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Advertising services revenues up 2.2% to $7 billion in 2010, mostly due to online display

Operating revenues for advertising and related services in 2010 were up 2.2% and reached almost $7 billion, according to information released by Statistics Canada. The increase was attributed mostly to display advertising services, which saw a 17.3% increase, largely due to the use of new technologies (read: online advertising). (See summary table)Salaries, wages and benefits fell 3.2% while

Magazine world view: 16 million tablet pubs; RIP Sat delivery?; £20k competition; re-cut Uncut

Unknown 23:29 world view

Adobe: 16 million tablet publications downloaded in last 12 months (Folio:)
Penton converts tech group to all-digital (Folio:)
Cottages & Gardens expands regional footprint (Audience Development)
Digital, subscription revenues ever more important for FT Group (Folio:)
Obama proposes postage increase, end to Saturday delivery (Dead Tree Edition)
Nick Davies wins Paul Foot award for hacking

YES and KNOW kids' science magazines closed suddenly

Unknown 21:47 closures

January 2012
[This post has been updated]The sudden closure of YES, a science magazine for youths 7 to 14 and KNOW a science magazine for kids 6 to 9, published by Peter Piper Publishing Inc. of Victoria, B.C., may be an object lesson for small publishers.YES started in 1996; KNOW six years ago. In August, 2009, the Mad Science Group, based in Montreal, bought out Peter Piper Publishing, owned

TC Media to rep added U.S. Hearst digital properties as well as Homes Group sites

Unknown 17:49 Advertising , digital , Transcontinental Media

TC Media has extended its digital sales partnership with Hearst Magazines and taking over exclusive digital ad representation for Hearst's Canadian sales of U.S. sites ELLE.com(3), ELLEDecor.com(4), and WomansDay.com It will now also will represent digital ad sales for sites operated by Canadian-based Homes Publishing Group of Toronto, incliuding ActiveAdult.com, CondoLifeMag.com, HomesMag.com,

ZoomerMedia has a net loss in Q2 of $137,000

Unknown 20:09 Financial

ZoomerMedia Ltd., the publishers of Zoomer magazine, had a net loss in the second quarter of $136,439 for the period, a negative turnaround of more than $1 million, compared with a profit of $901,464 in the same quarter in 2010, it was reported today by Canadian Press. The company had revenues of $15.3 million, down from $16.9 million in the same quarter in 2010.The Toronto-based company's

Sportsnet magazine highlights the hottest athletes

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3-time U.S. World Cup overall downhill champion Lindsey Vonn

Canadian Sheldon Souray, a three-time hockey All-Star
'Tis the season for sex and sports (actually when isn't it?) but hard on the heels of the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, Canada's Sportsnet magazine from Rogers has come out with its March 12 Beauty in Sport Edition featuring 30 of the buffest, most attractive

Print takes a back seat in Rogers's "multiplatform" sponsorship arrangements

Unknown 18:22 advertisers , Rogers Media

For all the talk of integration of multi-platform marketing and sponsorship in large companies like Rogers Media, its large stable of consumer print publications seems to take the rumble seat. A recent press release trumpeting the addition of five, heavy-hitting sponsorships to the launch of the show Canada's Got Talent on Rogers's Citytv starting March 4, gives nary a mention of the company's

Carry On regardless: MagsBC promotes its 2-day professional development conference

Unknown 22:23 MagsBC , professional development

The Magazine Association of BC, which is coping at the moment with a funding crisis, is plunging ahead with a professional development conference called (irony intended, we're sure) BCALME & Carry On. It's a two-day event with workshops, presentations and is aimed at helping BC magazines grow and flourish.
It is on Friday, March 23 and Saturday March 24 at BCIT's downtown Vancouver campus. There

"Liquid layout" said to answer demands to deliver mags on multiple devices

Unknown 21:39 art direction , design , tablets , technology

Condé Nast was among the first of the world's major magazine companies to jump onto the iPad, but even their enthusiasm is being tested by the variety of devices and somehow getting their content onto various-sized screens looking halfways decent. Scott Dadich, the vice-president of content innovation told a London advertisers' briefing on Wednesday (reported in paidContent) that getting a

Pierre Juneau launched his career with the magazine Cité Libre

Unknown 19:44 obituary

Pierre Juneau, the champion of Canadian content whose death has been announced, got his start in media when he launched the political magazine Cité Libre in Montreal with Pierre Trudeau, whom he had met at the University of Paris. This was long before Trudeau's political career and eventual prime ministership and before Juneau helped found the Montreal International Film Festival, and before his

