that the very first weekend we were allowed to “dine-in” again in Ohio, my wife and I enjoyed a great meal at one of our favorite local places. Yes, it was different from...
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How Local Libraries are Fighting the Community News Crisis
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Local news is facing a crisis… at a time when trusted coverage of the events in this country and our world is more critical than ever. “It has simply become uneconomic to provide news to [communities] based on the business...
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Why Wired UK is Wired for Growth in 2021
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Trust your audience. That’s what I gleaned from this Press Gazette article by Charlotte Tobitt on Wired UK’s revenue forecasts. “Wired magazine is forecasting revenue growth of up to 10% this year, despite the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, as the Conde...
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Nintendo Fans, this New Title is For You
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We did not see this coming. Nintendo-themed magazines haven’t been a big thing since the Official Nintendo Magazine stopped publishing back in 2014. That’s about to change, writes Matt Gardner in Forbes. “After successfully securing funding through Kickstarter within mere hours of...
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The Magazine Hero Launching During a Pandemic
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HERE'S PROJECTS: (PHOTO BY: SAM HARTNETT) Worldwide pandemic. Massive shutdowns. Declining economy. Oh, yeah, and a magazine launch. When Bauer Media shuttered its New Zealand architecture title HOME in April due to the pandemic, editor Simon Farrell-Green found himself reeling. “Bauer...
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