Vibe Expands Its Brand Platform into New Music Genre: There have been lots of strategic moves among the music magazines lately in an effort to remain vital to their audiences while also making sure their brand platforms keep up with a changing industry and the evolving tastes of music fans. Vibe has been the most recent example of this with its announcement that its hip-hop content focus will be expanded to include electronic dance music.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Condé Nast Launches iOS Game
Condé Nast's iPG Group Launches iOS Fashion Game: Fashion is certainly in Condé Nast's wheelhouse, but standalone game apps might not be one of the first products to come to mind for the company. But its in-house skunkworks team, the Interactive Product Group, has launched an iOS game for the iPhone and iPad called Fashion Hazard. The 99-cent, 3-D modeled, arcade-style game is not tied to any magazine brands and is targeted toward teen girls.
Study: Magazine Ad Spending Decline
Ad spending on print magazines will decline
by another 5.1% this year, to $13 billion, according to a report released by
Pivotal Research Group.
The overall share of ad spending in print
publications will fall to 20.2% this year, down from 21.7% last year, according
to the report.
Golf Digest Creates Personalized E-Mags
Magazines
are always trying to find ways to target their content to readers’ interests
and needs. Golf Digest is taking that concept a step further with the
launch of Golf Digest Live, a digital magazine that creates personalized issues
based on the reader’s most recent round of golf.
Univision Names President Ad Sales & Marketing
Keith Turner, a former longtime colleague of Univision CEO Randy Falco
at NBCUniversal, will take over the top ad sales role at the
Spanish-language media company. Turner, a senior vice president
of media and sponsorship at the NFL, replaces David Lawenda.
Turner joins Univision as president of ad sales and marketing next month, based in News York. Lawenda steps down.
Turner joins Univision as president of ad sales and marketing next month, based in News York. Lawenda steps down.
Time Inc. Names SI.com Editor
Time Inc. Nabs Matt Bean From Rodale: Starting in September, Matt Bean will leave his vice president of product development role at Rodale to become managing editor of Time Inc.’s SI.com. Bean spent eight years at Rodale.
Men's Health Upgrades Mobil Edition
Men's Health Upgrades to More Interactive iPhone Edition: Rodale's Men's Health, which launched a PDF replica for the iPhone in June, has significantly stepped up the mobile edition to be, in a sense, a mini-iPad version of the magazine with greater interactivity and navigation. But rather than squeezing the tablet edition into the iPhone format, the mobile version has been reimagined specifically for the small screen.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
NewPage Port Hawkesbury’s Creditors Meet
Voting results – NewPage Port Hawkesbury’s creditors meeting:
The creditors of NewPage Port Hawkesbury met today to vote on the plan of arrangement for the mill.
At 1pm, the general creditors of NewPage Port Hawkesbury met and voted 99.42% in favour of the plan.
The guaranteed US noteholders will meet at 3pm this afternoon.
Pacific West Commerical Corp. has offered to buy the mill for $33 million.
The sale of the mill requires 51% approval from both the American bondholders and the unsecured creditors. If the deal is approved, about $31 million will go to the US bondholders who are owed close to $3 billion.
The creditors of NewPage Port Hawkesbury met today to vote on the plan of arrangement for the mill.
At 1pm, the general creditors of NewPage Port Hawkesbury met and voted 99.42% in favour of the plan.
The guaranteed US noteholders will meet at 3pm this afternoon.
Pacific West Commerical Corp. has offered to buy the mill for $33 million.
The sale of the mill requires 51% approval from both the American bondholders and the unsecured creditors. If the deal is approved, about $31 million will go to the US bondholders who are owed close to $3 billion.
Catalyst and Port Alberni Reach Agreement
The
City of Port Alberni and Catalyst Paper are moving forward with key strategic
initiatives after reaching an agreement-in-principle for the purchase of the
company's wastewater treatment facility and additional lands.
