Journalism
From hardcase investigative reporter to public relations copywriter, articles in this category speak to your profession.
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Ziff Davis Acquires Computer Shopper Website Ziff Davis, Inc., a technology media company, has announced the acquisition of ComputerShopper.com, a destination for reviews and comparison shopping of technology products. Founded in 1979, Computer Shopper was initially a print publication, which transitioned into an online destination. The… |
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Newsweek Calls President Obama The First Gay President Newsweek has decided to declare President Obama as "The First Gay President," following his decision to support gay marriage earlier this week. The issue includes an article by Andrew Sullivan. The cover includes a photograph of President Obama with a… |
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Newsweek Calls President Obama The First Gay President Newsweek has decided to declare President Obama as "The First Gay President," following his decision to support gay marriage earlier this week. The issue includes an article by Andrew Sullivan. The cover includes a photograph of President Obama with a… |
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Bloomberg to Double Frequency of Bloomberg Pursuits in 2012 AdWeek reports that Bloomberg is doubling the frequency of its luxury lifestyle magazine, Bloomberg Pursuits. Doubling means the publication will go from two issues in 2012 to four issues in 2013. Strong ad sales helped motivate Bloomberg to publish more… |
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Time Wins Magazine of the Year at 2012 National Magazine Awards Time magazine was named the Magazine of the Year at the ASME's 2012 National Magazine Awards. You can see photographs of the winners here. Here is a list of the winning titles in each category. Magazine of the Year: Time… |
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Chantal Restivo-Alessi Named Chief Digital Office of HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers has announced that Chantal Restivo-Alessi has been appointed to the position of Chief Digital Officer. Restivo-Alessi will report to Brian Murray, President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, and will sit on the company's executive committee. Restivo-Alessi will… |
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Anderson Family Taking Books a Million Private Clyde B. Anderson announced plans for the Anderson family to take Books-A-Million, Inc. (BAMM) private. Mr. Anderson is the Executive Chairman of BAMM. He and his family own approximately 53 percent of the common stock of the Company. Under Anderson's… |
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Hulu.com Valued at $2 Billion in Deal to Buy Out Providence Equity for $200 Million Bloomberg reports that Hulu.com's owners are buying out their venture capital partner, Providence Equity Partners Inc. Walt Disney Co., Comcast Corp. and News Corp. are buying Providence's 10% stake in the venture for $200 million, according to Bloomberg's sources. Providence… |
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National Enquirer Debuts iPad App, Called EnquirerPlus American Media, Inc. (AMI) has launched EnquirerPlus, an iPad versio nof the National Enquirer. AMI says the app is targeted at a younger audience. The inaugural issue of EnquirerPlus features more than 35 stories, hundreds of photos plus a world… |
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Chicago Tribune to Cut 20 Jobs, Outsource Some Local Suburban News Coverage The Chicago Tribune announced that it has made an investment in Journatic, LLC, a local content provider. Crain's Chicago Business reports that the Tribune will outsource some of its local suburban news coverage to Journatic. The Tribune will also cut… |
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Major Magazine Publishers Partner for Digital Magazine Service Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp. and Time Inc. have all partnered to launch Next Issue Media, which is offering a service billed as a Netflix for magazines. The tablet newsstand is available for Android now and will be available… |
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The Write News Joins Pinterest The Write News has joined Pinterest. Pinterest is a new social networks that lets users create virtual pinboards on different topics. Users then pin interesting things they find online to their pinboards using a graphic or photograph. For example, check… |
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The Journalism Movies Post I’ve wanted to write a journalism movies post for about two years now. I scrapped the idea the first time, because I was thinking more along the lines of writing a “best journalism movies” post. Even if I had succeeded… |
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Getting Coverage for Your News Should Be Easy If you work in media relations today, and you’re having a hard time getting coverage for your news, you’re doing something wrong. Journalists exist to write about news. If you have a legitimate news story, you shouldn’t have a hard time… |
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PC Magazine Launches iPad Edition Ziff Davis announced today that PC Magazine has launched its first iPad edition. Every month, the iPad edition of PC Magazine will contain more than 40 articles, reviews, features and interactive elements. The company says there will be "no advertising… |
