The corner newsstand took a series of near-fatal blows over the last several years as digital disruption upset everything from consumer reading habits to physical distribution. Yet it’s getting some... read more →
You gotta hand it to the newsstand. It’s nothing if not resilient. In spite of a dysfunctional distribution model... read more →
In much the same way that the digital ad industry is dominated by the Facebook/Google duopoly, the newsstand distribution model is largely run by two major wholesalers who handle around... read more →
For many magazine publishers, the state of the newsstand isn’t exactly the stuff of sweet dreams these days. Yet for some, it’s been a heady time, with new titles and... read more →
When magazine wholesaler TNG asked major publishers to pony up to rescue their newsstand distribution, the overriding response was “get lost.” To some, it might seem counterintuitive – magazine publishers... read more →
“The newsstand business is going through a difficult transition.” That could be the understatement of the decade. And it’s especially telling when it’s uttered by someone whose company just raised... read more →
John Harrington is pulling no punches talking about the current state of the magazine industry. In a recent letter in BoSacks’ Media Intelligence newsletter, the industry veteran asks a simple... read more →
Well that didn’t take long. Just last week we reported on The Pioneer Woman’s debut in glossy print: “The Pioneer Woman magazine debuts today with 150,000 copies in 4,000 Walmart... read more →
Joe Berger has a request. Okay, make that a plea. An impassioned plea. “Why won’t you let someone from the newsstand in on the cover design meetings?” he asks in... read more →
One industry analyst believes that those deep subscription discounts are bad news, especially for smaller publishers. As the always-intriguing D. Eadward Tree pointed out last summer, there’s one thing that... read more →