The March Spring Fashion issues — for fashion glossies often the second-biggest-selling issue of the year — suggest that 2010 will be better than a disastrous 2009 for magazines. Advertising pages at Elle, Harpers Bazaar and Vogue were all up in March versus prior year. InStyle enjoyed a whopping 33.5% increase. The New York Post [...]
Penny Publications, the leading publisher of puzzle magazines in North America, has signed a new agreement with Comag Marketing Group LLC (CMG) for the continued sale, marketing and distribution of all of its titles – under both the Penny Press and Dell Magazine brands – in the United States, Canada and abroad. The agreement was [...]
PBAA Associate Director Jose Cancio sent an email to members today explaining that the meeting scheduled for next Thursday, January 28th, in San Francisco has been canceled due to expected low attendance. Some material from the planned presentations may be incorporated in the 2010 Retail Marketplace conference in Boston June 28-30. Source: PBAA Email.
The numbers are small, but growing, of people willing to pay $2.99 for an iPhone-app-version of an issue of GQ magazine. “Condé Nast President-CEO Charles Townsend has said that the app platform it has developed is mainly a way to get in position to play on tablets.” Advertising Age Jan. 21, 2010
Crown Publishing Group will publish a biography of Oprah Winfrey by Kitty Kelley, biographer of the rich and famous. Oprah did not participate in the book, which will be released April 13th. CNN.com Jan. 22, 2010
Ms. Sanders has served as the publisher of Condé Nast’s Lucky magazine. The New York Post Jan. 21, 2010
Source Interlink Distribution has promoted Missy Root to director, publisher services. Source’s vice president of publisher services, Stephanie Laco, notified business partners yesterday in an email, which is excerpted below:
I am pleased to announce the promotion of Missy Root to Director, Publisher Services. For 2 ½ years Missy has led the Borders Group Inc. [...]
Wal-Mart and The News Group have confirmed that Patrick Bowman, most recently vice president of category management and analytics at The News Group, will join Wal-Mart as senior buyer for magazines and books. Mr. Bowman is due to begin his new assignment on January 25th. Source: CMG NewsLink Jan. 16, 2010
Newsstand sales are declining, venerable titles are closing and advertising revenue fell by 18% in 2009. Worse, according to Mr. Magazine Samir Husni, is that some publishers seem to believe that the good old days of 2007 will return with an improving economy. Husni says that that publishers need to revamp their economic models more [...]