The
agreement, valued at $5.75 million consists of two parts: acquisition of the
13.4 hectare wastewater treatment facility located across the Alberni Inlet and
secondly, 3.9 hectares of land combined with a road dedication (part of the
Redford Street extension arrangement) to facilitate the development of an
industrial truck route along the waterfront.
More Back-to-College Shoppers Turning to Catalogs
Back-to-College Shoppers Turning to Catalogs More: A recent survey finds catalog use on the rise for back to college shopping having tripled in the last 3 years.
The NRF survey found 15.1% of shoppers said they plan to use catalogs to buy their college items, up from 11.4% last year and 8.3% the year prior.
The NRF survey found 15.1% of shoppers said they plan to use catalogs to buy their college items, up from 11.4% last year and 8.3% the year prior.
Google Buys Frommer’s Travel
Google Buys Frommer’s Travel Guidebook: Adding to its food and tourism portfolio, Google purchased John Wiley & Sons Inc.’s travel assets, including Frommer’s, one of the best-selling guidebook series in the world, for an undisclosed price Monday.
Direct Mail Best Way to Add Donors
Direct Mail Still the Best Method to Acquire New Donors: ATLANTA—August 14, 2012—A study carried out by research company Campbell River on behalf of the non-profit advisory body, Dunham+Company, found that people were more than three times as likely to donate after being contacted by direct mail than by email.
New York Times Names CEO
The
New York Times Co. has named Mark Thompson, outgoing director general of the
British Broadcasting Corp., as its next president-CEO. Thompson is expected to
take charge in November, succeeding Janet Robinson, who resigned from the Times
Co. last December.
New York Magazine; Future in Responsive Design
New
York Magazine launched a fashion site this week called The Cut. What’s
interesting is that the publication is using the site as a pilot of sorts to
join the now-trendy responsive design movement.
Responsive
design is when content layout is formatted on the fly across multiple devices —
desktop, tablet, phone. The advantage of a responsive design approach, which
isn’t the same as adaptive design (different story), is a publisher can design
once rather than go platform by platform. Publishers like the Boston Globe and
Say Media have gone whole hog into responsive design. New York isn’t ready to
commit that much, but it’s the direction it expects to go.
Seventeen Launches Shopping Insider
Seventeen, the
best-selling teen beauty and fashion magazine, has launched Seventeen Shopping
Insider, a mobile shopping companion app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch that
unlocks scores of exclusive deals, freebies and style ideas for readers. Built
by mobile marketing and technology services company, Nellymoser, Inc., the new
magazine companion app debuts with Seventeen’s September Back-to-School issue
and gives teens access to the biggest magazine mobile-activated shopping
experience ever. Seventeen Shopping Insider is free and available now on the
App Store.
ABM Adds Ten Members
ABM
had a productive board of directors meeting last Wednesday. The trade media
association added ten new members to its roster, including three media
companies, six associate members and a sister association, the PPA, which ABM
has also formed a strategic alliance with. The
organization also voted in three new board members.
Kalmbach Relocates Offices
Kalmbach Publishing
Company, the parent company of Discover, is closing the magazine's New York
editorial offices and relocating staff to its Waukesha, Wisconsin headquarters.
The offices will be closed by January 2013.
ASAE Relaunches Associations Now
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ASAE,
The Center for
Association Leadership, has announced plans to relaunch its
publication, Associations Now, which will also coincide with the launch of a
mobile app, a dedicated online news site, and a daily email newsletter. The
relaunch is slated for October, and ASAE has aligned with TMG Custom Media to
assist in development and strategy.
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Glamour Redesign Seeks Individuality
With Redesign, Glamour Ditches Fashion Title Sameness: In the summer of 2011, Glamour’s editor-in-chief Cindi Leive was having trouble at a newsstand in downtown New York City.
“I could not find Glamour to save my life,” she says..That shows the homogeneity out there. It was time to mix it up.”
