tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110666572026-03-26T20:37:38.221-04:00Canadian MagazinesNews, views and reviews of the Canadian magazine industry.D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comBlogger7862125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-28517253198913756052019-07-22T15:16:00.000-04:002019-07-22T15:25:13.888-04:00Association of [U.S.] Magazine Media moving from New York, shiftng emphasis to lobbying in DC
MPA — The Association of Magazine Media, the nonprofit trade group that represents around 75 of the largest consumer magazine publishers in the U.S., as well as suppliers and other industry stakeholders, is leaving New York after 100 years and relocating its headquarters to Washington, D.C., where it has long operated a government affairs office.
The move is intended to put the emphasis D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-61629556884443127162019-06-28T15:56:00.001-04:002019-06-28T15:56:29.367-04:00Nylon re-emerges in printNylon magazine, which suspended its print platform in October 2017, is relaunching it under new ownership. The alternative lifestyle and fashion magazine was bought by the Bustle Digital Group for an undisclosed sum, according to a story in Folio:.
"We will invest heavily in expanding Nylon’s editorial team and advancing its strength in live experiences. Additionally, we believe D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-80752033336528158742019-05-31T23:00:00.000-04:002019-05-31T23:00:03.263-04:00 Maclean's, Toronto Life and Hazlitt major Magawards medalists
The 42nd annual National Magazine awards were produced and presented Friday evening by the National Media Awards Foundation* at the Arcadian Court in Toronto. Among the highlights:
Top winning magazines
Gold
Silver
Maclean’s
4
Toronto Life
3
2
Hazlitt
3
1
Cottage Life
2
Maisonneuve
2
Nouveau Projet
2
3
The Walrus
2
2
Dinette
1
2
The New Quarterly
2
D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-34039600233177989512019-05-31T18:01:00.001-04:002019-05-31T18:06:52.994-04:00Winners announced for National Magazine Awards: B2B
Pivot, CPA Canada won the prestigious Best Magazine award, including 5 other gold awards. Writer Luc Rinaldi of Pivot, CPA Canada is a two-time Gold winner in the categories of Best Profile of a Company (for “Boy Wonder”) and Best Profile of a Person (for “The Decider”).
Les Affaires (TC Media) was the recipient of the inaugural Best Publisher D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-73755684173402604882019-05-30T15:45:00.000-04:002019-05-30T15:45:21.993-04:00Sports Illustrated sold for $110 million to Authentic Brands Group
Sports Illustrated magazine, which Meredith Corp. bought as part of a deal with Time Inc.last year, has been sold for $110 million to Authentic Brands Group. This according to a story reported by AP.
While ownership will change hands, Meredith will continue publishing the print edition and website under a licensing deal that lasts for the next two years.
Among other things, D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-7097698592900892482019-04-10T15:09:00.003-04:002019-04-10T15:16:38.102-04:00Publishers of iconic U.S. black magazines Ebony and Jet file for bankruptcyThe publishers of two of the best-known magazines aimed at a black audience -- Ebony and Jet -- have filed for bankruptcy. Johnson Publishing Co. said the company was “caught in a tidal wave of marketplace changes and business issues which, despite exhaustive efforts, could not be overcome.”
Ebony was founded in 1945, patterned after LIFE magazine and it reached an average monthly D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-10722555441354789312019-04-09T12:55:00.002-04:002019-04-09T12:58:23.319-04:00Scott Jamieson named COO of Annex Business MediaScott Jamieson has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO) of Annex Business Media, effective immediately, Jamieson is currently the chair of Magazines Canada.
He has been with Annex since 2004 and since then has helped built out the event business and consolidate the audience department.
“Growing our own talent is a key part of
the Annex culture,” says CEO Mike Fredericks&D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-15775646955889448482019-04-08T18:47:00.001-04:002019-04-09T11:55:01.007-04:00Magazines Canada will not lobby about foreign investment or supports for journalismMagazines Canada does not intend to lobby the federal government about either support for the journalism sector in advance of budget 2019 or about foreign investment in the magazine sector.
