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. […]
Wired named magazine of decade
Lucia Moses of AdWeek writes that Wired magazine deserves to be the magazine of the decade for a number of reasons. Moses writes, “Launched amid the tech bubble, Wired could have easily gone the way of rivals like Red Herring or The Industry Standard that rode the Web 1.0 wave but imploded when the dot-com […]
Wired editor not in office for layoffs
Ryan Tate of Valleywag reports that Wired editor Chris Anderson was missing from the office earlier this week when the tech-oriented magazine laid off staff members. Anderson says he was on a “sales call” at Hewlett-Packard Tate reports, “Where was Anderson that day? Delivering a no doubt gainful lecture for Hewlett Packard in Silicon Valley. […]
Trouble at Wired.com?
Ryan Tate of Valleywag reports about layoffs at Wired magazine‘s online operations. Tate writes, “Wired.com managing editor Marty Cortinas and copy chief Tony Long were laid off last week, sources tell us, though it’s expected the two will stay on through the end of the year. The loss of two people, even high ranking ones, […]
