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NEWS
- Stop Saying Print Journalism Is Dead. 60 Magazines Launched During This Crazy Year
- Opportunities for Publishers In 2021
- Amazon.Com And ‘Big Five’ Publishers Accused of eBook Price-Fixing
- Google’s Ranking System Is Changing: “Vastly Superior” Inferred Links Will Replace the Link Graph
- Nieman Lab’s Predictions For 2021: Our Top Picks
- More Than 100 years of Editor & Publisher Now Fully Accessible Online on the Internet Archive
- Hearst’s CDS Global Makes an Identity Play with Single Sign-On Solution
- Year 2020 In Social Media
- A Look Ahead At 2021 Through the Rearview Mirror Of 1921 Magazines
- Google Threatens to Shut Down Search Engine in Australia If Forced to Pay Publishers for News
TRENDS
- Magazine Covers Still Have Power to Capture History Being Made
- Publishing During A Pandemic: Finding New Revenue Streams
- ‘A Proxy for Interests’: How Meredith Is Using Data from Political Campaigns to Inform Non-Political Advertising
- “Be Digitally Sustainable So That Print Revenue Is Like an Add-On”: Key Strategies Publishers Are Using to Grow Subscriptions
- 2021 Preview: ‘Year of The Vaccine’ Won’t Hinder Digital Shift for Publishers
- Models for News Media in 2021
- How Much Should Publishers Worry About Digital Bans?
- 2020 Saw Showdowns Between Platforms and Governments, With Publishers Set to Benefit
- Combating Misinformation In 2021: Insights for Publishers from NiemanLab
- ‘Convince the Gatekeepers’: How The Week Jr. Is Growing Its U.S. Subscriber Base
METRICS
- Print Book Sales Rose 8.2% in 2020
- Publishers Expect to Pick Up the Pace of Innovation and Rely on Readers More Than Advertisers In 2021
- EatingWell Closes 2020 with Growth in Ad Revenue and Magazine Subscriptions
- Can Publishers Profit from High-Growth Podcast Merchandise?
- “We’re Going Full Throttle”: How Publishers Are Adapting to The Pandemic
- 76% Of Publishers Have “Accelerated Their Plans for Digital Transition”: Here’s How (A Reuters Institute Report)
- Meredith’s Online Activity Rises 13% To Record High
- Time Spent with Ad-Supported Media Hits All-Time Low, Despite Gains in Total Media Use
- 2020 Digital Magazine Reading Trends: “Back Issues and Foreign Titles Total 40%”
- The Mobile Future: Predictions For 2021 And Beyond
PEOPLE IN MEDIA
- ‘Allrecipes’ Promotes Nichole Aksamit To Editor In Chief
- The Definitive Digiday Guide to What’s In And Out for The Future of Work
- ‘Managers Need to Know Someone Is Engaged’: Getting Noticed Virtually Has Gotten Harder
- The Guardian Hires New Editor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Ebony Publisher Names Michele Ghee CEO
- ‘Pay Constant Attention to Levels of Fatigue’: Bosses Work to Combat Continued Morale-Drop
- Experts Fear Lack of In-Person Training for Interns and Grads Could Create Talent Black Hole
- ‘Not Just the Zoom Happy Hour’: Why Publishers Are Adding Benefits to Lift Employee Peace of Mind
- With Many Employees Wary, Company Leaders Prepare Their Return-To-Office Coronavirus Vaccine Policies
- Union Workers At ‘New Yorker’ Stage Walkout Over Pay Dispute
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Posted by: Monica Murphy