Quote, unquote: Getting readers to buy stuff

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“Magazines used to be just about raising awareness for brands. Today brands like Glamour are going well beyond that. We are bringing readers closer to purchase consideration and sale."-- Glamour executive vice-president and publishing director Bill Wackermann speaking to the New York Observer's Off the Record blogger during Fashion Week in New York. Using tags embedded in the redesigned

Quote, unquote: On publishing what seems right and funny

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“It’s surprised all of us that it’s successful.We’re not driven by market research or whatever other people do. We’re just doing what feels right and funny to us. If that makes us weirdos, that’s fine. If we were ever described as ‘average,’ that would be the end of the magazine.”-- David Chang, chef and owner explaining to Diner's Journal in the New York Times how the food magazine Lucky

Quote, unquote: On not being defeated by digital

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“We can’t accept defeat just because digital has arrived."-- Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra, predicting that the post office is entering a decade of duality, where people might get a magazine in print as well as on their iPad. He was featured in a Toronto Star story.

UK consumer mags saw circ fall 1.4% in 2nd half 2011; digital subs increase

Unknown 17:07 Britain , circulation. ABC

Total average circulation among consumer magazine titles in the United Kingdom fell by 1.4% during the second half of 2011. Among the biggest decliners in ABC reporting, according to a story in MarketingWeek, was the women's lifestyle category, down 1.3%.The number of magazines reporting sales figures for their digital editions increased four fold to 72 titles. Men's Health topped the list, with

Weddingbells presents new SIP called...Weddings

Unknown 23:38 line extensions , special interest publications

Weddingbells magazine is publishing its first-ever special interest publication, called Weddingbells Weddings which features 16 real weddings of real Canadian couples. “Every one of the weddings is stunning and unique – I guarantee each will inspire our readers in one way or another,” said Weddingbells editor-in-chief, Alison McGill. The 120-page newsstand product is out February 20,

MagsBC gets temporary financial reprieve

Unknown 22:47 Canadian Heritage , funding , MagsBC

The Magazine Association of BC has received what it describes as "a stay of execution" as Canadian Heritage has reviewed and approved one of the two applications that had earlier been rejected. This gives MagsBC $125,020 to fund a number of projects (some of which have alreadywell advanced and for which money has already been spent) such as the 2012 magazine directory, MagsWest 2011 (held last

Father Rémi steps down and Isabelle Marcoux becomes chair of TC Transcontinental

Unknown 17:09 succession , Transcontinental

Rémi Marcoux steps down as chair of Transcon
The orderly transition at the top of TC Transcontinental Inc.took its next step today at the company's annual general meeting in Montreal with the retirement of Rémi Marcoux as chair of the company -- the largest publisher of consumer magazines in Canada -- and the succession by his daughter, Isabelle. M. Marcoux will remain on the board as a

The Grid and National Post win as best-designed newspapers in the world

Unknown 19:13 awards , design , editorial

The Grid, Torstar's free weekly magazine (it calls itself that), has won the prestigious Society for News Design's top prize as best-designed newspaper for its circulation category. And Canada has done superlatively well given that another of the five winning papers was the National Post. The judges* for the 33rd annual SPD awards said:The Grid has the feel of an underground paper minus most of

Apple working on a slightly smaller tablet to meet the competition

Unknown 14:54 tablets , technology

Apple is apparently working with its suppliers to create a new tablet computer with a slightly smaller, 8-inch screen that is clearly aimed at striking back at competitors like Amazon's (7.5 inch Kindle Fire) and Samsung (5.3inch Galaxy Note). According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, Apple is to announce its new iPad 2 early next month, which will have a higher resolution screen but the

Ontario Arts Council employees form a union

Unknown 14:37 Ontario Arts Council , unions

Employees of the Ontario Arts Council have formed a union. A new bargaining unit has been established as part of The Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO) following a vote supervised by the Ontario Labour Relations Board held on February 6. The new union covers granting, communications, research, outreach, administrative and finance staff

Zoomer sells three separate covers, with high value coins, instead of people

Unknown 23:14 covers , promotions

Zoomer magazine has created three, complementary covers [one inside the next] for its March issue,each with a coin illustrating the magazine's Money issue.

