Wired loses creative director, iPad sales strong
John Koblin of Women’s Wear Daily has an update on Wired magazine’s strong iPad sales, and the loss of its creative director. Koblin writes, “Condé Nast ‘It’ boy Scott Dadich has resigned as creative director at Wired to focus full time on his other gig as the company’s executive director of digital-magazine development. Dadich got […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in third quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines that report advertising data to the Publishers Information Bureau outperformed the rest of the magazine industry, according to data released Monday that was analyzed by Talking Biz News. The magazines reported a 7.9 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 5.4 percent rise in advertising pages. That […]
Wired senior editor to take over custom PC World/Macworld ops
Veteran journalist Ted Greenwald, a senior editor at Wired for nearly 10 years, has been named content director for PCWorld|Macworld Content Works, a new division that will design, produce and distribute custom content for marketers. Greenwald produced feature journalism on computing, networking, and business at Wired. During his tenure, Wired won three National Magazine Awards […]
Biz magazines outperform industry in second quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 14 business magazines published in the United States outperformed the overall magazine industry in the second quarter in terms of advertising revenue and ad pages. The financial and business magazines reported ad revenue of $328.1 million in the second three months of the year, up 11.3 percent from the same […]
Fast Company, Wired honored
Business magazines Fast Company and Wired were named to University of Mississippi journalism professor Sami Husni‘s list of the 25 most notable magazine launches of the past 25 years. For Fast Company, Husni wrote, “Fast Company proves that the good survives. With its launch before the dot com bust of the 90s, Fast Company has […]
iPad sales robust for Wired
Wired has sold close to 73,000 iPad downloads — almost as many copies as the magazine sells on the newsstand — in the past nine days, which has boosted its advertising, reports Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business. Flamm reports, “July’s ad pages will be up 28% and August’s more than 50%, according to […]
Wired launches iPad issue
Wired magazine has launched its first iPad issue, and the cost if $4.99 — the same as the print publication. Andrew Vanacore of the Associated Press writes, “Wired’s app has essentially two different layouts, one that can be seen when the iPad is turned on its side and another when it’s standing up. The text […]
Biz magazine performance better, but still down in first quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business magazines continued to see their advertising revenue and pages decline in the first three months of the year, but at a slower pace than in 2009, according to an analysis of Publishers Information Bureau data by Talking Biz News. The sector also performed better than the overall magazine industry The […]
Biz magazines finalists for National Magazine Awards
The Economist, Wired, Fast Company and Technology Review are finalists in categories for this year’s National Magazine Awards, according to a release Wednesday. Wired is a finalist in six categories — general excellence, feature writing, print design, single-topic issue, personal service and magazine section. The Economist is a finalist in the general excellence category and […]
Wired to release content for iPad
Wired magazine plans to provide its content on the upcoming iPad reader, editor-in-chief Chris Anderson announced at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference. Kim Zetter writes, “Anderson said the iPad allows periodicals for the first time to do digital content with all of the same values and artistic range that are the hallmark of print magazines. […]