Jacqueline LaRocque of public affairs firm Compass Rose said she intends to lobbying about a number of budget matters such as antispam legislation and the review of the BroadcastingD. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-15617603641438491582019-04-03T23:41:00.002-04:002019-04-04T00:58:45.432-04:00Thomson Reuters divests its law titles and sites to Australian b2b publisher Key MediaThomson Reuters Media Solutions has sold the titles Canadian Lawyer, InHouse, Law Times and other leading media brands, including digital, print, event and directory assets to HAB Press, part of an international b2b media company Key Media.
Key Media has been in the legal market dating back to 2002 as the founding publishers of Australasian Legal Business/Asian Legal Business and associated D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-50753425158487531732019-04-03T13:34:00.004-04:002019-04-04T00:01:21.396-04:00Magazine-related finalists for the Atlantic Journalism AwardsFinalists for the Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) have been announced. The gold and silver awards will be presented Saturday, May 11 at the Halifax Harbourfront Marriott Hotel. Here are the magazine-related finalists:
Atlantic Magazine Article
Richard Woodbury – Halifax Magazine – Halifax, NS – Out of the darkness
Stephen Kimber – Atlantic Business Magazine – St. John’s, D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-5628575631869110652019-04-01T17:35:00.000-04:002019-04-02T17:56:58.458-04:00UC Observer relaunching as Broadview magazine
Relaunched and repositioned
North America's oldest continually published periodical, the United Church Observer, is relaunching with a new name and a new outlook, one designed to influence a broader audience with an emphasis on social justice, ethics and spirituality.
Founded in 1829 as the Christian Guardian; became the Observer in 1939. Now it is rebranding D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-20968891006676980842019-03-20T13:01:00.001-04:002019-03-20T13:17:36.571-04:00Rogers Media is out of magazine business as it agrees to sell all remaining titles to St. Joe'sRogers Media is selling all its remaining magazines to St. Joseph Media, effective in April. The price for the transaction was not revealed, but it includes Maclean's, the English and French versions of Chatelaine, Today's Parent, HELLO! Canada, along with digital publications FLARE and Canadian Business. All current employees will be offered employment with St. D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-91800194916337499622019-02-06T12:54:00.001-05:002019-02-06T12:54:36.767-05:00St. Joseph Media sells Torontoist to Daily HiveThe daily online news source, Torontoist, has been acquired from St. Joseph Media by Daily Hive, a national online publication which has recently expanded into the Toronto market.
“Torontoist has a strong local readership in the community, and we’re excited to have the opportunity to build on the site’s legacy and continue its success,” said Karm Sumal, CEO of Daily Hive. “We will be building onD. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-80601544148827916722019-02-01T13:03:00.001-05:002019-02-01T13:03:20.572-05:00Condé Nast planning to put most, if not all, its titles behind paywallsCondé Nast intends to implement some form of a paywall on all of its digital media brands. These receive more than 100 million visitors each month. Already,the paywall is well established in such titles as The New Yorker, Wired and Vanity Fair.
"I don't think anyone should be surprised to hear that a publication is going behind a paywall these days," says Sean D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-15555760431587551592019-01-31T17:28:00.000-05:002019-02-01T13:04:11.869-05:00UC Observer and Readers Digest collaborate on major feature about rescue of "White Helmets"Reader's Digest Canada and the United Church Observer have collaborated on a major piece about the daring July 2018 rescue of the "White Helmets", the volunteer first response workers in Syria.
"Veteran journalist Sally Armstrong and photographer Peter Bregg have been producing powerful stories for The Observer since 2017, so when Armstrong pitched the White Helmets idea, I was D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-21647866262793746222019-01-25T12:04:00.002-05:002019-02-01T13:04:52.543-05:00David Balzer to step down as editor in chief of Canadian Art magazineAfter three years in the position, David Balzer will be stepping down as editor in chief of Canadian Art magazine, effective at the end of March.
