Monthly Archives: March 2011

MorningStar Outlook for Consumer Publishing and Much More

BoSacks Speaks Out: This is an article that I have truncated to only include portions of our industry. The complete Moringstar Outlook at Consumer Cyclical Stocks is available byclicking here “PROSPECT, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden. … Continue reading

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A new study released earlier this month by Bonnier gives insight into tablet user habits

“An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.” – William Somerset Maugham (English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965) Bonnier Looks Inside Minds of App Consumers A … Continue reading

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News from Precision Media Group

BoSacks Speaks Out: The article below is great and I think it is an important read about the South by Southwest Interactive’s whirl of seminars, panels, and social meet-ups. It is my intention to do my best to get to … Continue reading

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The Democratization Of Content

In democracy it’s your vote that counts; In feudalism it’s your count that votes. – Mogens Jallberg The Democratization Of Content Mickey Lonchar It’s certainly not news that all ads are not created equal. Some grab us by the throats … Continue reading

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Hearst buys Elle rights in $651m Lagardère deal

“Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.” – Charles de Gaulle (French general, writer and statesman, 1890-1970) Hearst buys Elle rights in … Continue reading

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Some Evidence Print Advertising Can Excel as a Direct Marketing Vehicle

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords … Continue reading

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Media Cos: Put Your Egos Aside, Think Like Users

“Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.” – Diana Black Media Cos: Put Your Egos Aside, Think Like Users By Diane Mermigas The fracas over how to extract payments (and profits) from the torrent of content streaming … Continue reading

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New Publishing Formula – MagCloud Marries Print expertise & Cloud Services

“Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head” – William Cowper (English Poet One of the most widely read English poets of his day, … Continue reading

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Long-Form Journalism Finds a Home

“Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.” – … Continue reading

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Barnes & Noble: eBooks will pass print — fast

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! … Continue reading

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