magazines
Magazines are going to hurt in 2016 Paid Members Public
It’s gonna be a tough year for magazines, says a McKinsey report [http://qz.com/584744/books-and-newspapers-will-do-just-fine-in-2016-magazines-not-so-much/] Magazine’s failure to build complementary digital products is hurting them badly… > In fact, according to a new report from global consulting firm McKinsey, every category of media—from cinema to
Un-Loaded Paid Members Public
Private Frazer laments the troubled later life of Loaded [https://privatefraser.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/loaded-has-left-the-building/], rather than its recent demise: > Because the tawdry and constipated magazine that has just closed bears no relation (other than the title) to the original Loaded. Love it or loathe it, the
The value in the magazine bundle Paid Members Public
Khoi Vihn, designer and former New York Times staffer, as part of his lukewarm response to the new New York Times magazine [http://www.subtraction.com/2015/02/20/behind-the-relaunch-of-the-new-york-times-magazine/] : > It’s also true that part of my objection owes to the fact that I find the magazine format
The baffling stall of tablet magazine evolution Paid Members Public
Interesting piece from a couple of months ago, on the faltering pace of change in tablet magazines [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/09/why-your-tablet-magazine-isnt-getting-any-better/] . It makes a good case for what’s gone wrong – and an even more compelling one for some missed opportunities: > A successful tablet magazine
The end of The Magazine Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/10/magazine.jpg] Pioneering sub-compact magazine The Magazine is going away [http://the-magazine.org/53/editors-note#.VDZpB77tlD4]: > The Magazine will cease publishing its regular every-other-week issues with the December 17, 2014, edition. We don’t see this as a
The digimag bloat problem Paid Members Public
While I’m quoting Tweets: > The people have spoken. And they have said: stop delivering bloated-for-no-reason payloads to my iPad each month. pic.twitter.com/O0E3BZA24F [http://t.co/O0E3BZA24F]— MG Siegler (@parislemon) September 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/parislemon/status/511273684502605824] Hard to disagree. And people have been
Morning Coffee Reading, from the 24 hour social-media, digital-first world… Paid Members Public
Five recent reads you might have missed, and are well-worth your time: It’s a 24/7 social media world out there Friends of the blog Brilliant Noise have done some research into the difference between “always on” Twitter presence and more sporadic approaches: Always-on is a more strategic and
The perils of a kitchen table magazine startup Paid Members Public
Life in an online magazine startup [http://sarah-graham.co.uk/2014/07/14/on-leaving-feminist-times/]: > But children were not our biggest obstacle to harmonious working hours; while the older of Charlotte’s cats was perfectly content to share her home with us, the younger one objected violently – and I still
