Category: Magazines



Death by acquisition
Feb 7, 2012—There are alternatives » Read more…


Grow a fan base
Feb 2, 2012—Piracy and the Angry Birds channel » Read more…


Publishing plumbers
Jan 29, 2012—More evidence that 2012 is their year » Read more…


Innocence and magic
Jan 27, 2012—We were born with our eyes wide open » Read more…


Inflection points (2012)
Jan 26, 2012—Market growth, not digital share, tells a stronger story » Read more…


Meeting expectations
Jan 18, 2012—E-commerce shapes how publishers compete » Read more…


Not “no future”
Jan 17, 2012—Just not the future we might have predicted » Read more…


Digital back issues
Jan 16, 2012—A step toward custom content solutions » Read more…


Generation next
Jan 15, 2012—On the New York Times and its interns » Read more…


Industries blending
Jan 11, 2012—Following the money » Read more…


On perceived value
Jan 10, 2012—The Atlantic gets people to pay for content » Read more…


Warning signs
Jan 9, 2012—Mobile takes resources, but what is plan B? » Read more…


The next wave
Jan 8, 2012—Preparing for a mobile-first world » Read more…


Life’s little ironies
Jan 6, 2012—Only pirated mutants are human » Read more…


Your mileage may vary
Jan 3, 2012—Navigating a multitude of paths to digital » Read more…


Resolution: 2012
Jan 1, 2012—Write something useful every day » Read more…


Know your niches
Dec 30, 2011—Segmenting device adoption and use pays off » Read more…


New choke points
Dec 29, 2011—Dan Gillmor sees a content-controller oligopoly » Read more…


How life turns out
Dec 12, 2011—The odds of faith in the face of doubt » Read more…


On squeezing too tight
Oct 27, 2011—Remembering a conversation with Daniel Burke » Read more…


A shorter window for comments
Aug 9, 2011—Persistent spam takes its toll » Read more…


Treo 650, R.I.P.
May 31, 2011—Farewell to the original smartphone » Read more…


A new hope
May 16, 2011—Recognizing Anne O’Leary, Emerson class of 2011 » Read more…


Department of “huh?”
May 4, 2011—Let’s pay journalists, too » Read more…


Selling the crown jewels
Apr 28, 2011—Growing publishing revenues starts with investments » Read more…


Predictive pricing
Apr 27, 2011—Maximizing content revenues requires new skills » Read more…


Looking elsewhere …
Apr 25, 2011—.. to save us from disruption » Read more…


Give Newsweek a break
Apr 22, 2011—At least they're trying to do something new » Read more…


Think windows, not doors
Apr 17, 2011—Magazine apps should make content consumption easier » Read more…


Light years behind
Feb 28, 2011—Direct relationships would benefit from, um, relationships » Read more…


Barebones and featureless
Jan 19, 2011—... and that's okay » Read more…


A digital convergence
Jan 18, 2011—Edelman Digital identifies 11 trends to watch in 2011 » Read more…


Chief digital officers
Dec 16, 2010—"What you get when you don't get 'president.'" » Read more…


Name changer
Dec 9, 2010—From “journalism” to … » Read more…


Meet the new boss
Dec 1, 2010—Same as the old boss » Read more…


Roar of the greasepaint
Nov 30, 2010—Changing workflows to rise above the din of the web » Read more…


Not a graduated response
Nov 29, 2010—Weak analysis from people who should know better » Read more…


Do apps = paid content?
Nov 23, 2010—Making a modest case for browsers » Read more…


Valuing content
Nov 2, 2010—It’s about context » Read more…


Bringing customers inside
Oct 29, 2010—A real-world test of crowd-sourced strategy » Read more…


Lightning crashes
Oct 28, 2010—Remembering Patricia Gavin McCarthy, 1929 - 2010 » Read more…


Ten rules for radicals
Sep 3, 2010—Carl Malamud's advice applies to publishing, as well » Read more…


Shame on us
Aug 27, 2010—An internship rant » Read more…


Blind spots
Aug 2, 2010—Tweaking Newsweek won't save it » Read more…


Learning to fly
Jul 29, 2010—No subscription apps before their time » Read more…


Beyond belief
Jul 27, 2010—The half-life of a digital strategy » Read more…


Pirates’ wages
Jul 9, 2010—Did stealing a hot story help sell magazines? » Read more…


Boom, like that
Jul 6, 2010—Content workflows could use some controlled destruction » Read more…


Look outside
Jun 11, 2010—Content brands: what problem do you solve for me? » Read more…


Border-less coverage
May 27, 2010—Relevance knows no bounds » Read more…


Learning from Palm
May 21, 2010—Rip tides at the intersection of content and technology » Read more…


