- 'Philadelphia Inquirer' To Close Printing Plant, 500 Staffers Laid Off
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Monday, October 12, 2020
At present, the 'Inquirer' is in negotiations to unload the 45-acre property, opened in 1992. Sale monies will be used, in part, to enlarge severance packages for laid-off employees ...
- MDC Partners Launches Earned Media Analytics Platform
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
PRophet uses proprietary technology to sample millions of reporters' stories spanning thousands of print media outlets by deploying a proprietary combination of natural-language processing and
machine-learning technologies. ...
- WFA Sees Marked Uptick In Optimism, Majority Of Marketing Campaigns No Longer Impacted
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, October 6, 2020
"Guarded optimism" is how the World Federation of Advertisers characterizes responses to its fourth tracking study on the impact of COVID-19 on marketing and media spending plans worldwide. Significantly, the ...
- Surfer Magazine Shutters, EIC Says It Ended On 'A High Note'
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, October 5, 2020
The 60-year-old magazine is closing. It made its first endorsement for president: Biden-Harris. ...
- Q2 Ad-Spending Analysis Reveals Major Share Increases For Social, Including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 1, 2020
U.S. ad spending fell 30% during Q2 2020 vs. the same quarter in 2019, but the erosion was far more pronounced for traditional media. ...
- Hearst Magazines To Invest In Larger Formats, More Editorial Pages In Print
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Thursday, September 24, 2020
The initiative is called Premium Print. The company will also launch a new quarterly publication from 'Delish' next year. ...
- Content Marketing Revenues To Decline Nearly 7% In The U.S. In 2020
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 23, 2020
After years of double-digit percentage growth, U.S. content marketing revenues are expected to decline 6.8% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to PQ Media. ...
- 'Wall Street Journal,' 'Barron's, 'New York Post' Change Print Facility To Cut Costs
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Dow Jones, the pubs' parent company, said it made the decision to secure the printing of the publications into the future as well as to improve profitability. ...
- Revenue Outlook Dramatizes Need For Innovation In Publishing
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, September 17, 2020
Print advertising in the U.S. is forecast to recover somewhat next year, though it will still decline by 6.5% this year. ...
- Magna Reduces 2020 U.S. Ad Outlook Another Three-Tenths Of A Point: Now -4.6%
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
IPG Mediabrands' Magna unit has revised its 2020 U.S. ad outlook down again, but is keeping its 2021 forecast the same. Magna now projects the U.S. ad economy will decline ...
- Standard Media Index Appoints Jason Keown As Vice President, Marketing
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Standard Media Index continues to grow its management ranks with the appointment of Jason Keown as vp, marketing, a new position where he will focus on expanding business in North ...
- TV's Slow Recovery: Projected To Drop 10% For 2020
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 31, 2020
TV advertising's sharp 28% decline in Q2 will be slowed by 9% drops in Q3 and Q4 this year, MoffettNathanson Research says. TV advertising was down 2% in the first ...
- 'National Enquirer' Needs Investment To Rebound From Pecker Era
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, August 27, 2020
The publication has faced steeped drops in circulation to less than 100,000 issues from more than 4 million two decades ago. ...
- 'O, The Oprah Magazine' To Print 4 Yearly Issues, Expand Digital
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Thursday, August 20, 2020
The last month of regular publication for the print magazine will be the December issue. ...
- Vice Releases USPS-Focused Newsletter, Magazine
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Called "The Mail," the free email newsletter will "spotlight the USPS' role in the most important election of our lifetime amid current threats to election security," according to the publis ...
- 'Time' Q2 Digital Revs Surpass Print For First Time
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, August 17, 2020
Digital revenues grew 58% year-over-year in Q2 2020, while U.S. print subscription revenue increased by 6% YOY. ...
- Bustle Digital Group Teams With Investor Group To Revive 'W' As W Media
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, August 14, 2020
'W' plans to publish six print issues a year and has brought back its furloughed staff. A single aggregate issue will print in 2020. ...
- How Newspapers Can Profit With Cuts To Print Days
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, August 14, 2020
Printing issues three to five days a week has the best chance of generating an operating profit, according to a financial model. ...
- 'Time Out' Will Shutter Most Print Editions
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, August 12, 2020
The company plans to continue printing the magazine in London, Madrid and Barcelona, but is unlikely to resume in the U.S. ...
- 'Time Out London' Releases First Print Edition Since Pandemic
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Friday, August 7, 2020
The issue, out August 11, is dedicated to the memory of Time Out's founder Tony Elliott. ...
- NYTCO Digital Revenue Surpasses Print
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, August 5, 2020
In Q2 2020, 'The Times' brought in $185.5 million in revenue for digital subscriptions and ads. It also added 669,000 net new digital subscribers. ...
- 'Oxford American,' 'Texas Observer' Partner For Regional Newsletter Series
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Monday, August 3, 2020
The goal of the newsletter is to "help define the South - and West, and the spaces in between." For many, it will double as a primer on Southern life ...
- 'Batman' Writer Launches 'Razorblades,' New Digital Horror Anthology
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Friday, July 31, 2020
Comic-book writer James Tynion IV has a new title: publisher. Hia quarterly focuses on the rising class in the industry. ...
- It's The Stupidity, Stupid
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, July 30, 2020
The biggest factor influencing the outcome of elections is stupidity, not the economy. The No. 1 reason? The dissolution of professional journalism and growth of -- how should I say ...
- 'O: The Oprah Magazine' Evaluates Future Of Print Edition, Looks To Digital Future
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, July 27, 2020
Hearst called it "a natural next step for the brand, extending its voice and vision with video and social content." ...
- When The Going Gets Weird, 'The New York Times Magazine' Turns To Fiction, Entirely
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, July 8, 2020
For the first time ever, "The New York Times Magazine" is turning its entire issue over to fiction in order to make sense of reality. "When reality is surreal, only ...
- Why Aren't Magazines Leveraging Retailers' Ecommerce Platforms?
Publishers Daily, Jerry Lynch - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Print magazines should be marketed, sold and delivered to homes or picked up at stores - via retailers' now-common "click-and-collect" programs. ...
- 'The Week Junior' Aims To Give Gen Alpha An Outlet To Be Heard
Show Daily, Nina Lentini - Friday, June 12, 2020
"Age 8 or 9 is the pivot point, where children become interested in the world that is wider than their families," said The Week's Kerin O'Connor, adding frankly, "There is ...
- Publishing Insider Summit Draws Speakers From C-Suite To Show The Way Forward
MediaPost Connect, Nina Lentini - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
MediaPost's Steve Smith is most enthused about the number of people from the C-suite who are speaking at the June 11 - 12 summit. "They're coming from major brands across ...
- Publishers Delay September Fashion Issues
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, June 1, 2020
September fashion issues typically publish in August and are the largest of the year -- but 2020 issues will be rolled out in early September. ...
