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Achtung! Magazine Sales are Booming in Germany
01 October 2014|Magazine, Print
While newspaper sales in Germany continue to trend downward, there is a boom in demand for glossy magazines as wired Germans find the time to unwind, according to the German website DW. The main reason? Readers need downtime that they...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Tablet Magazines
30 September 2014|Digital, Magazine
  [responsive][/responsive] In the four years since the iPad burst onto the scene, promising an entirely new type of magazine experience, digital magazines have forgotten to evolve. “For the most part, they are magazines that look and navigate like print...
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The Digital Newsstand Needs to Recognize Its Real Rivals
29 September 2014|content, Magazine, Newsstand, publishing
[responsive][/responsive]The digital newsstand has failed to deliver on the lofty expectations of just a few years ago. We reported back in August that this revolution will not be tabletized, and we were proven right again during the iPhone 6 launch....
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Moody’s Report As Seen By Darwin
29 September 2014|Advertising, Magazine, Print
[responsive][/responsive]Ad revenues are down, digital subscriptions are leveling out and the magazine industry looks pretty bleak, according to credit ratings service Moody’s. But what are we really seeing? “Our outlook for the US Newspapers and Magazines sector is negative,” the...
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Do Magazines Have Control Issues on Social Media?
25 September 2014|Magazine, Social Media
[responsive][/responsive]Social media is a brave new world for the publishing industry. And brands are having a hard time letting go of their preconceived notions and leverage the power of social, according to publishing consultant Rebecca Sterner. “Magazine publishers are working...
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Golly! Kickstarting a Magazine
24 September 2014|Magazine
[responsive][/responsive]What happens when a couple of smart, savvy and entrepreneurial women see a gap in the magazine market place? They aim to fill it, in a most unusual way. “I wanted to create something that would be relevant to women...
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Could Paywalls Work for Niche Magazines?
24 September 2014|Magazine
[responsive][/responsive]Der Spiegel, among the largest weekly news magazines in Europe, has a problem. “Der Spiegel, which has been published since 1947 and is known for its in-depth coverage of political and other issues, was the first to introduce [free online...
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“If Only You Knew Anything About Actual Publishing…”
22 September 2014|Magazine, publishing
[responsive][/responsive] Understanding the business of small magazines is no easy feat. So when Caroline O’Donovan of the Neiman Journalism Lab dove into the topic, she went right to the source.  Her interview with little magazine veteran and publisher of Lapham’s...
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How to Be a Magazine Copy Editor
18 September 2014|Editorial, Magazine
[responsive][/responsive]Copyediting: It’s a critical part of any good magazine, and the people who do this work are a special breed. “Think of a copy editor as the last guy who sees the words. If the magazine is published clean and...
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City & Regional Magazines and the Digital Debate
18 September 2014|Apps, Digital, Magazine
With print sales slowing or even declining, we might expect city and regional publishers to be looking to digital versions to bolster circulations. And we’d probably find out that many of them are doing no such thing. According to Talking...
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