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 [...]
According to the paper’s editor, The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments. This is a reaction to the industrywide ad sales slump that has been fueled by a weak real estate market. The LA Times plans to restructure the paper cutting pages by [...]
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, [...]
R.R. Donnelley has recently settled their dispute with an Illinois-based workers union over charges that the printer was spying on employees and threatened them in retaliation for organizing with teamsters. George Tedeschi, the Teamsters International vice president and GCC president said, “Our victory should give aid and comfort to the thousands of other R.R. Donnelley [...]
Remnick doesn’t think very much about the newsstand side of The New Yorker’s circulation business because — to hear him tell it — he doesn’t think very often about the magazine’s audience at all. “We…publish to please ourselves,” he says. “It would be arrogant to assume we knew what our readers wanted.” John Harrington interviewed Remnick, [...]
Investor and former Viacom exec Russ Pillar says his company, the 5850 Group, is working to raise capital for Bonnie Fuller Media, which will offer mostly digital, female-oriented media on topics like gossip, fashion and romance, under the direction of renowned editor Bonnie Fuller. “It’s going to be media by, for and about women,” Ms. [...]
Instead of publishers sending out content to their audiences, audiences are now sending content to each other via Facebook, Digg, and other networking site according to Frank Cutitta, the general manager of IDG Connect. At the 2008 Circulation Management Conference, Cutitta spoke about how he helped form IDG Connect, a centralized database and lead-generation vehicle, [...]
The Atlanta-based American Jewish Life is shutting down due to financial reasons after seven years of publication. The magazine’s editor Benyamin Cohen will become the new content director at the Mother Nature Network. MediaBistro (June 25, 2008)
Chairman and Chief Executive of Tribune Co. Sam Zell announced that he would consider selling the Tribune Tower as a way to maximize its value this past Wednesday. Zell does not plan on selling unless the price is absolutely high enough and he will use the proceeds to pay down the debt from his $8.2 [...]