28 Trump Covers and Other Surprising Magazine Facts for 2017
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Fun facts to know: Four of the top 15 newsstand magazine publishers saw sales rise in 2016 over 2015; The average cover price of a newsstand magazine rose 5% last year over the year before; 37% of digital publishers still...
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This Week’s Free Fonts: Ostrich and Amble
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Inline fonts – typefaces that contain a narrow stroke inside the thicker font body – have been around for centuries in print. Lately they’ve become really popular for online design too, especially in flat design situations. I think almost everyone...
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5 Steps to Choosing the Perfect Fonts
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Still guessing and hoping? Try this approach for finding just the right type for your next project or branding assignment. Typography – it’s a crucial element to all good design. And it’s also a challenge for many of us to...
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ESPN’s Chin Wang Talks Magazine Design
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ESPN’s creative designer explains why every story meeting should have a visual person at the table. “I like designers who think like an editor.” That’s one of the creative philosophies that sets Chin Wang apart in the field of magazine...
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Record Store Day Could Be a Real Goldmine
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Music magazines, indie record stores, and a cover shot of a young Mick Jagger – have we warped back to the ‘70s? No, this is all happening right now, thanks to a creative partnership between print and vinyl. “Goldmine, the...
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P&G’s Brand Officer to Digital Ad Industry: Grow Up
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Preach, Mr. Pritchard. As Chief Brand Officer of the huge multi-national Procter & Gamble brand, Marc. S Pritchard has some serious clout in the industry. And he’s leveraging that clout – publically and in no uncertain terms – at industry...
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Popular Science Attempts to Reach the Scientifically Curious
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When he stepped into his new role as Editor at Popular Science last summer, Joe Brown found himself in an interesting position. “In today’s political climate, ‘Popular Science’ sounds a little like an oxymoron. Some people’ denials of climate change,...
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Mailing Industry Up in Arms over the Ongoing USPS Rate Debacle 
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Could this be the end of inflation-capped postal rate hikes? Many in the industry feel that the pending Congressional review of how postal rates are determined may set the stage for exactly this. And the industry is not taking the...
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Travel Magazine Built Their Business on Trust
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In 2004, South African publisher Media24 took a chance on a new bi-monthly publication call “Weg!” (“go!” is its English counterpart). Before long it mushroomed into a monthly, and continued to grow into the multi-media magazine brand it is today....
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Inspirational Print in this Age of Fake News
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The news media – long criticized and now much maligned – has one ace in the hole that fake news can’t touch. And that ace is print. “Fake news relies heavily on social media to get content shared fast and...
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