Content dust bowls
May 20, 2010—“Brother, can you spare an article?” » Read more…


A tangled web
May 19, 2010—E-reading, monetization and privacy » Read more…


Media under water
May 11, 2010—Needed: less hand-wringing, more change » Read more…


Show your work, and ours
May 10, 2010—The BBC strengthens its use of outbound links » Read more…


At the top of their game
May 5, 2010—Greatness may be fleeting, and that's okay » Read more…


Changing publishing
May 5, 2010—Focus on community, not devices » Read more…


Wait… really?
Apr 28, 2010—"I don't think this means what you think it means" » Read more…


Rust never sleeps
Apr 28, 2010—Content providers will need some new skills » Read more…


On serendipity
Apr 27, 2010—Dreaming of tools that collate my interests » Read more…


Color my world
Apr 26, 2010—Single-use workflows are a costly conceit » Read more…


Growing on me
Apr 21, 2010—The sense in "linking real life to the digital world" » Read more…


The reader decides
Apr 20, 2010—Branding journalists may not be the answer, either » Read more…


Curation, seriously
Apr 19, 2010—Don't take the engine out of the car » Read more…


Digital CPR
Apr 17, 2010—Everything old is new again » Read more…


Do the legwork
Apr 9, 2010—Digging behind a press release pays off for Folio: » Read more…


Let’s pay interns
Apr 8, 2010—The Atlantic solves half the problem » Read more…


Law of the instrument
Apr 6, 2010—Don't outsource that which adds value » Read more…


False dichotomies
Mar 31, 2010—Stop saying “print is dead” to argue the opposite » Read more…


Socially responsible media
Mar 31, 2010—And now for something completely different » Read more…


The cost of denial
Mar 29, 2010—Doing business in a less forgiving world » Read more…


Not the prevailing wisdom
Mar 23, 2010—"It's a wonderful time to be in the B-to-B news business" » Read more…


Answer: “No”
Mar 19, 2010—Question: Could the iPad have saved Gourmet? » Read more…


PIB revenues, R.I.P.
Mar 16, 2010—Add these calculations to the old business model heap » Read more…


Readers first
Mar 12, 2010—The slow decline of the content container » Read more…


The next convergence?
Mar 3, 2010—An M&A report combines media with marketing services » Read more…


Planting agile seeds
Mar 2, 2010—Conde Nast experiments with digital distribution » Read more…


Rewiring journalism
Feb 23, 2010—At TOC, talk of open source models » Read more…


Playing out the string
Feb 11, 2010—Mediaweek, every month or so » Read more…


Content and commerce
Feb 5, 2010—At a dealmaking summit, a call for broader revenue models » Read more…


Show me the data
Feb 3, 2010—The FT invests in digital data businesses » Read more…


Reporting: ante up
Feb 1, 2010—Bloomberg looks to add DC to its database » Read more…


A lesson from Tip O’Neill?
Jan 29, 2010—Maybe most media is local, too » Read more…


Tumblin’ down
Jan 28, 2010—“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” » Read more…


Kindle periodicals
Jan 25, 2010—A match not made in heaven, but ... » Read more…


Mediabistro’s job report
Jan 19, 2010—A smaller pie with unequal slices » Read more…


From content to context
Jan 18, 2010—Gartner says the web will soon be mostly mobile » Read more…


Value before price
Jan 13, 2010—Circulation economics improve with your publication » Read more…


Content distribution deals
Jan 11, 2010—A risk in overplaying your hand, good or bad » Read more…


Mea culpa
Jan 7, 2010—Learning the right lessons on the wrong acquisitions » Read more…


Getting good advice
Jan 5, 2010—Five (plus one) ways to go right with a consultant » Read more…


Getting bad advice
Jan 4, 2010—Nine ways to go wrong with a consultant » Read more…


Media outlook: 2010
Dec 18, 2009—Folio: rounds up predictions for magazines and media » Read more…


Nielsen sells Mediaweek
Dec 10, 2009—Maybe the new owners will worry about delivery » Read more…


On business models
Dec 7, 2009—Pride, prejudice and a different kind of zombie » Read more…


A newsstand “why not?”
Dec 6, 2009—Supporting both volume and efficiency at BN and Borders » Read more…


BYO device
Dec 5, 2009—Is this any way to run a partnership? » Read more…


“Where did he go?”
Dec 4, 2009—On taking month-long vacations in the stratosphere » Read more…


Format as brand
Oct 28, 2009—Comforting ... wrong » Read more…


Periodical apps
Oct 24, 2009—They may not save media, but they are worth considering » Read more…