Two Energetic Fonts to Move You into the Weekend
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I don’t know about you but I could use some fun. So we bring you these two great fonts, with a fun and energetic vibe to carry us into the weekend. First up … Camar Vintage, a bold and strong...
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The Real Superpower of Magazine Media is Engagement
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Put a ring on it. That’s what happens when your readers see you in print – they engage with you and your brand in ways that don’t happen online. Five years ago we shared some data on the engagement power...
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Sorry, Apple News, You’re Out of Alignment
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‘We want relationships with our readers; and you aren’t allowing that to happen.’That’s the basic message the New York Times just sent to Apple as they backed out of their partnership with Apple News, according to this article in the...
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35 Years of Publishing… X-acto Knives Included
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It is wild to think back to what print publishing looked like when Inventor’s Digest launched its first edition in the ‘80s. “Ronald Reagan had just begun his second term as president,” writes Reid Creager in Inventor’s Digest. “The world’s...
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Girl Camper Magazine Makes Absolute Sense
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Find a gap and fill it. No matter your industry, that’s a basic premise for success … even (maybe especially?) for digital-first brands that are looking to expand to print. And according to Janine Pettit, founder of GirlCamper.com, their new...
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If the Parthenon had a Neon Sign, This Would be the Font
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Modern? Vintage? We can’t decide either. So today we bring you one of each. Zews is a modern free typeface from Brazilian design shop Ciao Designer. Created in 2019 as a personal project, the artist released it for both free...
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Publishing in a Pandemic at Penn Med
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See a gap, and fill it. That’s a classic start for many an indie magazine and the new student-let title from Penn Med is a perfect example. Released in early June, apenndx features content created by and for the Penn...
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Will Users Be Keen on Google’s New Platform?
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It’s not a social network; it’s an “experiment.” That’s the word from Google on the launch of their Keen platform. According to Monojoy Bhattacharjee in What’s New in Publishing, some are seeing it as an AI-powered Pinterest-like app, although “it’s...
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The Steep Cost of Staying Open
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All of us have watched as small businesses in our own communities had to shut down during the pandemic lockdowns. We worried if they would survive with no income, and we cheered as they began to cautiously reopen. But what...
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Weaving Their Way through the Pandemic Publishing Maze
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“This situation brought out the best of people.” That’s the feeling of David Mulrenan, head of investment at Zenith UK, when asked how the publishing industry is coping with COVID-19. “Continuous innovation, whether that be in how the copy gets...
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