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
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
The “World’s Largest Circulation Biblical Archaeology Magazine,” as Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) bills itself, lives in a small niche, parented by a nonprofit organization. It’s dedicated to studying the oldest
January 31, 2014 - BOSTON — Subscription website publishing is one of the hottest entrepreneurial ventures on the Internet, both for novices and for legacy publishers struggling to make the
Recruitment Advisor has posted a fun article about the audience development campaign that's underway for the newspaper at the San Quentin correctional facility.
The Reynold Journalism Institute publishes a weekly update on innovations in journalism technology called FutureLab. Last week's update featured a few innovations for digital magazine publishing.
“Give consumers what they want.” That’s both the motto and the business model at Prime Publishing, where a whopping 17 craft websites and 13 food sites – including one recently-launched
The price of must-read news about New York State and the city will cost you $5,990 per year. Lucia Moses from Ad Week writes, "Capital next month will start asking
Matt Cutts, head of web spam at Google, published a post on his personal blog that pretty much says if you're using guest blogging for SEO purposes, you're a black
Glamour is pulling out the celebrities to boost its audience. Ad Week has a new report about Glamour's new celebrity editors, Emma Bazilian writes, "Glamour is reaching outside the traditional
Romanian-based PHOTOgraphia is taking digital magazine publishing to the next level, not because they want to, but because they need to. Talking New Media's D.B. Hebbard writes, "It turns out
January 10, 2014 - BOSTON — Following the recent release of his new Multiplatform Publishing Strategy handbook, Don Nicholas, a leading magazine industry consultant and CEO of Mequoda Group, has
The New York Times relaunched its website yesterday, while also unveiling its sponsored posts. DigiDay's Brian Morrissey writes, "The New York Times said it would take every care to label
Yahoo made some big announcements at CES that you might be interested in. David Pouge debuted the new digital magazine Yahoo Tech. Variety's Marc Graser writes, "His new digital magazine
Twitter recently debuted a new feature called Nearby. It lets users see what people have tweeted in their local vicinity. This functionality opens up the possibility for businesses to promote
Some folks like to talk about the decline of magazines. And yet, the Google search question “how to start a magazine company” is asked 1,680 times a year (and 1.1
Stipla is a new interactive iPad magazine that tells the stories of people from around the world. Cool Hunting's Nara Shin writes, "Stipla combines writing with panoramic photographs.
Time Inc.'s split from parent company Time Warner isn't the only big move the company is making. They are also tearing down the wall between editorial and the business side
Subscription websites are at the core of modern online publishing and have even been considered the Holy Grail of the industry.
The popularity surrounding subscription websites stems from the fact that
Rap Genius is a popular music lyric database site that has grown quite popular in the last year. However, Rap Genius did something incredibly bad for its SEO earlier in
We often hear about predictions for digital magazines; how they will grow, the revenue generation expected throughout the industry and the time frames associated with these numbers. These predictions are
This year we published more than two-hundred new articles about multiplatform publishing, digital magazines, audience development and subscription websites.
Out of those 200 articles, there were ten multiplatform publishing articles that
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has just launched a new online multimedia magazine. Lewis Lazare for the Chicago Business Journal writes, "It is believed to be the first dedicated music
The digital landscape gives publishers the opportunity to provide a variety of content on different devices. This versatility is expanding the idea of what a digital magazine can be.
Panna, for
On November 8, The Onion announced that it would stop publishing in print and only focus on its digital channels. On Thursday, December 12, the final print edition of The
Meredith’s print magazine Allrecipes is only a month old but expansion is already in the game plan. Bill Mickey writes, “After just one month in print, Allrecipes, the print extension
From augmented reality to trends in nontraditional gift-giving, Bayou City magazine’s subscription website publishing adventures epitomize the 21st century.
Bayoucitynetwork.com launched in early November, exactly one year after it was born
It’s been interesting to see the successes associated with subscription websites. From digital newspapers to digital magazines, more and more publishers are considering paywall strategies. This even includes tabloids.
Robert Cookson
When we first heard about Google’s new Play Newsstand for Android devices … we were underwhelmed.
“Ah,” we thought, “Google is about to prove once again that they may understand search,
Paywalls have been big for publishers by bringing in subscription website money. The Daily Dish is going at paywalls in another way; by accepting tweets or bitcoins in exchange for
Many big box retailers were open on Thanksgiving, giving the post-holiday shoppers somewhere to go before the mayhem of Black Friday.
Some publishers got involved in the sales too, offering digital
"We can't afford to pay for content if it's going to be a one-time use," stated Jay Annis, VP of The Taunton Press speaking at the Act 4 Publishing Event
At last.
We’ve noted here that it seemed simply astounding that a publisher with the vast resources of Time Inc. was putting out a blurry product. TIME magazine – granddaddy of
Digital newsstands just got an upgrade. Google has decided to combine their Google Currents mobile news application and their Play Magazine app into something called Google Play Newsstand, which competes
Joanna Coles, editor of Cosmo, recently wrote an article for AdWeek that shares her opinions on digital publishing and printed content.
“Digital disruption has been fantastic for the publishing industry. It’s
eMarketer has a new report on X + 1's and Research Now's new poll that takes a peek at how misaligned our marketing campaigns can be compared to consumer expectations.
Ad Week is reporting that Forbes Media is entertaining offers to sell the company. Lucia Moses writes, "CEO Mike Perlis announced the news in a memo to employees today saying
A new study from eMarketer says that 91% of moms - who Forbes holds responsible for "80-90% of all household decisions" and dubs "a very powerful and influential demographic" -
As a 36-year-old, Outside magazine from Mariah Media is, naturally, quite physically fit. Established in 1977 by Rolling Stone co-founder and publisher Jann Wenner (also current owner of Men’s Journal
Subscription website publishing: It’s the core of every publishing business today. The website is where you drive traffic, post content to enthrall your audience and sell lots of products, including
While many publishers are taking most of their content online, Meredith is doing the opposite. Ad Week is reporting that Meredith has launched Allrecipes magazine. Lucia Moses writes, "With ad
A riddle: What’s quick and relatively easy to set up when you want to become a publisher, but can still be quite lucrative? The answer, of course, is a subscription
Every six months, the Alliance for Audited Media issues its top 25 lists of reporting magazines for various data points. Most recently, this past June, it issued its list for
American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) has released new guidelines for native advertisements. Ad Age's Michael Sebastian reports, "New language suggests magazines use the term "sponsored content" to help set
The advertising community in New York City saw a preview of Hearst Magazine endeavors for 2014.
This article from MinOnline shares highlights from the Hearst announcement, including this piece of news
The Guardian is reporting that The Financial Times is consolidating to a single global print edition in the first half of 2014. Roy Greenslade writes, "The Financial Times is to
Audience Development is reporting that publishers have partnered with AOL on a new subscription service. Michael Rondon writes, "The service, Gathr, packages subscriptions to a variety of products and services
Capital New York is reporting that Business Insider will be investing in longer format articles. Business Insider founder and editor-in-chief Henry Blodget told Capital New York they plan on investing
For 125 years National Geographic has been showing us all the foreign places of the world and inspiring adventure for generations. International Business Times has a brief look back at
The magazine website is one of nine subscription website models that Mequoda has identified and defined. We do this because designing a website is as much about establishing a business