Balzer will be departing to finish his forthcoming book; and taking up a teaching residency at Quest University in Squamish, BC. According to a release from the magazine, he will continue his association with Canadian Art as a contributing editorD. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-33134786233262366952018-12-18T17:15:00.001-05:002018-12-18T17:19:20.183-05:00National Magazine Awards entries now open
Submissions are now being accepted for the 42nd annual National Magazine Awards. Entries are accepted in 29 written & visual, editorial, best magazine and special categories. Gold winner in written & visual categories receive $1,000 cash prize; Digital content is eligible in most categories. Entry fees for most categories is $100
Deadline is January 18; the early bird rate is by JanuaryD. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-52915829944673355642018-12-14T14:08:00.000-05:002018-12-16T14:45:20.432-05:00Ford government claws back money from the Ontario Arts Council. About 10 years ago, Ontario's Culture Ministry announced a $5 million funding boost to the budget of the Ontario Arts Council. It brought the government's annual support of the OAC to about $60 million.
This week, the Conservative government cut funding to the OAC by $5 million, dropping the base funding for 2018-19 to $65 million.
In addition. after barely a year in existence, the D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-4205882064650252352018-12-12T16:48:00.001-05:002018-12-13T16:31:48.624-05:00Writing for Magazines and Web for seriously interested in writing and selling mag articlesWriting for Magazines and the Web (CDJN 117) at Ryerson University's Chang School is an introductory evening course about the basics of conceiving, focussing, pitching, researching, structuring, writing and revising a full-length feature magazine story. It is intended for those with a serious interest in writing and selling non-fiction articles to print and online magazines. Participants are D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-24388325441835251952018-12-12T16:36:00.001-05:002018-12-12T16:36:33.766-05:00Mag and web publishing course provides a comprehensive overviewOne of the foundation courses offered by the Chang School about magazine and web publishing is CDJN 112, due to start Monday, January 14th. It provides a broad overview of print and digital publishing with an emphasis on make the most of a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Each week concentrates on one aspect of the business (editorial, advertising, production etc.) and invited industry speakers&D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-76536716905615410722018-12-01T17:14:00.000-05:002018-12-01T17:15:29.563-05:00The News Group wholesale arm to be sold to U.S.-based hedge fund The News Group (TNG) owned by the Jim Pattison Group is to be sold to Chatham Asset Management in a deal expected to close by year's end, according to a story in Folio:.
What it means is that control of about two-thirds of the North American magazine wholesale market (including its subsidary Comag Marketing Group, the national distributor for Hearst Magazines, Condé Nast, and D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-89697893876407828732018-11-30T12:52:00.003-05:002018-11-30T12:52:33.119-05:00MoneySense online magazine sold to Ratehub Inc.Rogers Communications Inc. has sold its MoneySense online-only magazine to Toronto-based Ratehub Inc. The deal is to close December 1. As a story in the Globe and Mail points out, this is the first (and only) one of eight magazines put up for sale in the summer as a package including the company's custom content group. Rogers apparently had an understanding to sell seven D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-71379364235892059362018-11-21T17:48:00.000-05:002018-11-21T18:01:05.708-05:00Mag world view: Glamour gives up regular print; Sat Eve Post puts 200 year archive online
Glamour to Cease Regular Print Run (Folio:)
Saturday Evening Post Puts Its Nearly 200-Year Archive Online (Folio:)
If you hate the media, you’re more likely to be fooled by a fake headline (Nieman Journalism Lab)
Buzzfeed boss open to merging with rival online news publishers to negotiate better deal with Duopoly (Press Gazette)
Good Housekeeping Expands D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-20770397626595167492018-11-20T15:55:00.000-05:002018-11-20T15:58:58.838-05:00A\J changing its tagline
In a subtle branding shift, A\J Alternatives Journal is changing its tagline in 2019 from what it had been "Canada's environmental voice" to “A Home for Canada’s Environmental Voices.
” We know that no single media outlet, environmental science department, eNGO or corporate player acting alone can tackle the intractable problems facing the natural world in Canada and beyond, [says editor in D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-51791867902911394342018-11-14T17:13:00.000-05:002018-11-14T17:13:57.430-05:00Mag world view:Breaking China's fashion; Tracking guys; Guardian model pays off; 17 cuts frequency; New York to paywall itself
Cracks Appear in China's Fashion Magazine Landscape (The Business of Fashion)
A bot now tells Financial Times reporters if they’re only quoting men (Nieman Lab)
Katharine Viner: 'The Guardian's reader funding model is working. It's inspiring' (Guardian )
Seventeen Magazine Eliminating Frequency After 74 Years in Print (Folio:)
New York magazine to adopt paywall by end of D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.com0