| Celebrities Keep Writing, Publishers Keep Paying | McClatchy/Tribune August 27, 2008 | One of the books you'll see all over the place this fall: "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life."
With Bantam paying $7.2 million for North American rights to the title, expect big promotion _ even though you may not see Buffett on a single talk show.
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| | Brisk Output Belies Crisis Facing Publishing Industry | | Japan TimesAugust 26, 2008 | Aug. 26--More than 200 new books are published daily in Japan, and the total market of books and magazines surpasses ¥2 trillion.
But experts say the publishing industry is facing a historic crisis.
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| | Publisher Pulls Novel About Muhammad's Child Bride Over Fears of Muslim Violence | | The Seattle TimesAugust 21, 2008 | SEATTLE _ She's a Spokane journalist who spent five years and seven drafts perfecting her novel _ an "exciting tale of love, war, spiritual awakening and redemption" _ that got picked up by the biggest English-language publisher in the world.
It was a dream fulfilled for Sherry Jones, 46, and Random House was set last week to release "The Jewel of Medina," about Aisha, child bride of the Prophet Muhammad, in 7th century Arabia.
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| Corporate News: Home Magazine a Victim of Housing Woes | | The Wall Street JournalAugust 21, 2008 | The housing crisis has moved to the magazine rack.
Lately, though, the downturn in the real-estate market has cast doubt on reader and advertiser appetite for "shelter" publications that tell people how to spruce up their homes.
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| | Magazines Surge On Web In Q2 | | .August 20, 2008 | "Unique visitors to magazine Web sites increased 8.5% in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, according to the Magazine Publishers of America, which said 69.7 million people visited a magazine Web site compared to 64.2 million in 2007."
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| New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights | | Associated Press/AP OnlineAugust 15, 2008 | NEW YORK - The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.
A fledgling Web site called Mygazines.com encourages people to copy and upload popular magazines that are currently on newsstands.
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| | Publisher Kept Archie Clean-Cut but Relevant | | Los Angeles TimesAugust 15, 2008 | Michael Silberkleit, chairman and publisher of Archie Comics who joined the family business as a teenager and strove to keep the comic rooted in an idealized, clean-cut past while allowing it to reflect contemporary pop culture, has died.
Silberkleit died Aug. 5 in New York City after a short battle with cancer, the company announced.
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| Magazine Makes Its Debut With Focus on Community Fundraisers | | The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri)August 15, 2008 | Aug. 15--Even before he became a Kansas City councilman in 1999, Chuck Eddy had attended many fundraisers.
He's still hitting the events, but now as photographer and publisher of the new By Invitation Kansas City monthly magazine.
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| | BRIEF: Magazine for Business Women to Launch | | The Milwaukee Journal SentinelAugust 12, 2008 | Aug. 12--A new magazine for women business managers, executives and entrepreneurs in Wisconsin is scheduled for launch in October by Midwest Business Media LLC, publishers of Corporate Report Wisconsin magazine.
Women in Wisconsin Business will debut to existing subscribers with the October edition of Corporate Report Wisconsin and its editorial mission is to address the unique challenges faced by women in the business world, Midwest Business Media executives said.
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| Observer's New Magazine Has 'Downhome' Flavor | | The Moultrie ObserverAugust 12, 2008 | Aug. 12--MOULTRIE -- The first issue of the Moultrie Observer's new magazine 'downhome' is published and is being circulated throughout the community.
Did you know that Colquitt County has a citizen who has just celebrated 16 years with a new heart?
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| | September No Salvation for Magazines | | Advertising AgeAugust 04, 2008 | If the magazine industry was hoping traditionally fat September issues would help boost their performance in a year when they've scrambled just to stay even with last year's business, there's plenty of disappointment out there.
But fashion marketers took a conservative pose this year, while retail, pharmaceutical, financial, some automotive and even some luxury advertisers pulled back.
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| To Magazine Publishers, Sharing is Not Caring | | Advertising AgeAugust 04, 2008 | The Magazine Publishers of America almost sounded like the trade group for Hollywood or record labels last week.
