The New York Post reports that after a long search process, a new editor for NYT Magazine has been found. Jake Silverstein has been named the next editor-in-chief of the
Several years ago, we were working with consultant Mark Young on some strategic issues for a joint investing publisher client. Mark said to me, "Don, you're always giving examples of
Life is good for Robert Parker. The famous wine aficionado is diving into Robb Report territory. S. Irene Virbila from La Times is reporting that, "The Wine Advocate has signed
Have you heard of WhoSay? It's a social network that's basically exclusive to celebrities. According to Folio, "Time Inc.’s People and WhoSay, a digital-only social magazine powered by the celebrities
Tomorrow, the Washington Times will launch American CurrentSee, "a free weekly digital magazine for conservative black Americans. The magazine, available at www.americancurrentsee.com, aims to empower its readers to embrace
How the top five magazines on Twitter got so popular -- not to say that this is definite list of every publisher, but according to our research, these publishers are
Digital publishing is booming for both digital natives and digital retreads (as Don calls legacy publishers). But there's still work to do, and thank goodness for that because Mequoda still
Today we bring you another installment in our ongoing magazine pricing series, What Big Publishers Are Doing Wrong.
OK, it’s not really a series. But lately we’ve been taking up the
Slate is launching a new membership tomorrow and they ask that you please not call it a paywall. OK maybe they didn't ask, but they don't want us to report
Larry Kramer is not only USA Today's president and publisher, he's also the founder of MarketWatch. Recently he spoke about digital publishing and "adopting a digital metabolism," as DigiDay put
Crain's New York recently had a chat with President of Condé Nast Bob Sauerberg to talk magazine subscription pricing.
The conversation is so Mequoda that you'd think they were discussing
If you haven't heard of Medium, it's a small little niche blog where everybody is the author. The top authors tend to be C-level execs and start-up founders and the
It’s all good until you see that money still lying on the table.
That’s how we think of TIME.com here at Mequoda. Last week it unveiled its new website design,
Do you have a holiday that only your niche nerds would buy into? Mental Floss does.
In fact, March 14th is one of their best sales days! Mental Floss is magazine
In a harsh but honest review from Talking New Media, D.B. Hebbard says that the Apple Newsstand is starting to look like a "dumpster."
Is it warranted?
His claim is that they're
Clout is defined as, "influence or power, esp. in politics or business." As in, "I knew he carried a lot of clout" or "her clout in the business world".
Klout is
Keeping the editorial style in check is hard enough for a magazine but making sure that style translates into brand merchandise is another story. Folio has an interview with Josh
March 14, 2014 - BOSTON — A complete, painstakingly documented handbook on audience development for Internet publishers has just been released. The 260-page handbook, Organic Audience Development Strategy: 68 Audience
It's fun to see publishers do fun things on social media. Better Homes & Gardens has been using photo contests on Instagram. They've found that they get the best engagement
One of the most successful subscription websites in the world is The Economist, where the venerable news publication posts dozens of news articles every day, unique visitors from the US
The audience development story of consistently great content, loyal fans and a Facebook algorithm change that appreciates all the above
Over the past few months, several of our clients have seen
If you're looking for a European investment magazine for your iPad you're in luck. Investment Europe from Incisive Media has just launched on Apple Newsstand.
What is a “lifetime” product? At Scientific American, it’s their brand-new all-access bundle of print magazine, digital and a massive 150,000-article archive, dating back to the magazine’s first issue in
For those of us who spent our teen years in the 90's, SPIN was somewhat of a magazine staple for anyone even remotely interested in music and pop culture. In
“So what exactly does Mequoda Group do for a living?” people ask us.
I have been involved in Internet marketing and publishing since 1995, when I was running an agency called
Will Newsweek's digital magazine subscription pricing work? Ken Doctor from Nieman Labs has all the details about Newsweek's relaunch. We found the part about their digital magazine subscription pricing to
If you’ve ever contemplated attending one of our Subscription Website Publishing Intensives, but the time – and budget – just haven’t been right, I have a new way for you
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Maxim magazine sold to Texas investor and owner of Steak N Shake, Sardar Biglari. He purchased the publication for an estimated 10 to 15 million dollars.
First Look Media has been getting a lot of buzz lately. Partly because the media company is backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and its star reporter Glen Greenwald.
One of Mequoda’s primary reasons for being is to help legacy publishers cross the digital divide.
And when it comes to Farm Progress, we’re talking serious legacy publishing – a
HeraldScotland is reporting that it has been maintaining audience growth despite its tight paywall. A staff reporter writes, "HeraldScotland - the only platform in the ABC list to operate a
If you're trying to make your content shareable, you may want to check out The Media Briefing's new post about BuzzFeed's five rules of creating sharable content. We'll dive into
Folio is reporting that the National Journal has opened access to its digital library. Caysey Welton writes, "National Journal rolled out a new database for its members featuring thousands of
Field & Stream gets it right the second time
If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know that we’re big fans of Bonnier Corp. for its embrace of digital
UpWorthy has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Fast Company has dubbed them as a "soulful BuzzFeed." Instead of posting links to funny cat videos they are posting links
When the Internet burst on the scene and magazine publishers decided to get on the bandwagon, a lot of people simply shoveled their content up to the Web and called
Ad Week is reporting that Capital NY has tweaked its new paywall. Lucia Moses writes, "Executives at Capital have acknowledged that media could be a tougher sell than politics and
If you want to know one of the reasons why print has been uprooted by the web, blame readability.
Ever since we've been publishing magazines, newspapers and newsletters, the jargon and
Marketing Mag Canada is reporting that new AAM numbers on digital replicas have tripled in the last year. In December 2012, the digital replica circulation was 42,000.
FOLIO is reporting that La Presse+ has had a huge success with their digital edition. Jennifer Silber writes, "The free digital edition of Montreal-based daily newspaper La Presse.
