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- Facebook’s Traffic to Top Publishers Fell 32 Percent Since January
While Facebook makes headlines for cooking up new initiatives with publishers, the actual traffic it’s sending those publishers has fallen sharply.
- Grantland and The (Surprising) Future of Publishing
It’s dangerous, I suspect, to draw too many lessons from the ignominious end of Grantland, the high-brow sports and culture site that ESPN shuttered this weekend, several months after parting ways with Bill Simmons, the site’s founder and editor-in-chief.
- Lucky Magazine Shuts Down Once and for All, Here’s why it Failed
On Friday, the handful of remaining staffers at The Lucky Group’s editorial side were dismissed, the final gasp of a publication that once held sway over 1 million readers, many of them young women and avid online shoppers.
- Axel Springer Raises Outlook, Citing Strength of Ad Sales
Axel Springer, the German publishing and digital media group, on Wednesday raised its forecast for 2015 revenue as increasing sales of digital classified advertising offset continued declines in print circulation and other revenue.
- Google, Apple & Texture Trigger Latest Trend in Digital Publishing — Disaggregated Content
Every six months, we at Next Steps Marketing put together a Digital Magazine Dashboard to bring you the latest trends in digital publishing from an audience perspective.
- Jane Pratt Shares Her Thoughts on The Future Of Xojane at Time Inc.
In recent months, Time Inc. has been scooping up digital brands in an effort to reach a millennial audience, including Zooey Deschanel’s Hello Giggles and sports blog network FanSided.
- Tribune Publishing Claims Finances Improving But Records 9.6 Percent Ad Revenue Decline and Slight Loss for 3rd Quarter
The drama surrounding Tribune Publishing Company management was largely absent as the company reported third quarter results and discussed them with analysts.
- Sage Advice from Publishing Pros!
The recent fall issue of FOLIO magazine profiled top editors, publishers and influencers in the magazine business.
- New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Announces Succession Plan
At a staff meeting Monday morning, New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. announced that the company has initiated a succession process, and that a deputy publisher will be named within two years, according to a source.