The 10 Biggest Words in Publishing in 2014
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[responsive][/responsive]In an interesting twist to the typical year-end wrap up, Dead Tree Edition gives us the “10 words that summarized what happened to publishing in 2014.” From the political dilly-dallying that lost the USPS its “quorum” to the ongoing debate...
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The Big Bets in Publishing for 2015
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[responsive][/responsive]What’s the strategic direction for publishers in 2015? As it becomes clear that digital ad or subscription revenue is not going to be the answer to their revenue challenges, industry leaders are taking action  in new directions with some bold...
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Association Publishers See Stable Margins in 2014
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[responsive][/responsive]Association publishers were by no mean immune to the challenges faced by the magazine industry as a whole over the past five years, yet print still drives the business model. “They've survived, but it hasn't been easy,” writes Michael Rondon...
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10 Magazines Rocking their Niches
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[responsive][/responsive]To the right reader -- the enthusiast, the fan, the dreamer, the industry expert -- niche magazines can have an incredibly high appeal. As we reported last summer, the industry is seeing good gains in niche publications this year, and...
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The Digital Newsstand Needs to Recognize Its Real Rivals
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[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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“If Only You Knew Anything About Actual Publishing…”
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[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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Some Bad Advice on Digital-First Publishing
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[responsive][/responsive]“Gone are the days when people simply picked up a newspaper, magazine or turned on the television for entertainment, education or news,” writes Mary Hiers in Recruitment ADVisor. “Now more than an ever, people are turning to digital devices. According...
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Apples to Apples: But Could They Publish?
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[responsive][/responsive]“If Apple were a newspaper or a magazine company within a decade it would no longer be a newspaper or magazine company.” So states D. B. Hebbard in Talking New Media, citing the transformation of the company from a personal...
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Monocle’s $115 Million Value Proves Luxury Publishing is Doing Just Fine
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[responsive][/responsive]Monocle, the prestige lifestyle magazine, has received a $10 million investment from Japanese newspaper publishers Nikkei, Inc. Monocle is one of several magazines in this high-end sector that is thriving. “This success is in part driven by strong ad sales...
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Publishing is Far From Dying, Says Harvard Biz Review
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The skeptics chant that the future of publishing is bleak and publishers are not making money. Their comments are loud, vocal and sadly lacking in fact, according to Greg Satell of the Harvard Business Review. “These sentiments are common, but...
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