magazines

Magazines' Newsstand Struggles Continue, but Not Without Bright Spots

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:21:59 -0500

Full article: Advertising Age
Nat Ives
Rolling Stone increased newsstand sales nearly 19 percent in the second half of last year. But Rolling Stone's performance stood out among magazines, whose second half of 2010 seems to have primarily continued the industry's long, gradual decline in single-copy sales.

Gourmet Brand to Return in Print with Special Editions

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:05:10 -0400

Full article: Folio
Jason Fell
Now, Conde Nast is bringing Gourmet back to print -- in the form of three newsstand-only editions. The first is called Gourmet Quick Kitchen, an illustrated cookbook that'd due to hit stands on September 7.

How Magazines Will Be Sold in the Tablet Age

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 03 May 2010 12:20:11 -0400

Full article: Folio
Chandra Johnson-Greene
Digital magazine edition vendors are currently taking two approaches when it comes to helping publishers sell their digital editions online: They're either creating their own marketplaces or they're creating magazine-branded storefronts and/or apps.

E-reader Owners Love Magazines

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:05:58 -0400

Full article: MediaPost
Erik Sass
This week brought more confirmation that magazine publishers stand to benefit from the surge of interest in e-readers, including the new Apple iPad. According to a recent study, e-reader owners are big fans of magazines, in addition to being a desirable demographic.

Magazine Die-Off Slows But So Do New Launches

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:22:11 -0400

Full article: Folio
Jason Fell
Only 22 magazines folded during the first period of 2010. That's a dramatic reduction in the number of publications that died off during the same period last year. But the magazine industry may not be poised for significant growth, only 25 new titles launched during the first three months, compared to 110 during the first quarter last year.

Mags Get Push Back on Per Issue Price on iPad

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:45:36 -0400

Full article: MediaWeek
Lucia Moses
Three days into the Apple iPad's launch, many magazine customers are embracing the new format for print but howling over what they consider excessive prices for single issues.

High-Tech Media, Old-Style Issues

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:30:23 -0400

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Victor Navasky and Evan Lerner
Even if the iPad turns out to be magazines' hoped-for savior, if it brings along the values (or lack of values) currently characteristic of much of the new media, a question looms: At what cost?

Home Magazine Titles Triple in Number from 2005 to 2010

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:18:35 -0400

Full article: FishbowlNY
Alex Alvarez
Despite the shuttering of home magazine titles like Domino, Southern Accents and Metropolitan Home, the home magazine sector saw a jump from 123 titles in 2005 to 337 titles in 2010.

Tangled Web

Stevie Converse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:21:35 -0500

Full article: Columbia Journalism Review
Victor Navasky and Evan Lerner
At a moment when the future of journalism in general and magazines in particular is thought to be in doubt, can we learn anything that can help fix a business model said to be broken, not to mention improve the flow of information on which our democratic society is predicated?

Magazine Sub Prices Fall, But Subs Don't Rise

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:44:13 -0500

Full article: MediaPost
Erik Sass
Hoping to boost their appeal to consumers forced to cut back during a severe economic downturn, big magazine publishers lowered their subscription prices substantially in 2009 -- but did not see increased demand for subscriptions.