http://delicious.com/rexblog/magazines Items I think may be of interest to magazine wonks. 2009-11-06T23:12:20Z http://www.mediaite.com/print/conde-nast-wastes-money-on-everything-except-magazines/ rexblog Gist of article: It's easy to beat up on Conde Nast proligate ways. magazines 2009-11-06T16:27:16Z http://technologizer.com/2009/11/06/google-magazines-now-actually-findable/ rexblog Former magazine superstar editor and now jurnopreneur Harry McCracken says Google Books now has a page that displays the magazines they have digitized. http://re-x.me/googlemag magazines search google 2009-10-19T17:33:20Z http://www.foliomag.com/2009/want-innovate-look-little-guys rexblog Gist: Magazines aren't dead. The only thing dead is the ability for giant companies with lots of debt to be innovative. magazines 2009-10-02T04:53:08Z http://www.viralhousingfix.com/2009/10/01/what-i-learned-from-rex-hammocks-wikipedia-post/ rexblog Thanks, Dan. Coming from you, a very nice compliment indeed. (Note: Dan is chairman and CEO of Network Communications, Inc., a large network of web sites and magazines focused on local housing markets. He and I go way back.) magazines 2009-09-23T21:50:47Z http://paidcontent.org/article/419-more-than-1800-full-issues-of-life-now-on-google-books/ rexblog Gist: Every issue of Life has been digitized and is now on Google Books. (Background for digital natives: Life used to be a magazine that everyone read each week. Sometimes you can see old copies at flea markets or on eBay.) magazines 2009-09-20T04:55:47Z http://globespotters.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/a-gallery-ripped-from-a-magazines-pages/ rexblog Describing themselves as the modern version of Life magazine, the Polka brand now consists of a gallery, magazine and Web site. magazines 2009-09-13T16:04:27Z http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS198500+09-Sep-2009+BW20090909 rexblog Observation: I hope this makes all involved feel good. magazines 2009-09-13T16:00:34Z http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125253027527097059.html rexblog Observation: This will succeed. Why? I would tell you, but I've decided to stop giving away trade secrets. magazines 2009-09-07T22:10:39Z http://springwise.com/media_publishing/zinepal/ rexblog Helping readers take blogs offline, Zinepal lets any user convert their favourite online content into eBooks and printable, magazine-style PDFs. magazines 2009-08-24T21:15:59Z http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=138595 rexblog I'm glad I used Make magazine as an example in that interview with Econsultancy recently. They actually have a business model that works on so many different levels. magazines 2009-08-19T11:02:23Z http://www.observer.com/2009/media/vogue-traveler-get-thorough-exams-courtesy-mckinsey rexblog Quote: "Anna Wintour is beginning to the 'get the Web,' and perhaps the McKinsey trip helped prompt a sudden awakening." magazines 2009-08-10T19:40:04Z http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10adcol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss rexblog The New York Times has run this story about five times but this is the first that actually includes the caveat I have been suggesting: "Newspapers (including this one) have begun to sell ads on the front pages of sections." magazines 2009-08-06T20:22:58Z http://thenumerati.net/index.cfm?postID=372 rexblog Quote for BusinessWeek reporter Stephen Baker: McGraw-Hill is not a safe home (for BusinessWeek). The company, for all its merits, is slow and bureacratic, and it's painfully short on innovation and creative thinking at its highest levels. This is hardly the outfit to remake a business for the age of Google and Wikipedia. We need owners with faster feet and bigger heads. magazines 2009-08-06T19:59:25Z http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2009/08/time_inc_shuts_down_birmingham.html rexblog Typically, I don't comment on closures, but this one deserves one. Time Inc. is a giant company and can only giant, multidemensional media brands. Southern Accents, with 400k subscribers, could work inside another company. Too bad it had to die an un-Time-ly death this way. magazines 2009-07-31T03:33:22Z http://www.foliomag.com/2009/editors-new-role-talk-show-hosts rexblog I think I'm getting this whole pithy quote thing down: “Being invited into a discussion is like being invited into someone’s home,” said Hammock. “Add to the conversation and you'll be rewarded. Be an ass, and you'll get kicked out.” magazines socialmedia