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Reed Business Information Puts Variety Up for Sale Reed Business Information (RBI) announced today that it has put Variety up for sale. RBI has been divesting itself of its business magazines over the past three years. Mark Kelsey, CEO of RBI, said in a statement, "Variety is an… |
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HGTV Magazine To Launch With June/July 2012 Issue Hearst Magazines and HGTV have announced they will launch HGTV Magazine with the June/July 2012 issue, which will arrive on newsstands in May. This issue will be followed by three more issues in 2012. Dan Fuchs, associate publisher of O,… |
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Networking Online and Offline Networking is a topic near and dear to my heart. Every single opportunity I’ve had in my lifetime to date has been born out of a relationship initiated by me or someone else. You can probably say the same. In… |
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First Issue of New York Cottages & Gardens Debuts Cottages & Gardens Publications has launched a new magazine, New York Cottages & Gardens. The inaugural issue arrives on March 16, 2012. The bimonthly magazine provides inside scoop on area real estate deals and information about fashion, fine dining, gardening,… |
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Three Little Pigs as a Breaking News Story Here is a clever ad for The Guardian, a British newspaper. The ad takes story of the Three Little Pigs and acts as if it is a present news story. It is fun to watch as the story unfolds. The… |
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Funny or Die Launches iPad Magazine Called The Occasional Funny or Die, a website known for its funny videos, has launched The Occasional, a bimonthly magazine for the iPad. Oscar winner Jean Dujardin is featured on the cover of the first issue. The magazines cost $3.99 for a single… |
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10 Things I Love About SXSW It’s that time of year again. No, not time to spring ahead… well, actually, it is time for that on Saturday, but I’m referring to the annual nerd pilgrimage to Austin for the mega conference SXSW Interactive (eh hem… Spring… |
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Wiley & Sons Plans to Sell Frommer’s, CliffsNotes Wiley & Sons announced that it plans to some of its assets. The assets include the Frommer's brand, Webster's New World and CliffsNotes. Wiley also plans to sell some assets in culinary, general interest, nautical, pets and crafts. The publisher… |
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Quality Versus Quantity When I started this blog back in 2009, I wanted to vent about media relations. At the time, PR people were taking a lot of heat for spamming bloggers. It seemed like every day there was some story about a… |
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Rush Limbaugh Continues Losing Advertisers Despite Apology Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh continues to lose advertisers after calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" on the air in a rant over the funding of contraception. Limbaugh has apologized but advertisers continue to head for the exits.… |
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New Du Jour Magazine to Cover Luxury Market Niche Media founder Jason Binn has announced plans to Du Jour in Fall 2012. Du Jour will include a quarterly print oversized glossy magazine and a website at dujour.com. The magazine will operate in collaboration with Gilt Groupe and Hudson… |
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2012 Oscar Viewership Up 4 Percent Over 2011 The ratings for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were good for ABC. 39.3 million viewers watched the show, which was an increase of 4% over the 37.9 million viewers in 2011. This number was smaller than the 41.7 million viewers… |
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Los Angeles Times to Implement Paywall in March The Wrap is reporting that the Los Angeles Times will implement a paywall starting March 5. The introductory rate for access to content behind the paywall will be 99 cents for one month. The eventual rate will climb to $3.99… |
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Media General Exploring Sale of Newspapers Media General has announced it is exploring a sale of its newspaper operations. The company says it has received inquiries from third parties about buying its print newspaper assets. Media General publishes 21 daily newspapers, including The Tampa Tribune, Richmond… |
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Slow Start for AMI’s Reality Weekly AMI's Reality Weekly is off to a slow start. Coverage of the reality TV world seems like a great idea given all the reality TV shows. However, a great deal of this information can be found online. Richard Spencer, editor-in-chief… |
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Philadelphia Media Network to Cut 37 Newsroom Jobs The Philadelphia Media Network Inc. (PMN) is looking to cut 37 jobs. CBS Philly says the already downsized company has a little over 60% of the employees it had 5 years ago - 550 jobs compared to 900. The company… |
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