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- Why AMI’s Dylan Howard Sees A Bright Future For Print
American Media Inc. has 100 million reasons to be optimistic about its future. The David Pecker-led company is not only doing well with its print titles, says Chief Content Officer Dylan Howard, but its digital business is growing too.
- ‘I Need A Neck To Throttle’: Why Publishers Don’t Build Their Own Ad Tech
Relying on ad tech vendors is a hard habit for publishers to quit. Because vendors eat into publishers’ revenue and slow down their pages, pubs are eager to purge them to have more control over their own tech stacks.
- Condé Nast & Hearst Divest Themselves Of The U.K. Distribution Business; Comag U.K.’S Future Is Uncertain
There isn’t much to say about the latest upheaval hitting our industry, because apparently not a lot is, as yet, known. Just this: Hearst and Condé Nast have “pulled out” from Comag…
- Top Dollar M&A: Capitalize On The Power Of (Your) Niche
Within this blog, our constant mantra is The Power of Niche. It’s no surprise that the broader magazine publishing industry has taken notice of this fact and the steady revenue of niche brands.
- Cracking The 429 Code In Luxury Men’s Magazines
“When people say print is dead, I just think that’s idiotic. Print stays relevant in the sense that it needs to provide an aesthetic, sensory and tactile experience that the web can’t.
- Is There Life After Print?
As magazine companies consolidate titles, fold or reinvent themselves under new management, there tends to be a common occurrence: Veteran editors are being traded in for their less expensive, more digitally savvy counterparts.
- Free magazine publisher Shortlist Media reveal plans to make 50 per cent of revenue from digital
The publisher, which also runs the Mr Hyde and Emerald Street lifestyle websites and daily email newsletters, has said it aims to do this by boosting “email, branded content and video”.
- Magazines In The Amazon: What To Expect From Amazon’s Newsstand & Subscription Business
The world’s largest bookseller recently made two moves that could open new opportunities for magazine publishers, so it’s a good time to consider what’s afoot in the Amazon.
- Planet Rock Radio Kicks Off Print Magazine With Motörhead 40th Anniversary Celebration
It used to be that a Bic lighter was raised at live concerts to signify audience approval. Today, for better or worse, it’s more likely to be a smartphone. Whatever your rock ‘n’ roll high-five beacon of .choice…