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Condé Nast Research Reveals That Young People Are Reading Magazines

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:18 EDT

This numbers crunch of pre-2012 GfK MRI data by CN senior vp/marketing research (since 2001) Scott McDonald reveals that today’s 18-to-24-year-old “Millennials” read more magazines in several sectors--women’s fashion/beauty, men’s, celebrity, epicurean, health, and business--in 2011 than their...

Media Stocks Had A “Facebook”-Like May

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:18 EDT

Nothing “social” about that at all, as the losses from Facebook’s horrible initial public offering ($38 per share when it went public on May 18), were mirrored by 22 of the other 28 stocks in the min Index. Yet, the May 31 Stock Watch could end up being a “last hurrah” after the...

Bob Guccione, Jr. Takes A 'Byte' At Facebook

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:19 EDT

The Spin (1985) and Gear (1997) founder’s newest gig is columnist for Information Week’s Byte Web site. In Guccione’s unique way, his opening column reflected the backlash toward Facebook seen on Wall Street. Here’s an excerpt: I have never wanted a Facebook page. I...

James Oseland And Ruth Reichl Are Top Chef Masters Judges

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:19 EDT

The Saveur editor-in-chief (since) and the 1999-2009 Gourmet editor-in-chief return to...

min's Weekly and Biweekly Boxscores

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:19 EDT

x = One more 2012 issue; y = One more 2011 issue; y 2/3/4 = Two, fhree, and four more 2011 issues; D = Double issues; WK = Jet published weekly (and frequently biweekly) in 2011; MIN’S WEEKLY BOXSCORES (week of June 4, 2012) Issue Date 2012 Ad Pages Issue Date 2011 Ad Pages % of Diff. YTD 2012 YTD 2011...

How The Former Hachette Magazines Affected The Hearst Executive Landscape

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:19 EDT

May 31 marked the first anniversary of Hearst Magazines owning the former Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. titles Woman’s Day / Car & Driver / Road & Track and managing Elle / Elle Decor “in perpetuity” as part of the 640 million Euros (about $792 million last week) transfer of...

The Finer Points Of A Turnaround Plan

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:19 EDT

By Harry Stagnito In today’s uncertain media business world, a normal strategy planning meeting would center on a turnaround growth plan. Major Initiatives Probably Include: We’ve got a new blueprint to increase revenue and profitability this year. Our new digital platform will lead our...

Clever--And Controversial--Covers Are In The Economist’s DNA

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:20 EDT

One evidence of the myopia in the social media universe was that the reaction to Time’s Are You Mom Enough? (April 21) cover made it seem as if sensationalism was nonexistent until today. That, of course, is nonsense at Time, where the April 8, 1966, Is God Dead? created a far greater uproar than a mother...

Greer Jonas And Her 13 Transitional--And Magnificent--Years At min

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:20 EDT

What got Greer the job as min operations manager on March 1, 1999, was her promise: You will never have to worry about the boxscores again. That was just the beginning. It was she who shifted min’s boxscores and every part of the newsletter from “calculator, binder, eraser,” and WordPerfect...

'Ebony, 'Hunting,' 'Reader's Digest' Build on Their Upward Momentum

Fri, 1 Jun 2012 16:13:20 EDT

Their parent companies--Johnson Publishing (+13.93%), Intermedia Outdoors (+0.84%), and Reader’s Digest Association (+4.76%) were the only three out of the 25 group publishers to be up through the first quarter, and the mostly status quo second quarter suggests that they will again be showcased when we...