Magazine covers are constantly analyzed by publishers, and Condé Nast’s Glamour seems to have created a winning formula, just in the nick of time. While overall retail sales for the magazine were down about 7 percent for the first half, it was actually up 5 percent starting with the redesign's March-issue debut.
“I could not find Glamour to save my life,” she says..That shows the homogeneity out there. It was time to mix it up.”
Magazine covers are constantly analyzed by publishers, and Condé Nast’s Glamour seems to have created a winning formula, just in the nick of time. While overall retail sales for the magazine were down about 7 percent for the first half, it was actually up 5 percent starting with the redesign's March-issue debut.
People StyleWatch Leverages Social Media
People StyleWatch Leverages Its Social Media Loyalists: In the context of commerce, buying stuff often hinges on recommendations of others. The more influential or respected the opinions of those people, often the more likely a sale will be made. This rings especially true in ecommerce, and recommendation engines have been built into websites hawking anything from content to computers.
Email Open Rates Still Falling
Email Open Rates Continue Their Decline: Marketers' average email open rates continued their decline during 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 though click-through rates increased slightly during the same period.
4 Million Became QR Code Scanners
4 Million Consumers Became First Time QR Code Scanners in Q2: According to the latest quarterly report from ScanLife, over 4 million consumers became first time scanners in 2012 Q2. The single largest QR Code campaign saw 2+ million scans. At this time last year, the largest campaign saw 30,000 scans.
RRD Completes EDGAR Acquisition
RR Donnelley Completes Purchase of EDGAR Online:
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company today announced that it has completed its previously announced purchase of EDGAR Online, a leading provider of disclosure management services, financial data and enterprise risk analytics software and solutions for both corporate and investment professionals.
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company today announced that it has completed its previously announced purchase of EDGAR Online, a leading provider of disclosure management services, financial data and enterprise risk analytics software and solutions for both corporate and investment professionals.
2012 Global Ad Spend to Decline
2012 Global Ad Spend Growth Projection Scaled Back: Industry predictions for 2012 global ad spend growth have fallen by almost a full percentage point since April, according to the latest forecast from Warc. Global magazine and newspaper ad spending will decline by 2.1% and 2.5% this year, respectively.
Printing Insights Report; Carbon Footprint Low Priority
Energy consumption of low priority to printers, research suggests:
The Printing Insights Report, carried out in July for global print firm Trelleborg Printing Solutions (in the US and the UK), revealed 44% of respondents felt CSR to be the most important aspect of sustainability for their business while 38% said waste reduction was a priority.
However carbon footprint and energy consumption were considered important by just 6% and 8% respectively.
The Printing Insights Report, carried out in July for global print firm Trelleborg Printing Solutions (in the US and the UK), revealed 44% of respondents felt CSR to be the most important aspect of sustainability for their business while 38% said waste reduction was a priority.
However carbon footprint and energy consumption were considered important by just 6% and 8% respectively.
National Envelope Names COO
National Envelope Announces Jim Pinto as COO: National Envelope, an affiliate of The Gores Group, is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Pinto as Chief Operating Officer.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
NewPage Files Reorganization Plan
NewPage
Corporation announced today that it has filed a Joint Chapter 11 Plan (the
"Plan") with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware. The Company also requested an extension of time to file the
disclosure statement related to the Plan.
"The
filing of our plan of reorganization is an important and positive step forward
to a successful completion of our financial reorganization," said George
F. Martin, president and chief executive officer. "Discussions with and
among our major creditor groups regarding the plan are ongoing. We are hopeful
that these discussions will lead to broad support for our plan."
Verso Sartell; Still Operating Dam, Cause of Fire Reported
Just because Verso Paper Corp. won't be cranking out any more product at its
Sartell mill doesn't mean activity there ends.
There is the possibility of a federal agency operating
the Mississippi River hydroelectric dam at the site. But at least for now,
Verso will continue to operate it under a 40-year contract with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.
