In January, The Grolier Club in New York City opened a room-sized exhibit that’s a history of the United States as told through magazines. For the magazine fan, as myself, it’s one not to miss. While travel restrictions may keep you from an in-person visit, […]
It goes without saying that LinkedIn is a leading social media platform for business connections. It’s platforms such as these that many in the media world point to as one of the leading disruptors of the traditional publishing business model, in particular magazines and newspapers. […]
Matthew Philpotts tackles the question of what makes a great editor in his article at Eurozine. In it, he not only looks at the individual skills but also the “strong editorial collectivity and social conditions favourable to publishing.” It’s a great read. Philpotts offers seven […]
Courtesy of Open Culture. Hear John Malkovich read from Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” to music mixed by Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, Rick Ocasek, OMD and others.
Is this graph an accurate history of American magazine publishing? Has the Internet decimated the remains of our attention spans? That’s not exactly the case. Read The Life and Death and Life of Magazines, and learn how magazines have been dying since there have been […]
In his piece for Folio title Assessing the State of the Consumer Magazine Print Business, Baird Davis writes that the industry’s transition from print to a hybrid digital format has been more difficult than could have been imaging five years ago. “In the rush to […]
When an Apple fan meets an Android admirer. From TUAW.
Earlier this fall, Victor Navasky and Evan Cornog produced a volume of essays written by editors, writers, art directors and other about the “art” of putting together magazines: The Art of Making Magazines: On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry. It sounds […]
Could Next Issue Media’s business model be the future for magazine publishers? It’s been called Netflix for magazines. From Wired (emphasis added): “This week, Next Issue Media released a new Android tablet newsstand for magazines from equity partners Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith and Time Inc. […]
The trade association for consumber magazine publishers has a new name. To reflect changes in how publishers interact with readers (if you call them that anymore), the Magazine Publishers of America now calls itself MPA-the Association of Magazine Media. From the press release: “Reflecting the […]