DMG World Media has sold its portfolio of 38 North American consumer home shows to Marketplace Events LLC for $53 million. DMG CEO Michael Franks said the home shows “were a significant reason for DMG World Media’s entry into the North American market in the first place, and we have enjoyed building the business to [...]
While the Los Angeles Times continues to shed staff, a monthly magazine it plans to launch in September is bringing in some big edit guns from the glossy magazine world. Annie Gilbar, slated to serve as editor of the LAT’s new monthly, has lined up Lori Goldstein to be fashion director and has also hired [...]
“The Sun” will be raising the cover price of its weekday paper to 30p in London and the south-east. Last September, it slashed its price from 35p to 20p and then in May increased it to 25p. The ABC circulation figures reported that the paper has managed its fifth year-on-year circulation increase with a sales rise [...]
Since the news of Brett Favre’s unretirement, the Green Bay Press-Gazette has seen a boost in web traffic, reader comments, and single-copy sales, according to the paper. However, the paper’s sales of retirement-related merchandise such as reprints of a special edition from the day he announced his retirement, copies of editions marking high-points in his [...]
The Wall Street Journal has decided it will raise its newsstand price to $2 from $1.50. The increase is expected to take effect on July 28. Reuters (July 16, 2008)
Quebecor World has reached a $55 million multi-year deal with Reader’s Digest Association that will include renewal work for Reader’s Digest titles including Family Handyman, Weekly Reader and Reader’s Digest Large Print,. The agreement also includes new work for titles such as Weekly Reader Current Events and Reader’s Digest Milwaukee magazine. After filing for bankruptcy, [...]
While newspaper readership among those 18-24 years of age is slowling declining, a new survey by Northwestern’s Readership Institute shows readership is stable among those over 45 and the time readers spend with the medium has remained steady. MediaLife (July 15, 2008)
The Publishers Group of America is set to increase circulation of its newspaper food magazine Relish from 12 million to 15 million starting in January 2009. Relish launched in February 2006 as the largest ad-supported food magazine and has increased its circulation by three million each year since then. Even ad pages at Relish are [...]
F+W Publications has changed its name to F+W Media as a way to better reflect their growing portfolio of digital products. CEO David Nussbaum, says, “The word ‘publications’ no longer adequately describes who we are as a company (and) substituting the word ‘media’ better reflects F+W’s mission to deliver content across all platforms—including print and [...]
James Murdoch has passed his father Rupert in the MediaGuardian 100. As the chief executive at this father’s News Corporation Europe and Asia, James has firmly established himself amongst Press and Publishings Top 10.
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