"We believe [this] is a blatant copyright infringement of our members' titles," the association fumed to our friends at Folio, which reported on an unauthorized new site for scanning, uploading and sharing magazines.
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| | The Week Magazine Hires Editor, Raises Rate Base | | The Wall Street JournalAugust 07, 2008 | The Week magazine has hired a new top editor and raised its rate base for the third time in a year.
Francis Wilkinson, formerly the blog editor at the Huffington Post, has assumed the newly created position of executive editor at the fast-growing news and opinion magazine owned by Felix Dennis.
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| Sun-News Publisher Leaving Post | | Las Cruces Sun-NewsAugust 07, 2008 | Aug. 7--Las Cruces Sun-News President and Publisher David McClain will be returning to Colorado to join his former publication, effective Sept. 1.
A successor will be named at a later date.
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| | Viruses, Phishing Rampant Online: Computer Maladies Costing Us Billions, Magazine Reports | | The Columbus Dispatch, OhioAugust 05, 2008 | Aug. 5--Even the most innocent-looking Web site can hide dangers -- and the cost remains high for computer users who fall into such traps.
"I've seen people who downloaded a SpongeBob calendar for their kids and end up with a virus," said Craig Brasmer, president of PC Guys, a Worthington-based computer-repair store.
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| Women's Magazine Undergoes Makeover | | Daily CameraAugust 03, 2008 | Aug. 3--It's going to be savvy, fresh, hip, organic, timeless and meaningful: all words that describe the revamped version of Women's Magazine, which will unveil its new look next month.
Women's Magazine, a free monthly publication serving the lifestyles, fashion and attitudes of women in Boulder and Broomfield counties, is undergoing a major redesign and content facelift to better reach readers' needs.
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| Girls of New Moon Are Headed to the Web | | Star Tribune, MinneapolisAugust 03, 2008 | Aug. 3--Nancy Gruver started New Moon magazine in 1992 to counter what she thought was the mainstream media's unhealthy focus on sexuality, body image and fashion regarding young girls.
Sixteen years later, tween-targeted consumerism has only gotten worse, Gruver said.
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| | Otto Fuerbringer; Time Editor in 1960s Helped Start Money, People Magazines | | The Washington PostAugust 01, 2008 | Otto Fuerbringer, 97, the commanding managing editor who guided Time magazine through the turbulence of the 1960s and who helped launch Money and People magazines a decade later, died July 28 at the Morningside retirement community in Fullerton, Calif. His son Jonathan Fuerbringer said the cause of death has not been determined.
Mr. Fuerbringer became managing editor of Time, the magazine's top editorial position, in 1960 and held the job for eight years.
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| Shake-Up at Time Inc. Biz Titles | | .July 31, 2008 | "Time Inc.'s struggling business titles got another shake-up Wednesday with two announcements: Fortune Small Business is losing most of its staff and moving to its custom-publishing division, and Money is getting a new publisher.
The moves are symptomatic of the major downturn affecting business titles, and indeed, consumer mags in general."
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| Publishers Report Mixed First Half Results | | FolioJuly 30, 2008 | "Three major magazine publishers - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, McGraw-Hill and United Business Media - today released their second quarter and first half financial reports.
The results were mixed but also showed some encouraging performance."
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| | McGraw-Hill's Profit Falls | | The Wall Street JournalJuly 30, 2008 | NEW YORK -- Information provider and publisher McGraw-Hill Cos.
reported second-quarter net income that fell 23% from a year earlier.
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| Publisher Pearson Sees Strong Growth in a Downbeat Sector | | Birmingham Post (England)July 29, 2008 | Publishing group Pearson - owner of the Financial Times - yesterday posted stronger than expected results and an upbeat outlook in a display of resilience in an otherwise depressed media sector.
The world's biggest educational publisher, which also owns Penguin books, increased operating profit by 38 per cent in the first half and said it was more confident in its outlook for 2008.
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