About “That Magic” of the Print Magazine
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Is it possible to retain a love of print while embracing new digital revenue streams? Watch one editor’s heartfelt take on this idea. As James Osland, editor-in-chief of Rodale’s Organic Life knows, “we all live in a VERY interesting moment...
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Shortlist and the Next Digital Wave
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The UK media brand built a sizeable and profitable business by focusing on a platform that many other publishers were starting to leave behind - print.  The digital disruption of the publishing industry is far from over, according to one...
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Nat Geo Throws it Way Back, With Stunning Results
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A photographic icon launches an Old West typeset cover… and the results are perfection. The brand is synonymous with striking imagery. I suspect almost anyone you know could instantly recognize a couple of the most iconic National Geographic covers: The...
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Print Media and the Ad-Free Renaissance
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The “give-away” culture of digital content is slowly leading publishers to realize they may have gotten it all terribly wrong. As the pendulum swings back to print, publishers seem to be coming to some kind of awakening – rude or...
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Mission Critical for Local Niche Titles
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There’s one key element at play when localized, special interest print titles thrive in niche market scenarios. The niche magazine market is strong in southern Louisiana, according to April Capochino Myers in the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. The article...
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Swoosh…the Pendulum Continues its Swing Back to Print
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One group of marketing pros demonstrates to an audience why print materials, and in particular inserts, are having a revival. “There’s a very common misconception that people just throw inserts into the bin. Everyone talks about digital but we’re expanding...
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Condé Nast Defying the So-Called Digital Erosion
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“There is something extraordinarily alluring about a glossy magazine, the physical quality, particularly a very thick one.” -- Condé Nast’s Nicholas Coleridge. Thanks to his brand’s winning strategy for defying “Internet erosion,” Condé Nast’s Nicholas Coleridge says his company’s magazine...
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Now Delivering: Print Mail to Your Inbox
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The post office is testing a new service that lets residents see what’s coming in today’s mail. And the impact on the direct mail industry could be huge. But are we ready for it? It’s been called a game changing...
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The Oft-Ignored Story of Magazine Media Growth
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Despite challenges in measurement and reporting, the evidence of magazine media’s growth is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Something fascinating is happening in the magazine media industry, and it’s an often ignored story according to research consultant Marius Cloete, writing...
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How Indie Publishers are Subverting the Dominant Paradigm
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The publisher of Offscreen makes a case approaching “passion projects” from a vastly different point of view.  Last spring we shared an article on Kai Brach and his idea of creating selfish permanence in the digital design world via a...
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