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Social Media Is About Cultivating Community, Not Corralling Cattle

“To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle” -Albert Einstein (German born American Physicist who developed the special … Continue reading

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Low Price / Dubai / JLT / Lake Terrace / Studio / Next to JLT Metro

“The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” -Epicurus (Greek philosopher, BC 341-270)] Behind the gains by Hispanic magazines They rose last year while English-language titles fell By Diego Vasquez … Continue reading

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It’s Time for Liberals To Rethink USPS Downsizing

["All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse."] It’s Time for Liberals To … Continue reading

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Content is No Longer King

“Content is king” has been a long-lived mantra of media. And in the 1990′s and early 2000′s, it was true. But over the last several years, the Internet has upheaved the aphorism. It used to be that media was linear. … Continue reading

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Why Publishers Don’t Like Apps

Play the tape machine Make the toast and tea When I’m mobile Well I can lay in bed With only highway ahead When I’m mobile Keep me movin’ Over 50 Keep me groovin’ Just a hippie gypsy Keep me movin’, … Continue reading

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Vogue bans too-skinny models from its pages

["Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided." -Mae West] Vogue bans too-skinny models from its pages Associated Press NEW YORK – Vogue magazine, perhaps the world’s top arbiter of style, is making a statement … Continue reading

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BoSacks Speaks Out: Nielsen Reports a Decline in Television Viewing

BoSacks Speaks Out: Nielsen Reports a Decline in Television Viewing Just file this info away for later use. Social patterns are changing. Leisure time and how we use it is changing. Advertising dollars spent vs. consumer time spent on media … Continue reading

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How Amazon Snuck Up On Mainstream Publishing In Plain Sight:

["Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight." -Henry R. Luce] How Amazon Snuck Up On Mainstream Publishing In Plain Sight: by Todd Allen The … Continue reading

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ASME Editors Pick Best Covers

["..probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone." -John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Describing a dinner for Nobel Prize] winners, 1962 New York Magazine’s Cover Featuring … Continue reading

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Ad Buyers Ask Magazines to Reveal More About Their Tablet Editions

["If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees." -Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)] Ad Buyers Ask Magazines to Reveal More About Their Tablet Editions Letter From 4A’s Print … Continue reading

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