Free Distribution is a Smashing Business Model for this UK Magazine
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For Stylist Magazine's editor-in-chief Lisa Smosarski, their current success is based on a sound strategic decision made over a decade ago, when many magazine publishers were in an absolute panic.Ten years ago, Smosarski says in an interview with Media Voices, the...
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Adobe, Indies and the Way Back to Print
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Madeleine Morley has a good eye for indie magazines.“Whether standing in line for checkout at a supermarket, sitting in a local coffee shop, or browsing in a modern bookstore, it’s not unusual to see magazines with $15, $20, even $25...
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Magazines Tell It, and Magazines Sell It
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Call it 80 for 80. That’s the number of magazine ad campaigns in one recent measurement that delivered positive ROIs for the advertisers, according to research from the MPA. That research was among the information presented by MPA’s Linda Thomas...
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What Mold Magazine Wants You to Care About
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LinYee Yuan and Johnny Drain have a problem with the highly stylized “foodie culture,” especially in light of what they see as a “coming food crisis.” So they’ve taken their online platform into print, with Mold Magazine. “They think that...
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Want to be happier, right this moment? You already know what to do.
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Get enough sleep. Focus on one thing at a time. Don’t motivate your team through fear. Don’t spend too much time on social media. These are things we know. And yet the daily news feed is filled with more accounts...
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Publishers Expecting Print Growth in 2018
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We’ve moved from “print is dead” to “print is in an inexorable decline.” And now it’s time to put that fallacy to bed as well. According to Tony Silber writing in Folio, a new survey shows magazine brands are bullish...
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New EIC for Popular Meredith Title Embraces Print Proud, Digital Smart Mantra
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If there’s one thing magazines still desperately need in this digital age, it’s good editors. Yes, of course, it’s important to use digital as appropriate for your brand’s reach and engagement. But at the helm, we need people who firmly...
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Why Magazines Still Need Great Editors
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As magazines morphed into magazine media brands, it only makes sense that the role of editor should morph to. But are we throwing out the baby with the bathwater, soap, towels and the rubber ducky? The former British Vogue editor...
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The End of an Era?
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He was an international icon of publishing. When billionaire publishing magnate S.I. Newhouse died last week, many called it the “end of an era” for the glossy publishing industry. “When Si Newhouse died this week at the age of 89,...
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Magazine Media. Better. Believe It.
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This is great news. The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) just announced a new ad campaign that focuses on our industry’s greatest strengths – credibility, trust and engagement. “With the tagline ‘Magazine Media. Better. Believe It,’ the campaign, which is...
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