The subscription website publishing posts below get into subscription website best practices in design and monetization. They also dive into the many different archetypes that we've identified.
After laying off two-thirds of its editorial staff in 2012 to adopt a community publishing model – more a philosophical move than a financial one – Good Magazine has reversed
With arguably the most stylish merger in recent publishing history, Nylon Magazine will join forces with FashionIndie.com to launch a "multifplatform media company," according to Ad Week.
Tabloid publisher American Media Inc. on Monday launched its InPrint app for iPhone and iPad, allowing subscribers access to all of its magazine content. American owns the National Enquirer, Star,
These digital magazine publishing posts dive into digital magazine creation, publishing, and monetization. They are currently our most popular articles about digital magazine publishing.
The Wall Street Journal's new digital magazine, Signal, will present videos produced internally and by filmmakers, the publisher announced at NewFronts last week.
Livingly Media's home décor brand Lonny has seen its numbers rise and fall, and it's currently looking to find consistent success with a new mobile platform.
Multiplatform publishing focuses on three main types of content: online, offline and live. More specifically, websites, email, magazines, video, books and events.
Our most popular multiplatform publishing articles covered the spectrum
The first trimester of 2014 saw 84 magazine launches and 187 special issues, according to Samir Husni of the University of Mississippi's Magazine Innovation Center. Launches are slightly up, and
Last Thursday we took a look at subscription website publishing’s best and brightest – those with the 25 highest Online Media Index numbers. The winners weren’t much of a surprise,
Zinio, the mobile app platform for 5,000 digital magazines, has acquired Audience Media with the aim to become the first content aggregator to produce "white label, branded apps for consumers,"
Vox, the digital magazine headed up by erstwhile Washington Post wunderkind Ezra Klein, is adding a wrinkle to its articles that could add more dimension and clarity to its editorial
The Newspaper Association of America reports that circulation revenues are up 3.7% to $10.87 billion, which might surprise you.
But these aren't your father's circulation revenues we're talking about; rather, the
Last Tuesday we took a look at the 25 top magazines by digital circulation, according to data released by AAM for the period July-December 2013. That was a fun time,
Billboard's new look is leading the multiplatform pack, according to Folio:.
Gone is the practical newspaperlike cover, jam-packed with ink and charts. In its place is a sleek, stylized art
It's a great question, one publishers are frantically trying to figure out. But thanks to the social media giant's latest Newsfeed algorithm, it's more difficult than ever to unlock the
Michela O’Connor Abrams, president & CEO at Dwell Media, is no stranger to innovation. Launched in 2000 as a modernist design publication, Dwell is built on innovation in architecture, including
Publishers are more evenly distributing resources among print, web, and mobile in order to attract more young readers, and one magazine in particular is providing a shining example.
With the recent release of AAM’s biannual circulation data, it’s time to take a look not at circulation, but at the overall health of U.S. magazines’ multiplatform publishing efforts. In
Women's Wear Daily reports that Vogue.com is revamping its site for the first time since 2010. The new and improved Vogue.com will debut during New York Fashion Week in September.
Unlike other platforms', magazines' worth rise as the years go by. Think about it: Your first DVD player is a piece of junk these days, but the first issue of
It’s not who you might think
Now that AAM is allowing publishers to report their tablet magazine circulation separately, it’s become possible to track those who are leading the way in
How many 100-year-olds do you know who are adept at using the Internet? Forbes, a leading business publisher for nearly a century, is a shining case study in digital expansion,
Editor in Chief Douglas S. Barach and Online Editor Scott Dodd recently announced that OnEarth Magazine will switch to a monthly digital format and cease quarterly hard-copy production following its
If you think email is dying, you're just doing it wrong.
You're a superhero. You've got the villain right where you want him. You'll save the world, rid it forever of
Digiday reports that fed-up publishers are being proactive in addressing what for many are the scourge of the Internet. Some, like Popular Science magazine, have ditched such features altogether, while
Publishers are literally sowing the seeds of innovation, according to the Worldwide Magazine Media Association.
As an example of magazines getting creative to gain purchase in the ever-shifting industry landscape, the
Starting out small and sticking to a niche concept: It's a good thing.
Danny Seo, the "Green Martha Stewart," is launching his new magazine, Naturally, in July. The Harris Publications property
No matter where you look these days, it seems like you encounter lackluster customer service. But a legendary Condé Nast exec is having none of it when it comes to
In recent coverage of the Digital Media Europe conference, you can almost picture publishing personnel gathering at the feet of Rebecca Miskin like acolytes on a grassy hill in ancient
Condé Nast launched Lipstick.com through its Glamour brand yesterday, while Hearst is rolling out Beauty Unbound across multiple properties this May, including Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, and Town & Country.
AdAge reports an interesting twist in the narrative of the newly launched Esquire Network, the offspring of a licensing partnership between NBC Universal and Hearst Magazines: It’s not yet drawing
For the longest time, Google was the main algorithm on our minds. We'd write blog posts, optimize them the best we could, and then hope and pray to the Internet
The dust has settled after Time’s personnel changes during the first week of April, and Tom Weber has found himself near the top of the heap.
An assistant managing editor at
In a crafty move, media group Future will launch an American edition of Mollie Makes, its digital and print publication focusing on handmade and DIY projects that has already found
Condé Nast laid down its last card in the leadership reshuffle at Self, announcing Friday that Mary Murcko is the magazine’s new managing editor.
Adweek reported that the former Gannett executive
Skift is reporting that Delta's Sky magazine is getting a redesign. Samantha Shankman writes, "It’s the first time that the content and format of the magazine have been reworked since
Ad Week's Emma Bazilian writes, "In recent months, customers of online-only retailers like Rent the Runway, JackThreads and Birchbox have received catalogs—yes, those old-school, printed booklets—in their mailboxes, while flash
Ricardo Bilton from Digiday has a new article about membership models for magazines. Ricardo writes, "In response to incredible shrinking ad revenue and mounting pressure to diversify their revenue streams,
Bayou City wins Best Niche Start-up Award
We couldn’t be prouder of our client, Bayou City, for their recent recognition by Niche Media. We’ve helped with hundreds of launches over past
You know how you just can't get enough of the new Bloomberg Businessweek design? Neither can anyone else. That's why they plan on rolling out Businessweek style design changes to
