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- Coach Celebrates First Six Months Of Success With Debut ABC
Coach magazine, Dennis Publishing’s first launch into the free magazine market.
- The Mixed, Early Impact Publishers Are Seeing From Facebook Instant Articles
Publishers are starting to see the results of Facebook Instant Articles, which launched widely last month.
- Data, Insight & Revenue Summit Will Explore How Data Is Powering Publishing
Executives from leading media and publishing companies will share how they’re utilizing data to drive efficiency and create new revenue streams.
- Playwire Launches A Free Video Player For Indie Publishers
When it comes to making Internet video, free is a pretty good price.
- In Ad-Blocking Wars, Publishers Propose A Détente
Publishers are finding that work-arounds are better than confrontation as they deal with the ad-blocking challenge.
- Are You Publishing Sideways?
Back in the day, it was so much easier for media salespeople.
- Facebook As A Publishing Platform Isn’t Good For Publishers
We’re moving into the formative stage of “platform publishing,” and I predict it’s not going to end well for magazine media.
- Shoptalk: Publishers Are Still Missing The Point On Ad Blocking
Like, Forbes starts blocking ad-block and some visitors with ad blockers are asked to either whitelist the New York Times or subscribe.
- Gannett Gears Up For A Long Battle Over Control Of Tribune Publishing
Both Gannett and Tribune Publishing are settling in for a protracted battle, as Gannett marches forward in an increasingly hostile takeover attempt of Tribune.
- Immediate Media Launches Digital Editions With Exact Editions
International special interest magazine media business, Immediate Media Co, and digital providers Exact Editions, have today announced the launch of an extensive partnership.
- ‘Absolutely Petrified’: Publishing In Facebook’s Era Of Empire
This article is the cover story of Digiday’s new magazine, Pulse, a quarterly print publication about the modernization of media.
- Publishers ‘Feeding On Scraps From Facebook’, Says Bloomberg Media Boss
Newspapers, magazines and other publishers are “feeding on the scraps” of Facebook’s multibillion-dollar ad business despite playing a central role in keeping the social network’s users happy.
- What’s Really Killing Digital Media: The Tyranny Of The Impression
All happy media companies are alike, but each unhappy digital media company is unhappy for exactly the same reason.
- Why Gannett Is Likely To Win Its Takeover Bid For Tribune Publishing
Despite initial resistance from Tribune Publishing’s management, financial logic suggests that Gannett will ultimately succeed in acquiring the company.
- Press Release: Magazine Media Continues To Grow Audiences
The Association of Magazine Media released The Magazine Media 360° Brand Audience Report for March and the Social Media Report for first quarter 2016 today.
- Create Content That Feeds Multiple Revenue Streams!
Niche publishers invest a lot of time and money in their editorial programs, working to craft the best possible content to secure and retain devoted readers.
- Report: Subscription Discounts Drive Down Newsstand Sales
New MagNet study finds monthly magazines offer subscriptions for an average of 63 percent off cover price.
- The New Era Of Digital Publishing
What does Digital Publishing mean to you? Not long ago, we defined it as simply moving the publishing industry from offline to online.
- David Carey Reveals Secrets To Hearst’s Success
Mr. Magazine interviews Hearst president David Carey on recent partnerships with Verizon, Lena Dunham, and Snapchat and how Hearst is remixing and distributing content.
- Android App Inventory Value Increases Nearly 150% Y-O-Y
PubMatic, the marketing automation software company for publishers, today announced that its Q1 2016 Quarterly Mobile Index (QMI) report found that advertisers are increasingly targeting Android users, as Android app inventory prices or increased 147 percent, year-over-year.
- Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue And Traffic
The business of online news has never been forgiving. But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic.
- The New Yorker Wins Two Pulitzers In A First For Magazine Media
The winners of the Pulitzer Prizes, recognizing the best in print (and digital) journalism, were announced for the 100th time today, but it was only the second year in which magazine media brands were eligible for the coveted honors.
- Publishers Find Google’s AMP Speeds Up Pages, But Ads Are Still Slow
The mobile web is getting faster thanks to Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages scheme, and it’s about to get faster still.
- The New Yorker Becomes First Magazine To Win A Pulitzer Prize
The New Yorker on Monday became the first magazine to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, taking home awards in both feature writing and criticism categories.
- Digital Publishing: New Era Of SEO Is More About The Experience Than Engine
Since the first search engines began scouring the early Internet, webmasters have tried to figure out how to game the system to enable their content to show up at the top of search results.
- Online Media Is Tested When Social Platforms Come To Town
Facebook now hosts articles created by outside publishers, as well as videos and live broadcasts.
- Amazon Is Enticing Publishers To Opt Into Kindle Unlimited
Amazon is now actively courting agents and publishers in an attempt to woo them over to Kindle Unlimited with a series of perks.
- The Truth In Publishing: An Insider’s Series On The Challenges Facing Today’s Publisher
If you are keeping up-to-date with your trade publications, it seems like the video revolution is all around us.
- Stylist Ceases Publication Of Tablet Edition
Shortlist Media yesterday announced that it is to withdraw the weekly tablet edition of Stylist from circulation with immediate effect.
- Magazine Subscription Apps Are Changing The Way We Consume Media
Increased use of tablets and smartphones mean that Generation Y want 24-hour accessible content and the convenience of being able to read their favourite magazine on the go.
- Fishing For Biz, Time Inc. Launches Harpoon: Media Shop With Regional Focus
From content creation to media buying, big publishers are bulking up agency-type services to diversify their businesses and capture a bigger chunk of advertisers’ budgets.
- The Social Media Spin For Niche Magazines: Six Rules Of Engagement
Niche magazine publishers are always in the business of engaging their audience, whether it’s print, online, webinars, videos, events…the brand expansion list keeps growing.
