How to Avoid Lazy Thinking When Talking about Print
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Source: MPA – The Association of Magazine Media It’s easy to talk about print as a tactile experience, a powerful brand booster, a longstanding legacy media that people love to love. It’s harder to talk about print in a business...
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Words of Magazine Wisdom from the Iconic New York Magazine Editor
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The magazine cover – once a key element in making a title stand out on the newsstand – has evolved to a new purpose. “The cover is no longer really to sell magazines on the newsstand,” explains Adam Moss, EIC...
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New UK Circulation Data Promises Greater Clarity
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For brands, deciding where to advertise is strategically critical. The UK magazine industry wants to make it easier for advertisers to understand the benefits of specific titles, so they are overhauling their circulation reporting standards. “The update, which coincides with...
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Is Meredith Aiming to Break the Duopoly? 
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Last fall, Meredith doubled down on print by buying Time Inc. from Time Warner. The move firmly established Meredith as the largest magazine publisher in the U.S. It did something else too. It opened the door to break through the...
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Bauer Set to Launch 41 SIPs This Year
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While Meredith is building their newly expanded publishing empire as an advertising platform poised to break the Facebook/Google duopoly, another publisher is taking the opposite approach. “Bauer Publishing may have hit on a unique formula to beat the ad crunch...
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The Changing Face of the Magazine Cover
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Sometimes it's a good thing when the normal order of things breaks down. In the midst of the change, you get to take a close look at who you really are and what you really stand for. This seems to...
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The Book about the Magazine about London in the ‘80s
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Paul Gorman has authored a coffee table book about a magazine. And in the very act of doing so, he’s inadvertently pointed out one more reason why the magazine format itself is so valuable. “’The Story of The Face’” has...
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The Second Sin of Magazine Publishing
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In 2009, Alan Mutter famously warned publishers they were committing the “original sin” of giving away their content for free online. While the infantile internet cried “Information wants to be free,” he presaged financial disaster for brands that forgot how...
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What We Aren’t Hearing from Magazine Publishers in 2018
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It’s taken a few years, but publishing executives are becoming much clearer about the strategies they are using to grow their brands. Granted, it’s still an industry in flux, and revenue models continue to evolve. But what do the heads...
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How Digital Music Hints at the Future of Print
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It’s been 20 years since digital changed everything, so we can finally start seeing past the original disruption and onto what’s next. And according to Jessica Ruscello of Blurb Inc., print occupies a singular place in the new media context....
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