January 26th, 2010
Publishers are eager for the launch of Apple’s new Tablet device. Condé Nast and Time Inc. have already created mockups of their magazines for it, but concerns persist about Apple’s serving as an intermediary between publishers and their customers. In an earlier instance of Apple in the go-between role, music publishers were happy for the the iTunes revenue stream, but also blame the service for undermining the album format. The New York Times Jan. 26, 2010
January 25th, 2010
In a lengthy piece about the influences that shape the thinking of Barack Obama, David Axelrod, a senior White House advisor, says that the President reads “magazines like crazy,” including The New Yorker, The Economist, Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone. The Washington Post Jan. 25, 2010
January 25th, 2010
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 Jan. 25, 2010
January 25th, 2010
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 announced jointly by Peter Kanter, President of Penny Publications, and Michael L. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of CMG. Read the rest of this entry »
January 22nd, 2010
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.
January 22nd, 2010
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
January 22nd, 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