The U.K.’s ASDA grocery chain, owned by WALMART USA, is seeking “outrageous” concessions from magazine publishers. An ASDA email memo, sent to British magazine publishers and distributors has outlined a series of proposed conditions with which publishers are requested to comply. These proposals are as follows;
- Asda’s demands include a request for two pages of editorial or [...]
Hearst Business Media and IDG have partnered in the acquisition of Ee365.cn, a news and technology website that will target Chinese engineers. Ee365.cn launched in June 2006 and is divided into 21 channels based on several different industrial segments. China’s Publishing House of Electronic Industry is also involved in the partnership, though the exact details [...]
With the price of gas increasing weekly, magazines are facing steeper-then-usual sales declines. Particularly, men’s titles and news magazines are down the most, though categories across the board show declines. To combat this decline, some different options are being thrown around. Some titles have the opportunity of hiking up cover prices. For others, with the average cover [...]
LOUD3R, a network of 25 websites that aggregate enthusiast online content, has bought 500 domain names and plans on creating 10 new sites a month until all 500 are up and running. The network is similar to that of Inform Technologies which is used by Conde Nast and is based on an internally-built semantic publishing [...]
Paul Wells, of Canada’s Maclean’s magazine, complains about the tardy release of magazines in the Canadian marketplace.
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According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 9, Source Interlink Distribution, LLC, claims that Time Warner Retail has breached contract, is taking part in discriminatory and retaliatory business practices, has promoted unfair competition, and is interfering with existing retailer customers. The suit claims that Time Warner Retail broke an agreement [...]
The third issue includes features about retail sales opportunities for small and mid-size publishers, mag cover selection success strategies and the latest attempt at no-return, “firm” book sales. Rich Alleger, Rodale’s svp of retail sales, writes the cover package about retail sales opportunities. IPDA Newsstand Forum (May 2008)
The move, announced in a statement today by ceo Jeffrey Bekes, was the latest in a series of efforts to trim what has been for years the world’s largest media company. The full text of the announcement is available here. The New York Times (Apr. 30, 2008)
Effective April 1, 2008, Wegman’s Food Markets, Inc. has announced that Premier Retail Services, Inc., is their category consultant for magazines, and will assume responsibility for processing RDA claims, the negotiation and invoicing of the Wegman’s front-end checkout programs, and the booking and invoicing of promotional programs. SOURCE: Wegman’s Food Markets & Premiere Retail Services [...]
The 2008 Retail Conference, co-sponsored by the Magazine Publishers of America and the International Periodical Distributors Association, begins today in Tampa. Concerns that are speculated to arise deal with rising cover prices, wholesaler incentives, and the tension between publishers and wholesalers, and a list of other affairs. A survey by the Periodical Book Association of [...]