Targeting African-American and “multicultural” women aged 18 to 34, Juicy will contain hybrid editorial, covering celebrities, plus hair and beauty. Harris plans four issues this year with an increase to 12 in 2011. Folio: Jan. 26, 2010
The current tough economy is an aggravating factor, but the principal cause of a projected $16 billion industry-wide loss from 2007 to 2014 will be the “relentless adoption of digital formats.” MinOnline Jan. 26, 2010
Publishers are eager for the launch of Apple’s new Tablet device. Condé Nast and Time Inc. have already created mockups of their magazines for it, but concerns persist about Apple’s serving as an intermediary between publishers and their customers. In an earlier instance of Apple in the go-between role, music publishers were happy for the [...]
In a lengthy piece about the influences that shape the thinking of Barack Obama, David Axelrod, a senior White House advisor, says that the President reads “magazines like crazy,” including The New Yorker, The Economist, Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone. The Washington Post Jan. 25, 2010