Luxury Brands Skipping Digital and Sticking to Print
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If you want to reach the high-end, luxury consumer – the buyers of watches, jewelry and haute couture – many brands believe that traditional media ads are the only way to do it effectively. “Figures out today show that these...
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The Publishers who are Tapping the Untapped Market for Local Print
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The Minneapolis Star Tribune is thinking ahead, according to Kristen Hare writing in Poynter. “One year in advance, staff photographers shot images of the Minnesota winter for next winter's StarTribune Magazine,” Hare writes. “The quarterly magazine debuted Sunday, marking a...
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Two more Free Friday Fonts – Langdon & Roboto
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There’s just so much to love about this week’s font pair … including a fantastic Friday audio virus (read on). This week, we’re pairing Langdon & Roboto, two font families with decidedly bold looks. Langdon, available free from the good...
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Celebrating Football Fields of New Forests
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Forests in the U.S. are looking very good indeed, thanks in large part to sustainable forestry practices. According to a new infographic from Two Sides North America, “U.S. forests grew by 5,800 NFL football fields per day between 2007 and...
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Abril’s “Add To” Philosophy of Publishing … and Why It Makes So Much Sense
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When he took the helm of Abril, Walter Longo was in for a surprise. The new CEO of one of Brazil’s largest legacy media brands was ready to bring change. “When I joined Abril Group, I was motivated to infuse...
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What’s Killing Publisher Reach on Facebook?
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Kurt Gessler has a Facebook problem. The deputy editor for digital news at The Chicago Tribune has seen a stark drop in the publisher’s reach on the platform in recent months. “Starting in January of this year, we at the...
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Is This the Future of Ad Blocking?
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For many publishers, it’s been considered the only safe harbor on the current ad blocking war. Native advertising has, due to its construction, been largely unaffected by most ad blockers. This is one of the reasons why, in the face...
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Virtual or Augmented Reality – Where Do Publishers Fit?
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“In my opinion no technology has promised more, delivered less, and destroyed more wealth than virtual reality.”That’s the sentiment of Stephen Masiclat, director of New Media Management at The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse.“Masiclat has spent much...
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The Red Bulletin and Magnum Photos Offer Knockout May Issue
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Hey, sports fans, this one’s bound to be a collector’s item. According to TNM News, “the international active lifestyle magazine for men, The Red Bulletin, has partnered with Magnum, the world’s most successful photographic agency.”“In keeping with the spirit of...
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Why We’ll Still Hear that Thud in 500 Years
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It’s all about the “thud.”The physical experience of reading a book, according to Adam Sternbergh writing in LitHub in 2015, is what ultimately protects books from a digital demise.“It’s different when you read a book. When you read a physical...
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