http://www.minonline.com MinOnline en-us 2012 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 9:47:03 EST Let us be frank: the “lowlight” of last week’s Audit Bureau of Circulations’ release of the consumer magazines’ second-half 2011-versus-2010 Fas-Fax is the acceleration (or deceleration) of the newsstand decline that has nearly been consistent for a generation. The 17-up/73-down... http://www.minonline.com/min/19908.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:28 EST Video for magazines can be a conundrum. For years, all the statistics and even many brand advertisers pointed towards print brands getting on the video bandwagon. This is where the strongest ad growth appeared to be, and brands are already convinced of the value of sight, sound and motion. This stuff should... http://www.minonline.com/min/19909.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:28 EST The variation of the late House speaker Tip O’Neill’s All politics is [sic] local applies to the IMS/The Auditor-prepared chart because 14 out of the 20 listed bridal titles are regionals. However, that has changed in 2012 with Condé Nast merging the 16 Brides regionals into the national... http://www.minonline.com/min/19910.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:28 EST The nine-year-old event salutes the fight against heart disease (easily the biggest killer of woman and men), and WD publisher/chief revenue officer (since January 2010) Ginger Sutton tells min that sponsorship for the February 15 Red Dress Awards at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center is at an all-time... http://www.minonline.com/min/19911.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:28 EST Compliments go to the ESP of Danziger and her staff for choosing two blockbuster covers in second-half 2011--The Biggest Loser host Alison Sweeney (August) and singer/Weight Watchers spokesperson Jennifer Hudson (September)--that were the catalysts to Self’s +2.9% newsstand. Now... http://www.minonline.com/min/19912.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:28 EST The magazine’s mid-winter Beach Party has grown from football-to-baseball “filler” in 1964 to a franchise that SI president (since December 2010) Mark Ford says kicks in at least 7% of the magazine’s huge revenues (with that formula, the 2011 ad-revenue portion, per Publishers... http://www.minonline.com/min/19913.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:28 EST The 30 Rock star appeared on NBC’s pre-Super Bowl NFL Honors (February 4), and in the aftermath of the Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries... http://www.minonline.com/min/19914.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:44 EST Second salvo by founder (2009)/ceo Jim Spanfeller (2001-2008 Forbes.com president) follows The Daily Meal, with a similar informational service format. "Active Times will tell readers what to do... http://www.minonline.com/min/19915.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:21 EST She will reach the milestone on February 18, when 47 out of Helen Gurley Brown's 90 years will have been with Hearst Corp. and Cosmopolitan. Her brilliance came as editor-in-chief (May 1965-January 1997) and continues in that capacity as Cosmo International editor. It is well-known that the Arkansas-born... http://www.minonline.com/min/19916.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:48:54 EST The fallout from the sale on Friday (Feb. 3)  of Ziff Davis Enterprise Group to online marketing and lead-gen company QuinStreet is beginning to take shape, and apparently it's severe. Sources with direct knowledge of the transaction told Folio: yesterday (Feb. 6) that as many as 30 people were let go... http://www.minonline.com/min/19891.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:55:40 EST