September 2008

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22:46
Might this be what is called fleeting fame? Ed2010's Toronto chapter is having one of its periodic mixers tomorrow, at which (for a $5 fee), attendees are given a chance at dinner and the chance to pick the brain of Laurie Grassi, the executive editor of Style at Home magazine.The event is at The Duke of York (39 Prince Arthur Avenue) on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. (Consolation could be provided
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20:22
Tomorrow, the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators of Canada (CAPIC) and the Association des illustrateurs et illustratrices in Quebec, in collaboration with the magazine Infopresse will be presenting Exposition Lux, the 11th annual gala where photographers and illustrators are honoured. It is at the Just for Laughs theatre 2111, boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal at 8 p.m., with
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19:14
Liz Primeau, the founding editor of Canadian Gardening magazine, and former editor of Ontario Living, is in the midst of a whirl of publicity for her recently published memoir My Natural History: The Evolution of a Gardener. (Tonight she'll will be signing and selling copies at 7 p.m. at the Mississauga Central Library. On the weekend,she was reading from it at Word on the Street in Kitchener.)
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19:03
Washington Post Company acquires Foreign Policy magazine(Folio:)Rejected bailout decimates media stocks (MediaDaily News)Borders Books UK launches buy-one-get-one-half-price offerCreative Loafing files for bankruptcy"New York Sun" Sets (MediaDaily News)Revenue growth at largest media dips to 4.6% (Advertising Age)[U.S.] Senate creates "copyright czar" (Wired)
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01:36
Since this blog has written several items in the past about the launch of Jewish Living magazine, we feel under some obligation to report, with regret, that publication of the magazine has been suspended after five issues, according to a posting on magazine's website.Publisher Dan Zimerman who, with his wife Carol Moskot as art director (formerly of Toronto Life magazine), moved from Toronto to
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19:48
[This post has been updated] The Publisher of CBC News, John Cruickshank, has written a column apologizing for publishing a column by Heather Mallick about U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.The volume of complaints played a part in prompting his apology and CBC Ombudsman, Vince Carlin, fashioned the justification. Cruickshank said:Mallick's column is a classic piece of political
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18:14
They see him as an image-savvy evangelical who has been careful to keep his signals to them under the media radar, but they have no doubt his convictions run deep—so deep that only after he wins a majority will he dare translate the true colours of his faith into policies that could remake the fabric of the nation. If they’re right, it remains unclear whether those convictions would turn
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17:51
Reminders about a couple of worthwhile events in Toronto posted about before, that may be of interest to readers:Cracking the 49th parallel: Thursday, October 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ryerson University School of Journalism, 80 Gould Street, Toronto. Price is $20, $10 for students (free to Ryerson students). It's being sponsored by the American Association of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), a
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17:21
That it pays, sometimes, to take chances is apparent by the outsider win from Britain's Radio Times magazine in a cover competition held by the Periodical Publishers Association.( Of course it may also be an expression of a public write-in campaign on behalf of a wacky entry.) More than 10,000 members of the public cast ballots.The May 2005 "Vote Dalek*" cover (shown above in its full gatefold),
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19:29
I have often felt that so-called "traditional" magazine publishers are being mistaken in chasing after online dollars by trying to compete with search advertising. This doesn't play to magazines' strengths. I found some reinforcement for this view in a posting about a speech made by David Churbuck, Vice President, Global Web Marketing, at Lenovo (what we used to call IBM). He said that search is
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19:48
Some readers of women's weeklies in Britain are not only grumbling about inflated headlines, they're holding the magazines to account. According to a story in the Guardian, two separate complaints to the Press Complaints Commission were about tantalizing coverlines that turned out to be misleading.One reader objected to the front cover of Look magazine which pictured Jennifer Aniston with the
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17:46 ,
Pharmacy Post, a 15-year-old Rogers Publishing business-to-business title, is being completely renovated,with a new name, a new size (from tab down to standard magazine) and a new look, according to an item posted on Mastheadonline.It will now be called Drugstore Canada and its new look and editorial structure will reflect changes in modern pharmacies which often seem more like cosmetic boutiques
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11:00
There's quite a storm over at Châtelaine magazine where readers are threatening boycotts and subscription cancellations because editor-in-chief Lise Ravary is campaigning for the abolition of the Quebec Status of Women Council (QSW).Her proposal, published in the September issue, said that the current council is unrepresentative and holds back today's modern Quebec women. In its place, the
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04:40
Faced with a slower-than-expected uptake of digital magazine subscriptions and the fact that many consumers don't know the difference between a digital magazine and a website, a bunch of U.S. magazine companies are giving 50 million free digital magazine subscriptions away.According to a story in Folio:, 200 companies like Hachette, Wenner Media and Reader's Digest are using a new site mounted by
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22:16
Magazines interested in lobbying their local member of Parliament about the publications assistance program now have the tools to do so. Magazines Canada has prepared a riding-by-riding spreadsheet tally of the number of PAP-supported subscriptions in each riding, along with the e-mail address of the sitting MP. Even if, perchance, a magazine isn't sure who their member is, MC provides a handy
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11:05
