http://www.minonline.com MinOnline en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:15:14 EDT Still cumulatively flat, which is cumulatively bad versus the -24.50% differential from April 2009. But there are signs of better numbers to come in May, courtesy in part by O’s 10th anniversary (see last week’s min) and continued growth from People Style Watch (see page 5). April anniversary... http://www.minonline.com/min/13772.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT What a difference three months make. Since my December 7, 2009, column, a lot has changed in the magazine industry. With Apple’s iPad announcement, both publishers and agencies have become energized by the limitless potential that comes with this technology. The launch of tablet devices will marry print... http://www.minonline.com/min/13773.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT This is less Peaches & Herb (who sang the classic 40 years ago), and more general & lieutenant. But the point is that an executive breaking away from David Pecker usually was permanent with the American Media Inc. chairman/president/ceo (since April 1999). So last week, Newman set somewhat of a... http://www.minonline.com/min/13774.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT He joined W in 1980 as Paris bureau chief (three years after joining then- W parent Fair- child Publications), and his becoming editor in 1985 makes him not only the dean in that capacity at women’s-fashion magazines (Anna Wintour has been Vogue... http://www.minonline.com/min/13775.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT No inkling from the March cover with Laguna Beach / The Hills star and L.A. Candy author Lauren Conrad, but Seventeen vp/publisher (since July 2003) Jayne Jamison tells min that the aftermath from the January 12 earthquake in Haiti led her to take action. “We posted our intention on seventeen.com, and... http://www.minonline.com/min/13776.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT March 13 NJ cover line states that “last year was the influence industry’s most lucrative ever,” which typically is gravy for the magazine, as the 1,500 or so bureaucrats--and, yes, lobbyists--paying $2,059 subscriptions are the core audience. March 15 NJ lists the 2009 spending of the top... http://www.minonline.com/min/13777.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT Confusion comes from New York magazine’s Web site receiving the 2009 general excellence online honor from the American Society of Magazine Editors when the digital category was part of the overall National Magazine Awards. Last Thursday (March... http://www.minonline.com/min/13778.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT It was on April 22, 1970, that the late U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D.-Wis.) started Earth Day and promoted-in-November 2009 SciAm editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina acknowledges the anniversary in her April 2010 editor’s note and in the issue’s Boundaries for a Healthy Planet cover story... http://www.minonline.com/min/13779.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT He was capitalism personified in December 2000 when the sale of the then-five-year-old Fast Company to Gruner + Jahr pulled in $300 million-plus to him, co-founder Bill Taylor, and investors led by U.S. News & World Report/New York Daily News chairman Mort... http://www.minonline.com/min/13780.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:05 EDT Those of us old enough to recall Yahoo! Internet Life and eBay magazines know that digital and print “couples” have been down this aisle before. Early attempts to translate online brands to analog print books met deservedly with mixed success. What was born of digital generally is best left on... http://www.minonline.com/min/13781.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:25:06 EDT