Highlights Magazine – Innovating by Staying the Same
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Highlights, the long-time favorite magazine of kids, remains a successful print publication. Yes, they are innovating with digital channels, including online clubs, digital-only subscription content, and a “talking pen” designed to help young Chinese readers learn English. Yet the key...
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Call Me Technoskeptical …. The Mr. Magazine Interview
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The internet has changed work. It’s changed our society, and it’s changed how we move through our days as humans. Mo Lotman, the founder of The Technoskeptic, believes we need a place to go to reflect on what our device-dependent...
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Hello, Property Brothers, Welcome to Print!
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The Property Brothers are launching a magazine? “Oh, yes please,” says just about every modern DIY-er ever. “Fans of The Property Brothers just can’t enough of Drew and Jonathan Scott, and now, there’s something new to add to the mix: a magazine,” writes...
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Condé Nast Brings an Italian Staple to the Table in Print
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Call it the new European Invasion if you will. As Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni reports, the British legacy brand The Spectator is once again available in the U.S. This has been followed closely by an Italian classic coming to our...
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Mr. Magazine and the “Lose Yourself” Experience
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As the American magazine industry approaches its 300th year in 2041, Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni has a thought or two to share. “I know it may be disappointing to some of you that my forecast for the next 22 years...
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The Shortcut to Happiness Lives in a Magazine
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We all want to be happier. Entire industries are dedicated to helping us find ourselves, live fuller lives, and ultimately be a better-adjusted version of ourselves. Looking for a short cut? Pick up a magazine. According to an article in...
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Ground Control to Magazine Publishers…
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“Stop trying to be your competitor media, like cable. Be you.” That’s solid advice from Steve Smith writing in Folio:, in which he urged magazine publishers to realize they are NOT TV networks. The way forward as a publisher is...
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The Pledge to Change the Narrative in a Free-content Landscape
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Vince Shuley is one of us. A true magazine fan since he was a kid browsing the newsstands, he now works as a photojournalist for some of the best adventure print publications in that niche. “I was that kid who...
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Indie Publisher Thrives with an Eye on Quality
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John Walters has learned a thing or two in the 20 years he’s edited Eye magazine, a quarterly review of international graphic design of which he’s now a co-owner. “The former musician, who was one of the founders of the...
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Why Print is the Flea Market of the Modern Media Experience … in a Good Way
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You can spend a beautiful Saturday morning inside scouring eBay for finds, or you could meander through a vintage flea market and do your hunting in real life. The difference, according to Flea Market Home & Living Editor-in-Chief Lisa Marie...
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