April 10, 2012 by Gary Price
From Venture Beat: Zeen, the newest project from YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, aims to help normal people make and discover digital magazines. [Clip] For now, though, we have relatively few details about how Zeen will work and what Zeen-spawed ‘zines will look like. You can go to the app’s landing page now […]
April 9, 2012 by Gary Price
From the News Release: In the first quarter of 2012, 52 magazines launched and 12 magazines closed, according to MediaFinder.com—the largest online database of U.S. and Canadian publications. The top category for new magazine launches was “restaurants,” with five new DiningOut guides from Pearl Publishing. The other top categories for new launches were “hunting & […]
April 4, 2012 by Gary Price
From a Blog Post/Media Release: Next Issue Media , a joint venture formed by five leading U.S.-based publishers – Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and Time Inc., today announces the launch of its all-new tablet newsstand featuring the world’s top titles, designed specifically for Android tablets.” [Clip] Customers have unlimited access to as many […]
March 15, 2012 by Gary Price
From The Next Web: The Spectator is a weekly magazine with a conservative leaning, and it’s one of the oldest continually-published magazines in the English-speaking world, having first gone to print on 6 July, 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also own another prominent conservative title, The Daily Telegraph newspaper […]
December 16, 2011 by Gary Price
Via Foilo Magazine: The number of magazines launched in 2011 jumped 23.8 percent, from 193 to 239, compared to 2010, according to magazine database Mediafinder.com. Meanwhile, the number of closures fell 13.6 percent, from 176 in 2010 to 152 this year. [Clip] The b-to-b sector appears to have seen a much healthier 2011, with 62 […]
November 22, 2011 by Gary Price
From Media Post: Over half of American magazine readers are accessing magazine content and advertising through digital channels, according to Affinity’s most recent American magazine study. Out of 187 million American adults who interacted with magazine content and ads in the period covered by the AMS, 54% did so via the Web or mobile platforms, […]
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October 4, 2011 by Gary Price
From a MediaFinder Announcement: In the first nine months of 2011, 200 magazines launched, up from the 176 launched during the same period of 2010, according to MediaFinder.com, the largest online database of U.S. and Canadian publications. During the same period, 128 folded, up only slightly from the 127 that folded in 2010. The top […]
April 13, 2011 by Gary Price
Some New Statistics From an Oxbridge Communications: In the first quarter of 2011, 54 magazines launched, and 24 magazines closed, according to MediaFinder.com—the largest online database of U.S. and Canadian publications. The top categories for new launches were regional interest, food, and women, with titles such as Plum Miami, Gourmet Italian Kitchen, and Harmony Magazine. […]