The
Memorial Day explosion and fire at Verso paper mill that killed one employee
and injured four others was caused by an overheated air compressor that ignited
oil vapors in an air receiving tank, according to a report released today by
the state fire marshal's office. Damage
was $50M.
UPM Closes Sale of Papierfabrik Albbruck
UPM
has completed the sale of its closed Papierfabrik Albbruck GmbH to the German
Karl Group. UPM permanently ceased graphic paper production at the mill
situated in Baden-Württemberg, Germany in January 2012.
The
Karl Group, experienced in developing industrial sites, is planning to
establish new businesses on the premises of the former paper mill within the
next 3 to 5 years in agreement with the local authorities.
IP Closes TX Sheet Plant
Global paper and packing company
International Paper Co. has issued pink slips to 129 employees in San Antonio.
The
Memphis, Tenn.-based company notified the Texas Workforce Commission on Friday
of the planned closing of its Texas Sheets plant at 3323 E. Commerce St. The
move will affect 65 workers at the plant, where the company manufactures
corrugated paper sheets.
Provinces Work to Control Pine Beetle Damage
Saskatchewan contributes $450,000 to mountain pine beetle control in Alberta:
Saskatchewan will contribute $450,000 to mountain pine beetle control efforts in Alberta as the two provinces work together to aggressively detect and remove infested trees at the leading edge of the infestation in eastern Alberta.
The mountain pine beetle outbreak has killed approximately 60% of British Columbia’s lodgepole pine forests.
Saskatchewan will contribute $450,000 to mountain pine beetle control efforts in Alberta as the two provinces work together to aggressively detect and remove infested trees at the leading edge of the infestation in eastern Alberta.
The mountain pine beetle outbreak has killed approximately 60% of British Columbia’s lodgepole pine forests.
Game Informer has Highest Circulation Jump
Game
Informer, a video-game publication owned by GameStop (GME) Corp., increased its paid circulation more
than any other U.S. magazine in the past year by tying subscriptions to
discounts with the retailer.
The
monthly magazine’s circulation jumped 37 percent from a year earlier to 8.2
million copies as of June 30, pushing it past Better Homes & Gardens
magazine to make it the third- largest magazine in the U.S., the Audit Bureau
of Circulations said yesterday in a statement. Meredith Corp. (MDP)’s Family Circle saw the second-largest
increase in circulation among the top 25 magazines, at 7.4 percent.
Q2 Online Sales Up 15%
comScore,
Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released
its Q2 2012 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, showing that online retail
spending reached $43.2 billion for the quarter, up 15% versus year ago.
This represents the eleventh consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year
growth and seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.
Foliomag.com Changes to Paid Access Model
Foliomag.com Changes to Metered Paid Access Model:
An announcement went out today, but if you haven't seen it, we've decided to put Foliomag.com on a metered paid-access model.
Our paid-access model begins immediately. Here's the way it will work: Each month, you'll get to read eight stories on a complementary basis. You'll be reminded as you get closer to the eighth report. After that, you'll be given the option of buying an annual subscription to Foliomag.com for $69.95. Alternatively, you can gain full access to the site on a monthly basis for $14.95.
An announcement went out today, but if you haven't seen it, we've decided to put Foliomag.com on a metered paid-access model.
Our paid-access model begins immediately. Here's the way it will work: Each month, you'll get to read eight stories on a complementary basis. You'll be reminded as you get closer to the eighth report. After that, you'll be given the option of buying an annual subscription to Foliomag.com for $69.95. Alternatively, you can gain full access to the site on a monthly basis for $14.95.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Harbor Paper Buys Grays, Plans to Restart
Harbor
Paper LLC today announced the acquisition of the former Grays Harbor Paper Mill
located in Hoquiam, Washington. The new owners expect to take possession of the
facility immediately and begin producing paperwithin 45 days. Grays had the capacity to produce154,000 tpy of uncoated freesheet on two PMs.
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