Sunday, September 28 is one of the biggest opportunities for readers to meet magazine-makers and for magazine makers to meet each other in the annual Word on the Street book and magazine festival, which takes place all day long in Toronto, Kitchener, Vancouver, Halifax. Over 250,000 people attended the regional festivals in 2007.Related post:Canadian Magazines Tent at Word on the Street features
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With the considerable, and apparently inexorable, pressure of advertisers, editorial integrity is under seige. And to withstand the pressure, says an opinion piece by Lucia Moses, a senior editor of MediaWeek, editors need something more than well-intentioned ad:editorial guidelines.Both the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors (CSME) have
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11:00
The finalists in the American Society of Magazine Editors best cover awards have been posted. Above are the 2008 Cover of the Year finalists: "Andy is 80", from Interview (June/July); "Eliot Spitzer's Brain" from New York (March 24);"Short Stance", from the New Yorker (October 8). The latter is by Canadian expat illustrator Barry Blitt.Other best cover categories are celebrity, concept, fashion,
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20:56
A friendly reminder that the Toronto Freelance Editors and Writers list is marking 10 years of existence with a major celebration of Monday, October 6 from 6 p.m. on. The list grew from 6 people who gathered in freelancer and teacher David Hayes's living room to 270 members signed up today. It's being held at Big Mamma's Boy, 554 Parliament St*. (2 blocks north of Carleton on the west side, in
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20:27
A tribute is being paid tonight in New York (you might just have time) to the late Clay Felker, the founding editor of New York magazine. The memorial service is being held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture and Tom Wolfe, Gloria Steinem and Lesley Stahl will speak. Felker's legacy, which Wolfe in July described as nothing less than the restoration of vitality to a bloodless,
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19:49
CBC.ca and occasional magazine columnist Heather Mallick seems to have touched a particularly tender nerve with a recent commentary about U.S. vice-presidental candidate Sarah Palin. In her article, she said Palin appeals to "the white trash vote" with her "toned-down version of the porn actress look."The column (from a woman who has been renowned for her strong opinions) had already been
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19:36
In the last five years (2003-2008) 39% of newsmagazines in North America have disappeared, dropping from 75 publications to 45, according to a story in Folio: about data published in the National Directory of Magazines. As but one example, this year, U.S. News & World Report became a biweekly.)The Directory (misnamed, since it catalogues some 20,500 U.S. and Canadian titles)says that shelter
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15:45
I don't like to rain on the innovation parade, but an article in the National Post hymning the wonders of Time Inc.'s new Maghound single copy service (see previous posts) suggests that this is an unalloyed good thing and that the sooner it begins servicing Canadians, the better.Masthead editor Marco Ursi is quoted saying: You don't get as much revenue selling copies on Maghound, but attracting
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15:25
The Liberal Party of Canada has told Magazines Canada -- in response to a series of questions about funding and other matters -- thatit would support the continuation of the publications assistance program (PAP) andcommit to continued funding of the Canada Magazine Fund at current levels.However, it declined to say it would do anything to introduce competitive postal delivery for magazines.And it
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14:27
The Globe and Mail has done us all a favour by pursuing the federal Conservative party's claim that its support for arts and culture has increased during its time in power. The story in Saturday's paper, by reporter James Bradshaw, demonstrated that, depending on your definition of "culture", arts support has actually declined under the Tories. A close look at federal budget documents suggests
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18:45
A nice piece by Sheldon Gordon on the Ryerson Review of Journalism is published in the October issue of University Affairs magazine. It's a wholly-student written magazine which, if it didn't exist, we'd have to invent it, precisely because it covers the media in a way that no one else does.We can hope that the article will galvanize the magazine community to make some donations to keep this
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18:45
Rabble.ca in its election blog notes that Embassy Magazine, the foreign policy newsweekly, manages to report that most soldiers will be voting Conservative, without quoting any soldiers."I would suggest that most of the members of the Canadian Forces would probably vote Conservative in this election," said retired colonel Alain Pellerin, executive director of the Conference of Defence
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18:45
[UPDATE: Jeff Bercovici of Portfolio now says that it is not Gore who is interested in the magazine, but Kevin Wall, a collaborator of his in the Live Earth concert last year.] Al Gore may be getting into the magazine business according to a story in Portfolio magazine.Sources familiar with the former vice president's plans say he is set to announce the acquisition of a stake in Plenty, a
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15:23
Canadian magazine publishers get a 38% "share of wallet" for the approximately $870 million spent on audited magazines in this country, according to a study by released by Rogers Publishing.The data and commentary is compiled by Michael Fox, the senior vice-president of circulation and development at Rogers (and a stalwart supporter of Magazines Canada).Using available single copy and
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15:23
Transcontinental Media has launched a French-language version of More magazine called Vita. It will be on newsstands in the Québec market tomorrow. The magazine is customized for 40+ women in the French-speaking market.“Since Transcontinental announced the launch of Vita, the magazine has surpassed its target subscription goals by nearly 80%,” said Francine Tremblay, senior vice president of
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15:23
Corduroy, a quarterly arts/entertainment/fashion magazine, recently celebrated its first anniversary being published in New York, according to a story in the Toronto Star. The magazine's fourth, October, issue is due on newsstands in and around New York this week.Peter Ash Lee and Tim Chan, both 26, both from Toronto, live in New York where they run Corduroy, editing it at a table in a coffee
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