http://www.minonline.com MinOnline en-us 2012 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:04:01 EST A strong retail holiday season such as what we experienced in 2010 is usually a good indicator for ad-page growth as retailers replenish their inventories. But it has not yet happened in 2011 because of reasons that we are all aware of: stubbornly high unemployment, the economic effects from the Japanese... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/17113.html Fri, 20 May 2011 17:34:37 EDT When it comes to Web traffic, February, not April, is the cruelest month. With its shortened number of work days, the month puts pressure on site statistics, especially after many of them enjoyed a January spike from audiences returning to the Web after the holidays. Valentine’s Day helps, but the... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16983.html Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:03:58 EDT Minimum differential, RS publisher (since April 2010) Matt Mastrangelo projects to min, would mean 221.2 ad pages (2011) versus 158.2(2010) through the March 31 issue. “Increase is coming from every major category: automotive [imports dominate], beer/liquor, consumer electronics, fashion [includes... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16721.html Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:36:02 EDT From The Economist and Bloomberg Businessweek through ESPN and Us Weekly (Canada, too), here they are: See more premium best-worst selling magazine covers. 2010 BEST-WORST-SELLING MAGAZINE COVERS: WEEKLIES/BIWEEKLIES NEWSWEEKLIES Best Seller Worst Seller Magazine Date Cover and/or Subject Date Cover and/or... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16600.html Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:47:01 EST Starting-in-March fitness section in Details looks like a compliment (or complement) to Men’s Health, which has been at it since 1986 and won min’s and Samir Husni’s Most Notable launch of the Past 25 Years accolade at last December’s... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16521.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:24:12 EST Food Network magazine goes Italiano with its first themed issue in the Hearst-published magazine's two-year history. It is a no-brainer, because Italian cuisine's mass popularity matches Food Network's mass readership.... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16430.html Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:42:57 EST Platitude is from Hearst Magazines president/group publisher/chief marketing officer (since October 1997) Michael Clinton, who hired Cardone in December 2009--two months after the folding of the Cardone-led Gourmet and weeks following the departure of 2005-2009 Marie Claire publisher Susan Plagemann for... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16385.html Mon, 31 Jan 2011 0:00:00 EST Barring an extension, January 30 will end Hearst Corp.’s 30-day negotiating window to buy the Elle-flagshipped Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. and the other non-French magazine/media properties put up for sale by Lagardère Active, so there should be resolution soon. Stickler is editorial... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/16325.html Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:50:46 EST Fergie may be on the December Glamour cover and get the tabloid attention with Cher/Julia Roberts/Donatella Versace at Monday’s (November 8) Glamour Women of the Year celebration in New York’s Carnegie Hall, but the emotion always goes to the honorees who risk their lives for democracy: from... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/15644.html Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:30:03 EDT Parallel, of course, does not extend to job title, because Sauerberg is the two-month president of Condé Nast (reporting to ceo Chuck Townsend) while Florio--who ended a 25-year CN career as Vogue publishing director on June 30--starts October 4 at IMG Worldwide with the ambiguous title of senior... http://www.minonline.com/mb_topstory.htm/15372.html Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:58:09 EDT