How Digital Are We, Really?
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Curious about the digital appetites of the average American? So were the folks at ESignLive, an online digital signature service. “We polled over 2,000 people and asked them how they felt about their digital options, which paper products were better...
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Maybe Readers Have Too Much Trust?
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Well, this is interesting. With politicians and journalists locked in bitter tweet-to-tweet combat, fake news has become entirely too real. Yet results from a new survey show a disturbing trend. “When asked how they keep up with current events, an...
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Mr. Magazine Muses on the Content of our Popular Magazines
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“The substance of the content of magazines has always been important. Each letter of each word formed matters. And when you string those letters together to make words, you then begin to create sentences, followed subsequently by paragraphs, followed by…well;...
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The Indie Title All About Water
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“I love it when independent magazines really lose themselves in a niche, and Water Journal definitely belongs in that category,” writes Steve Watson in Stack Magazines’ blog. “A photo-driven magazine published in London by Edvinas Bruzas, it reflects his lifelong...
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The Swing to Niche Continues and Leaves Publishers with This Lesson
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It was an industry trend we reported on nearly two years ago.“While mainstream magazines are seeing sales fall, and long-standing titles such as Loaded are printing their final issues, the world of niche, independent mags is going from strength to...
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5 Key Factors in Exceptional Cover Design
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It all starts with a good idea. That’s the key to creating a cover design that has serious newsstand chops, according to Luke O’Neill in Creative Bloq. “Designing a successful magazine cover is tricky at the best of times but...
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Science Proves Choosing Print Books over e-Books Improves our Well-Being
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Want to sleep better? Have a closer relationship with your kids? You might want to look at your reading habits. Digital books and the bad night’s sleep According to a recent Harvard study, viewing content on a lit screen at...
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The Oasis of Print in a Plugged-in World
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There she was, a sea of tranquility in the midst of the holiday hustle at a busy airport. For Toby Reed, she was a startling anomaly. “I was intermingled among the various travelers, phone conversations, and blinking lights that punctuate...
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Print Called “Unparalleled” for Keeping Reader Trust
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The “good thing” cliché is inevitable, I suppose. According to Caysey Welton writing in MIN, print truly is a good thing for Martha Stewart Living. Welton interviewed the magazine’s editor-in-chief Elizabeth Graves about what lies ahead for the brand. Graves,...
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Long Live Vinyl…In Print!
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Today we celebrate two great ideas that go great together. No, we’re not talking about peanut butter cups (mmmm). We’re talking print and vinyl. “Long live print and vinyl – that seems to be the mantra of a new British...
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