Posts Tagged ‘National Geographic’

National Geographic to Launch a Record Label

January 28th, 2009

The new record label Nat Geo Music will record, release and promote modern music from around the globe, the music will be distributed globally through a variety of distribution partners. Foliomag.com (Jan. 27, 2009)

Magazines Boosting Website Views with Interactive Online Games

March 27th, 2008

Publisher and editors are realizing that to keep magazines afloat they need to hook viewers onto their websites.  National Geographic and BusinessWeek are a few who are utilizing interactive applications such as online games and puzzles to increase the amount of time viewers spend on their page.  It has been estimated that the average page is [...]

The National Lampoon to Parody National Geographic

March 6th, 2008

Hayes Davenport and Ross Arbes, co-editors at The National Lampoon, brazenly reveal their diabolical plan to so bismirch the National Geographic brand with their parody that the real magazine will be forced out of business.  The NatGeo parody goes on-sale on April Fool’s Day, naturally.  (And the fate of the National Geographic Society?  Time will [...]

Most Notable Magazine Launches of the Year

December 20th, 2007

MinOnline organized a list of the top magazine launches of 2007.  Conde Nast’s Portfolio, National Geographic’s Little Kids, Garden and Gun, Forbes Life Executive Woman, Highlights High Five, Hip Hop Weekly, Jewish Living, Outside’s Go, and Science Illustrated are all high on the 17-titled list.  The number 1 most notable magazine launch was Bond, a relationship [...]

Fewer Audited Titles Helping to Relieve the Over-Circulated Consumer Magazine Industry

November 3rd, 2007

Looking at the first half ABC numbers, Baird Davis notes the newsstand to subscription source ratio dropped to a new low of 17.2 percent.  But he saw some good news in the overall circulation picture.  Sales losses resulting from a 13 percent decline in the number of audited titles have been largely made up for [...]