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AMI Gets Slapped with Native Advertising Complaint
16 January 2017|Advertising
It’s finally happened; the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the BBB is holding a major publisher responsible for the way native advertising is presented in its publication. “American Media, Inc. has agreed to discontinue certain advertisements that ran in weekly...
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Bitesize Content and the Magazine Blowback
16 January 2017|Magazine, Print
What’s the difference between a magazine and a successful magazine these days?  Reema Khrais writing in Marketplace set out to discover the answer. “Every year, dozens of magazines fold their print editions,” Khrais notes. “Next month, Condé Nast will say goodbye to...
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A Graphic Designer’s Photographer: Izabela Habur
13 January 2017|design
Meet iStock Photos’ signature artist of the month…and download a freebie. Stock photography has come a long way since the days of cheesy poses and stiff suits. And iStock Photos by Getty Images has a lot to do with that,...
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Will You Watch? Facebook Set to Test Mid-roll Video Ads
13 January 2017|Social Media
They’ve got the world publishing videos at a mighty pace; now a plan is launched to monetize it. We’re all familiar with the YouTube video experience. You hit play, and then count down until you can click away from the...
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AARP and the Unabashed Belief in Print
12 January 2017|Magazine, Print
At 37 million readers, AARP The Magazine is the largest circulated magazine in the U.S., writes Samir Husni is his Mr. Magazine blog. Add to that the close to 30 million readers of the AARP Bulletin, and you have an...
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Why Digital Spells Death for Magazines
12 January 2017|Digital, Magazine, Print
The digital revolution has been blamed for everything from “kids these days” to widespread astonishment at our recent election results. It’s also been blamed for the demise of print and, in particular, printed magazines. And it’s hooey. Sure, the advent...
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If the Morisawa 10 Were Created in 2017
11 January 2017|design
Over the course of 1996-1997, John Maeda created an extraordinary set of designs called The Morisawa 10. At the time, he said he “created this series of ten posters as a message to young designers to have optimism for the...
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Native Advertising and Fake News…Not Much Difference?
11 January 2017|Advertising, Editorial, News
Jim Weber, you’ve called out the emperor and his imaginary clothes. Well done.“I can only laugh when publishers bemoan the growth of fake news and then in the same breath gush about how native advertising is the future of digital...
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Hey, Guys, the Millennials are Over Here!
10 January 2017|Magazine, Print
They were born with smartphones in their hands, and can’t even imagine balancing a checkbook on the back of a statement. Rotary phones? That’s cute. Go to a bank? Not if their lives depended on it. They’re the Millennials, and...
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Do Designers Have a Moral Mandate?
10 January 2017|design, Magazine, Print
Technology has, among other things, paved the way for mediocre design. One of the hallmarks of the digital age is the elimination of barriers; once those walls are down, anyone with a laptop can get in. At the same time,...
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