A new a program called MagCloud, will allow users to upload pages in PDF format and then sit back and watch MagCloud “publish” it. The print-on-demand service program will do everything from printing and mailing to subscription management. MagCloud is still in its beta form and is being developed by Derek Powazek and HP [...]
Conde Nast U.K., has announced the launch of a British version of WIRED. Publisher Jamie Jouning perceives the challenging economy as an ‘opportunity not a threat’. ‘We’ve done a lot of research into this launch and genuinely feel there’s not a better time to launch. Technology is playing an increasingly important role in contemporary civilisation [...]
Electronic information publishing house Reed Elsevier is offering a £1billion-plus loan to potential suitors of their magazine unit that publishes Farmers Weekly and Flight International. Reed hopes that the offer of the loan will ‘kick - start’ an auction for this division of Reed Business Information.
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The New York Times’ Stephen J. Dubner raises some interesting questions about Time Inc.’s new, Netflix-like Maghound.com online magazine service. Chief among them – do readers really want to trade in and out magazines the way they do movies? (Doesn’t the industry make a lot of hay out of readers’ deep connections to particular titles?) Dubner does see Maghound’s [...]
Despite not having the best year for ad revenues, Condé Nast Publisher Bill Wackerman remains confident. He recently told the New York Post, “Although we’re losing pages, our market share is up. Market share is the new up.” NY Post (July 2, 2008)
Standard & Poors has removed Penton Media from its CreditWatch program and affirmed the company’s ‘B’ credit rating. This comes only a little more than a month after Penton called for a salary and hiring freeze, as well as launching a company-wide revenue reforecasting. Despite all this, Penton’s first quarter revenue increased 11 percent, presumably [...]
The first overseas edition of Martha Stewart Wedding launches in the Philippines in September, as a joint venture with Summit Media. Summit Media, a Manila-based media conglomerate, represents more than 23 titles, including the Philippine editions of Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Seventeen, FHM and Good Housekeeping. Women’s Wear Daily (July 2, 2008)
Hearst Magazines announced that it will shutter Quick & Simple magazine effective with the July 29th issue that is currently on newsstands. The company will instead shift its focus to the 300,000-circulation magazine’s “newly enhanced Web site.” A representative for Hearst said that the company was still “committed to introducing and acquiring print titles, investing [...]
Magazine pioneer Clay Felker, the founder of New York Magazine, which begat like-minded titles in cities around the country, has died at 82 years old. The news was first announced on New York Magazine’s website today. (The photograph of Mr. Felker at left is from 1976.) The New York Times New York Magazine (July 1, [...]
Hair magazine has undergone a complete redesign, with hopes of “bringing an edgier, glossier option to the hair market.” The change comes as former First editor Jane Ennis has become a major consultant for the magazine. Hair’s main sections now include celebrity styles, a six-page section examining a new hair trend from every aspect, [...]