New York Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Is Ready for Its Next Chapter
Editor-in-chief David Haskell describes New York magazine and its related verticals as an organization “fixated on the new,” and the biweekly title has certainly seen a lot of “new” in its 51st year....
View ArticleRockYou Successor Wild Sky Media Hires New CEO | People on the Move
[caption id="attachment_171661" align="alignright" width="150"] Emily Smith[/caption] Wild Sky Media has hired Emily Smith as its new CEO. Smith previously served as the company's SVP of content and...
View ArticleTurning Editorial Franchises into Brand Builders and Moneymakers
Bon Appétit’s "Hot 10" list of the best new restaurants in the country began as a typical magazine feature when it made its debut in BA's September restaurants issue in 2009. The following year, the...
View ArticleHow Magazines Can Avoid Disaster by Coming Back to Earth
[caption id="attachment_171791" align="alignright" width="300"] The Apollo 13 crew onboard the USS Iwo Jima after splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean.[/caption] You will be familiar, I suppose, with...
View ArticleNYT Names New T Magazine Publisher | People on the Move
[caption id="attachment_171881" align="alignright" width="150"] Adam Hargis[/caption] The New York Times announced last week that Adam Hargis is taking over as publisher of T: The New York Times Style...
View ArticleUpheaval at Sports Illustrated, Mergers in Digital Media | News & Notes
A staff uprising at Sports Illustrated... Following Tuesday's New York Post report that editor-in-chief Chris Stone is exiting Sports Illustrated after 27 years with the magazine, The Wall Street...
View ArticleNorthstar Travel Eyes International Expansion With Three Acquisitions
Northstar Travel Group is on a buying spree. The Secaucus, N.J.-based, private equity-backed B2B media company mainly serving the travel and hospitality space has acquired travAlliancemedia, Buying...
View ArticleTiger Oak Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Citing mounting vendor debt and declining revenue, Tiger Oak Media—the publisher of more than 30 regional and bridal magazines around the country—has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection,...
View ArticleQuartz Announces Leadership Overhaul | People on the Move
[caption id="attachment_162587" align="alignright" width="150"] Zach Seward[/caption] On Monday, Quartz announced multiple transitions in leadership, including co-founder Zach Seward's promotion from...
View ArticleHMP Launches European Division With Latest Event Acquisition
HMP—a B2B events, education and media provider to the healthcare industry—closed a pair of acquisitions this week, swelling its portfolio to more than 300 annual live events and establishing a...
View ArticleHarvard Business Review Wins Magazine of the Year at the Eddie & Ozzie Awards...
View the full list of Eddie & Ozzie Award winners and finalists here. NEW YORK—Magazine and digital media professionals from all over the country gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate honorees...
View ArticleBig Ideas for Incremental Change and Disruption
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Publishers have been taking a hard look at several novel revenue opportunities, some borrowed from other industries but each representing incremental growth potential when spun on a...
View ArticleMeet the 2019 Eddie & Ozzie Award Winners
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View ArticleWhen Less is Actually More: Behind Bauer Media’s Print Success
Scrappy isn’t necessarily a word you’d use to describe a publishing company that houses the two best-selling titles on U.S. newsstands, but at Bauer Media Group USA, the company’s mindset is exactly...
View ArticleMeredith’s Vision for the Future Includes Growth in Print Advertising,...
Just two months after the company's fiscal 2019 earnings report saw its share price tumble 23% in a single day, Meredith Corp. revealed a somewhat optimistic forecast for the company's print magazine...
View ArticleHearst Hires VP of Talent; Meredith Staffs Up Health Mag | People on the Move
[caption id="attachment_174829" align="alignright" width="150"] Rachel Kay[/caption] On Wednesday, Hearst announced the hiring of Rachel Kay as vice president of talent, a newly created role that will...
View ArticleEndeavor Business Media Acquires More Than 20 B2B Titles from Informa Plc
At Endeavor Business Media—the Nashville-based company founded by former SouthComm CEO Chris Ferrell just two years ago—2019 is ending the same way it began: with a significant, acquisition-fueled...
View ArticleAnalytics Firm Parse.ly Expands to Track How Content Drives Conversions
The content analytics company Parse.ly has long captivated publishers with its intuitive dashboard to track how articles perform. In October, the 10-year-old company added functionality that tracks...
View ArticleThe Atlantic Redesigns Across Platforms; Hearst Magazines Editors to Form Union
Two months into life behind a digital paywall, The Atlantic says it sold "record numbers" of subscriptions in both September and October, doubling the amount of sales originally forecast (though it...
View Article6 Takeaways for Digital Editors from the Folio: Show
From emerging social networks and distribution channels, to evolving KPIs, to constant demands to become more data- and insight-driven, editing in the platform age is a complicated and ever-changing...
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