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NEWS
- Sports Illustrated, The Brand, is Sold For $110 Million
- Fortune to Add Paywall in Bid to Diversify Revenue Stream
- Hearst Magazines Launches New Ad Unit That Will Send People Product Samples
- ‘Forbes’ Redesigns Print Magazine to Focus on Curation, Modern Design
- DOJ Edges Toward Google Antitrust Probe
- Creatives Explain the New Definition of Magazines
- IPad OS, Apple Login, End Of iTunes: 5 Things Publishers Should Know from Apple’s WWDC Keynote
- New Study Finds Google Receives an Estimated $4.7 Billion In Revenue from News Publishers’ Content
- Tackling the Underrepresentation of Women in Media
- With New Leadership, Snapchat Makes Friends Among Marketers and Publishers in Cannes
- Introducing The Atlantic’s Daily Idea
- Finding A Home at Penske Media, Rolling Stone ‘Poised to Continue to Tell World’s Most Important Stories… For Decades to Come’
- Forbes Media May Soon Be on Block Again as Investors Explore Sale
TRENDS
- How Glamour Made the Transition From Print Magazine To Digital First
- With Dedicated Team, Meredith Has Doubled Pinterest Impressions in The Past Year
- Bucking the Trend: Print Magazines Still Work For (Some) Publishers
- Hearst Magazines Creates Hearst Data University to Educate Employees
- One Year into The Paywall, Wired Is Testing Letting Advertisers Unlock Access For Readers
- ‘We Know This Is Just the Beginning’: Facebook Has New Tools for Publishers to Get Paying Subscribers
- How Newsletter Innovations Are Driving Publisher Revenue
- Ahead Of ‘Shop’ Button for Publishers, Snapchat Launches In-App Stores for Snap Influencers
- Digiday Research: Social Platforms Are for Brand Awareness, Not Traffic, Say Publishers
- The Economist Is Exploring How Video Can Drive Subscriptions
- Publishers Finally Find Their Voice in Podcasting
- Pay Attention, Publishers: Outsiders Are Redefining What A Magazine Can Be
- How Mass-Consumer Publishers Are Seeking B2B Opportunities
- Twitch Is Emerging as A Favorite New Platform for Publishers
- How to Sell $38K Of Subscriptions In 10 Days
- Five Business Intelligence Trends Marketers Should Not Overlook
- How Publishers Are Turning Brand Extensions into A Full-Fledged Revenue Source
- Mobile Matters—And Publishers Must Remember That, Even When Resources Are Limited
METRICS
- Survey: Nearly 100% of Social Media Users Visit At least Four Platforms a Day
- The Social Media Channels That Marketers Plan to Use Over the Next 12 Months
- Five Charts: The State of Header Bidding
- Average Time Spent with Media in 2019 Has Plateaued
- Digiday Research: Publishers Rate YouTube’s Revenue Potential Over Other Platforms’
- The Anatomy of a U.S. Adult Twitter User In 2019 (And How Marketers Can Use the Information)
- Snapchat Is A Significant Revenue Driver For 65% Of Publishers, Study Finds
- The Future of Video Marketing: Growth and Demand
- Declines in Facebook Usage Drive Down Time Spent on Social Media
- Social Media Usage And Advertising 2019, Per Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report
PEOPLE
- The Atlantic President Bob Cohn Is Stepping Down in September
- Meet The Man Who Just Bought ‘Sports Illustrated’ For $110 Million
- Instagram Finally Found Its New No. 2 Executive
- Esquire Gets New Editor-in-Chief
- Folio: Toasts the Most Inspiring Women in Media
- ‘Sports Illustrated’ Magazine Now Under Ross Levinsohn, Exec With Controversial Past
- Hearst’s Troy Young: Access to Data Drives Organizational Change
- Craig Newmark Gives $6 Million to Consumer Reports
- Gus Wenner Is Following Through on His Vision for Rolling Stone
- Magazine Giant Meredith Quietly Axes 60 Employees
- Esquire Magazine Faces Turmoil Amid Masthead Exodus
Read more about people in media in our separate article More Staff Changes at Rolling Stone, Vogue The Atlantic, and more…
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Posted by: Monica Murphy