Finally, a Free Font for Amy Winehouse Fans
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Dramatic, stunning and always stylish – Dalmais was created by designer Paulo R. Skomii to honor the late singer and her music.  It’s a little bit retro (think art deco), with bold and narrow strokes in perfect contrasts. This would...
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Want to Live Longer and Be Healthier? Put Down Your Phone
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Well if this doesn’t encourage you to embrace digital minimalism, I don’t think anything will. According to Catherine Price writing in The New York Times, our phones are threatening our health and potentially shortening our lives. “By chronically raising levels...
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World Health Organization Urges No More than One Hour of Screen a Day for Kids
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Get your kids vaccinated. Use the right car seat. Make sure they wear their bike helmets. Oh, and limit their screen time. Most parents willingly act on the recommendations of health and safety officials when it comes to the well-being...
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Happily Never After with QR Codes
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QR codes – they were a marketer’s dream, to be able to connect real-world media directly with online channels and digital metrics. But they’ve failed – pretty spectacularly – to catch on. According to digital industry analyst Heidi Tollliver-Walker writing...
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Publishers Slammed by Latest Google Update
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Traditional publishers are feeling a chill from Google since the middle of last month, according to D. Eadward Tree in Publishing Executive. “Google’s long love affair with traditional, respected publishers may have come to an abrupt end last month,” Tree...
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Netflix Launches a Print Mag to Go After Hollywood Gold
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They started in physical media – as a DVD-by-mail company – then evolved to become a massive online streaming service and, most recently, media content producer. Now, Netflix is looking to physical media again as they attempt to earn kudos...
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The Buzz Around Digital-first Bumble’s New Print Title
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The dating app maker just launched a lifestyle magazine offering stories and advice about dating, careers and friendship to their 50 million+ users. Just yesterday we were talking about the growing trend of “reverse publishing” – digital-first brands that are...
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At Risk: The Dire State of Digital News Archiving
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Are we facing a crisis of public information? According to a new report from The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, the news media is woefully unprepared for preserving news content in the digital age....
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If a Like is So Valuable, Why are They So Cheap?
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There’s a video making the rounds that making a lot of online marketers and the brands who hire them uncomfortable. “Like,” posted by Field of Vision, is an 8-minute long video with a powerful message for marketers (see below). Directed...
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The Reality Gap in Marketingland
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Okay, marketing industry, you’ve been called out. While you’ve been working pretty hard to sideline print in favor of digital marketing, the truth is that you’re hurting your clients in the process. That’s the position taken by the team at...
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