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I recently read this magazine “print gimmicks” story from Folio:
“In this era, when everyone’s excited about new media, we need to do everything we can to make older media as exciting as possible,” says Granger, Esquire’s editor-in-chief. The magazine’s latest print gimmick was its May 2009 issue where it featured a mix-n-match cover. The facial features [...]
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I recently completed a first version of a research paper on MAKE magazine, the DIY publication for “makers” who like to create anything from home garden gear to robots to open-source cars. It was a fun project, including an analysis of the text of the magazine and a visit to the Maker Faire last May [...]
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Tags: magazine research, make magazine, media research
If magazines want to attract and retain readers, the lowest possible price may not be the best marketing tool. Magazine subscription prices communicate to readers about the value of the magazine experience just as the magazine itself does.
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Tags: community, magazines, marketing, pricing, readers, subscription, value
The World of Warcraft magazine combines on-demand publishing and a sense of community in a potentially powerful package. Is this a model for future publications?
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Tags: community, magazine, Media & Journalism, print, world of warcraft
On-demand magazine publishing is making it possible for new publishers to expand into the medium. Low-cost, efficient and environmentally sound options are now available.
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Tags: magazines, mediashift, on demand, print, publishing
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What I’m Reading- The Best of Journalism (2009)A "running list of the best journalism" the author read in 2009. Many great examples here, and hours and hours of reading!
- Steve Coll: What I ReadThis series of "What I Read" columns fits nicely with our discussion of the "media diet" and the students' "media log" assignment in our MCJ 1 introductory course. Everyone has a media diet, after all; what does yours look like?
- Don't confuse them with facts"...we are a people estranged from critical thinking, divorced from logic, alienated from even objective truth. We admit no ideas that do not confirm us, hear no voices that do not echo us, sift out all information that does not validate what we wish to believe."
- Sorry, English major, the engineers have triumphedIs Google "making us stupid"? Or "shift[ing] the emphasis of our intelligence"? Or have we just changed with every new medium - all the way back to Gutenberg? An interesting discussion of this contentious issue, with some connections to our discussion in class yesterday about the role of information in contemporary society.
- I lifted (but attributed) most of this post on plagiarism Pursuing the Complete Community ConnectionGreat tips on avoiding plagiarism from Steve Buttry.
- Covering the Decade in Magazine CoversA video showing 92 notable magazine covers. What is it about magazine covers that makes them so memorable and significant to us?
- A Case For Digital Media Literacy: Tracking Down A Meme WiredPen
- Magazines: Cheaper Subscriptions May Not Win New Subscribers - Advertising Age - MediaWorksMakes sense to me; a couple of good comments on this piece strike closer to the heart of the matter, though.
- Arguments for government subsidies for journalism: weak and inconsistent Pursuing the Complete Community ConnectionShould the government provide subsidies to help journalism survive? Steve Buttry discusses McChesney/Nichols' arguments in their recent book.
- No ads, no newsstand, no problem: first issue of WoW magConvergence, community, and new magazine business models, all in one case study - the new World of Warcraft magazine. Cool.
- The Best of Journalism (2009)