- How Harper’s Bazaar Gets Its Readers To Shop
Harper’s Bazaar is confident that its editorial content will inspire its readers to go shopping, so it is beefing up ShopBazaar.com.
- Stephen Glass Says He’s Repaid $200,000 To 4 Magazines
Stephen Glass, the former New Republic writer who was outed as a serial fabricator, says he’s making good on his pledge to reimburse magazines that published his work.
- Why It’s Just The Beginning Of The Native Advertising Surge (And That’s A Good Thing For Publishers)
For many years, it seemed like publishers couldn’t catch a break. The Great Recession coincided perfectly with the disruption caused by online media and accelerated the decline of print revenue.
- Marketing Magazine Closes And Folds Content Into Campaign Because ‘Silos Are Untenable’
Haymarket Media Group is folding its 85-year-old monthly specialist title Marketing magazine into sister advertising magazine Campaign saying that “silos are increasingly untenable” in trade journalism.
- New Platform Improves Content Discovery For Publisher Catalogues
The digital world is overloaded with information. The challenge for publishers is to focus their efforts on content discovery rather than distribution.
- Hearst Looks For Global Scale To Native Ads
Magazine giant Hearst is rolling out its native digital ad product to all 84 of its markets, buoyed by the success it has had in the U.S.
- Johnston Press Profits Rise By More Than A Fifth But Further Cuts Loom
Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisher – which is to complete take over of i next month – says ongoing slide in revenues means it may sell off more titles.
- Credentials Come First For Alison Overholt, The First Female Editor Of A Major U.S. Sports Magazine
When Overholt was named editor of ESPN The Magazine in February, research revealed that she is the first woman to be editor of a national, general-interest sports magazine.
- Facebook Introduces Daily Video Metrics For Publishers
Facebook today announced that it’s adding daily measurements of how much people watch videos posted on the social network.
- Testing Its Pay-Per-Article Model In English, Blendle Launches In The United States With 20 Publishers
The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time, and more are now publishing on the Netherlands-based micropayment platform.
- Medium Spins Off Online Magazine Matter
Matter, the National Magazine Award-winning online magazine unit of Medium, will be spun out as a nonfiction storytelling incubator under the name Matter Studios.
- Penguin Random House Posts Record Profit For 2015
Integration yields improved margins at the world’s largest trade publisher
- Facebook Instant Articles And Other Off-Site Experiments Boost Engagement For Three Publishers
The Guardian, The Washington Post and Cosmopolitan have found new, engaged audiences on social media through publishing native stories
- Entries Open For AOP’s Prestigious Publishing Awards
The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) has announced entries are open for its flagship annual awards – in partnership with PubMatic – which benchmark and champion excellence in online publishing.
- Who Will Be The Gatekeeper?: European Publishers Confess Their Biggest Challenges
For publishers, times have never been more challenging.
- IAB Creates Guide For Publishers To Combat Ad Blocking
In an effort to thwart the ever-increasing use of ad blocking software, the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s tech lab has released a guide for publishers groping to respond.
- Next Issue Media Updates Their Texture App, Adding Landscape Reading To All Magazines
The digital newsstand Texture from Next Issue Media has updated its app, adding landscape reading to all magazines.
- Facebook Announces A WordPress Plugin That Lets Publishers Easily Create Instant Articles
Facebook is encouraging developers to customize the open-source plugin as it prepares to open Instant Articles to everyone next month.
- 1843, The Economist Unveils A Relaunched, Rebranded Lifestyle Title
The Economist’s rebranded and relaunched lifestyle title, formerly known as Intelligent Life, is full of similar fare.
- Where Is Lead Gen Leading Publishers? Part One
The Truth in Publishing: An insider’s series on the challenges facing today’s publisher.
- Newspaper, Magazine Revenues Fell In 2015
Total revenues for the U.S. newspaper and magazine publishing industries dropped again in 2015, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Where Magazine Distribution Stands Right Now
Magazines have faced a lot of turmoil over the past decade with the rise of digital threatening traditional print titles.
- How Publishers Are Unlocking Value In Events
News that Bauer Media, publisher of the world’s biggest movie magazine Empire has partnered with sports and entertainment company AEG Europe, owners of The O2 in London.
- Time Out Editor Says Title Makes A Profit And Predicts That More Magazines Will Go Free
More paid-for titles will follow Time Out’s “freemium” model, according to the editor of the London issue of the listings title, who has also revealed that the magazine makes a profit.
- Medium Plans Publisher Monetization Within A Month, Considers Paywalls And Premium Content
Popular long-form blogging platform Medium has given the biggest hint yet as to how and when it will let publishers monetize their content.
- 2016 Yale Publishing Course To Expand Discussion On Digital Publishing Strategies
The dates for the 2016 Yale Publishing Course (YPC) have been announced and applications to attend are now being accepted.
- Facebook Is Letting Publishers Use Instant Articles To Collect Email Newsletter Signups
Facebook is letting some publishers test newsletter sign-up messages at the bottom of their Instant Articles.
- IAB Releases Ad Blocking Primer That Recommends A New ‘Deal’ Between Publishers And Consumers
NEW YORK–(Business Wire)–The IAB Technology Laboratory today released its Publisher Ad Blocking Primer, outlining the tactics publishers are successfully employing to persuade users to stop deploying ad blockers.
- The New Magic Marketing Tool: Introduce Your Archives To New Readers
If you have been in the publishing biz for a while, you have tons of great content–probably going back years, maybe decades.
- As More Publishers Join Mobile, What Should Be Their Next Step?
Mobile’s growing popularity shouldn’t take anyone by surprise.
- The Untold Story Of How Magazine Media Is Winning
The consumer, not the print magazine, now resides at the hub of the business model.
