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If You Are in the Magazine Business and You Are Not Excited About

["Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance." - William Wirt (1772 - 1834)] Chris Keyes to Samir … Continue reading

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Email stumbles in digital paradigm shift

["If E-mail had been around before the telephone was invented people would have said "hey, forget e-mail - with this new telephone invention I can actually talk to people" - -Unknown] Email stumbles in digital paradigm shift Alan Muter The … Continue reading

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What if we in media are not in the content business?

["Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content." - Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)] What if we in media are not in the content business? By Jeff Jarvis Oh, yes, we will produce … Continue reading

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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? The New Revenue Revolution

["If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." - Lao Tzu (Chinese taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, wrote "Tao Te Ching" (also "The Book of the Way"). 600 BC-531 BC)] Where Are You Going, … Continue reading

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Trouble for Most Media – Cost Cuts Are in Store for P&G and Unilever

["The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. - Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)] Trouble for Most Media – Cost Cuts Are in Store for P&G and Unilever Nos. 1 and 2 … Continue reading

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An Open Debate on Sharing

["Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), … Continue reading

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Has Social Media Made Search-Driven Publishing Less Relevant?

["The poet, the artist, the sleuth - whoever sharpens our perception tends to be antisocial... he cannot go along with currents and trends." - Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)] Has Social Media Made Search-Driven Publishing Less Relevant? Some wonder … Continue reading

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Magazine Sales Decline In Second Half Of 2011/ The 25 Biggest

["Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)] Magazine Sales Decline In Second Half Of 2011/ The 25 Biggest Magazines At End Of 2011 Magazine … Continue reading

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Books A Million Won’t Carry Amazon Titles, Either

["(Google and Amazon.com) are giving away exactly what we are selling. There is no business that can survive if someone comes along and gives away their product." - Norm Zada] Books-A-Million Won’t Carry Amazon Titles, Either By Laura Hazard Owen … Continue reading

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The Bookstores Last Stand

["A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking." - Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )] The Bookstore’s Last Stand By: Julie Bosman The New York Times In March 2009, an eternity ago … Continue reading

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