Maghound.com, Time Inc’s online subscription service for magazines, is finally set to launch this September, after nearly 4 years of development. So far, 280 titles are currently online with the service, with hopes to have 300 participating by the launch, and 400 by the end of the year. The site lets users choose titles from [...]
Time Warner Inc. is looking for a buyer for AOL’s dial-up business, after the company completes its separation from the Platform A advertising division sometime in July. Time Warner has put its sales talk with rival dial-up company/potential buyer EarthLink on hold in order to be able to focus completely on its separation. Sources say [...]
Entrepreneur Media Inc. has named Amy C. Cosper its new vice president and editor in chief. She will be responsible for overseeing the media company’s magazine and online properties, including Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur.com, and WomenEntrepreneur.com. EMI hopes that Cosper’s experience with content development across both new and traditional media will help bring the company to new [...]
Online magazine Slate.com suggests four reasons why. One of them is Wal-Mart’s strong growth internationally, as economic growth through much of the world continues unabated. International sales comprised 16.7 percent of overall revenues in 2003. In the 12 months that ending in January, that number had grown to 24.2 percent. And in the most recent quarter, internationl [...]
Amid current worries about the health of the economy, surplus grocers — purveyors of closeouts, scratch-and-dent cans and out-of-date food products — are racking up sales gains. Amelia’s, a Pennsylvania surplus chain with 11 stores, saw its sales jump 17% from 2006 to 2007. Across the country, an executive at Grocery Outlet Inc., a 131-location operator [...]
Tesco’s entry into the U.S. supermarket business apparently did not go unnoticed in Bentonville, AR. Wal-Mart has confirmed plans to open four new stores half the size of their Neighborhood Market format in the Phoenix area. The stores will be called Marketside. Dow Jones Newswires (Jan. 14, 2008)
The companies will continue the successful partnership that has returned double digit sales growth in each of the past three years. The launch of Clean Eating magazine will be a major expansion focus for 2008. Comag Marketing Group Press Release (Dec.13, 2007)
A Playboy press release quoted Tero Turunen, Minick’s CEO, saying, “‘The possibilities of using mobile as part of an integrated digital content distribution strategy are endless. Given the iconic nature of the Playboy brand, our goal is to enhance their content offerings and expand their reach, both through traditional portals as well as on a [...]