$1 MM Maple Leaf
The covers are sponsored by and backed by an ad for Sun Life Financial. Usually, Zoomer spotlights a mature personality on each of its covers; this is the first time since it was launched that highlights an iconic object, in

PWAC offers 18 months of membership for the price of a year

Unknown 18:30 associations , magazine industry , PWAC

The Professional Writers Association of Canada has launched a membership drive that offers new and returning freelancers 18 months of membership for the price of 12, provided signup by March 31. Plus, memberships($20 a month or $240 a year; $40 for students) give a discounted rate on the MagNet industry conference, a voucher for one free workshop and the chance to win a full MagNet package of

History magazines KAYAK and Canada's History take an international perspective

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Both magazines published by Canada's History Society this month focus on an international perspective. Canada's History for the first time devotes its entire issue to Canadian history made beyond our borders. The February 2012 double-sized issue of KAYAK, its history magazine for kids 7 - 12 is being distributed to an estimated 20,000 schools across the country through support from the Canadian

New magazine says it will be all about happiness

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One of the drawbacks of living outside the GTA is that sometimes the controlled circulation magazines that fall out of the Globe and Mail from time to time don't quite reach the 519. Hence, I have not seen a physical copy of the magazine What Makes You Happy, distributed today (Feb 10). If you are like me in this, you can read a digital edition. Johnny Lucas, the editor, says in a release that --

Shane Smith of Vice to talk about secrets of success at Toronto conference

Unknown 18:49 conferences , events

Smith
Marketing magazine is featuring Shane Smith, the co-founder of Vice magazine and Vice Media as the keynote speaker in its Young Influencers conference, Thursday, Feb 23 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. Not coincident with his appearance is a feature by Marketing's editor Tom Gierasimczuk in this week's issue relating how the hipster

Magazine world view: Domino back, as special; Thomson Reuters heads off strike; HELLO! doesn't "copy approve"

Unknown 20:55 world view

GigaOM buying paidContent (GigaOM)
Conde Nast’s Domino Returns as a Special Issue (Folio:)
GfK MRI Launches Digital Ad Measuring Service (Folio:)
55 New Publications Arrive to the Marketplace in Jan. 2012 (Mr. Magazine)
Strike off at Thomson Reuters after NUJ pay deal (Joh Slattery)
A Major Print-Media Bankruptcy Is Likely in 2012, Voters Say (Dead Tree Edition)
E-Commerce Spending Up to $50

Second half 2011 FAS FAX results show 4.6% over all circ decline

Unknown 23:40 ABC , Circulation

Canadian magazines that are measured by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) showed an average decline of about 4.6% in total audited circulation in the last 6 months of 2011, compared with the same period the year previously. According to ABC FAS FAX data just released, Canadian ABC-measured titles had total circulation of 9.3 million compared to 9.8 million a year ago. Total paid and verified

Western Magazine Awards entries being accepted until March 2

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Entries are being accepted for the Western Magazine Awards, with 30 categories reflecting 30 years of the awards program. Deadline is March 2. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside. There are four gold categories in which the prize is $1,000, with $750prizes in each of the written and visual categories. There is an online entry system.

Quote, unquote: Covers as conduits to websites

Unknown 16:58 covers , design , quote

"As magazines are going throughout this transition from print to digital, a cover has to serve multiple purposes. It has to sell on the newsstands, but newsstands isn't that significant a part of the business model anymore, so you have to leverage what you can. Wherever that content lands you have to drive people to it. One part of the cover is that it's on the printed magazine, but a more

Mags BC thrown into financial crisis with refusal of $150k in funding from Heritage

Unknown 19:36 CPF , funding

The Magazine Association of BC has been thrown into a crisis by the rejection of two funding applications -- totalling $151,694 -- by the Department of Canadian Heritage and its Canada Periodical Fund. In a message to its members, the MABC board said it had requested a meeting with the heritage minister James Moore, following receipt of a Jan 12 letter from Ramzi Saad, Director, Periodical

Intern sues Harper's Bazaar over unpaid work

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A recent intern for Harper's Bazaar magazine has launched a lawsuit against the magazine's owners, Hearst Corporation, saying that her four-month internship violated labour laws because it was unpaid. According to a story from ReutersXuedan Wang, 28, was an intern at the magazine's accessories department from August to December last year, where she typically worked at least 40 hours a week, and

Magazine to build virtual "Spacington" in search for the ideal 21st century city

Unknown 18:02 blogs , promotions

Spacing magazine, which concerns itself with urban affairs, is using Sim City software to build the perfect city. On the magazine's Spacing Toronto blog, there is a "Welcome the Spacington" page, which promises that, over a period of time -- with the ministrations of Spacing staff and contributors -- will evolve a simulated urban city into a model 21st century urban city. Right now, it's just a

Maclean's sums up the Shafia "honour killing" trial with special 22-page section + ebook

Unknown 17:47 Maclean's , special editions

Maclean's magazine has published an impressive 22-page special insert in its current issue, devoted to the so-called Shafia "honour killing" trial. Plus it is offering a 99-cent e-book for the iPad app. Writer Michael Friscolanti attended the three month trial and writes a narrative that gives an in-depth look into the horrific dysfunction of one family.The story of the murders of the Shafia

Time Inc.'s Maghound single copy sales venture is closing

Unknown 18:51 Circulation , closures , single copies

Announced with considerable fanfare in 2008, Maghound, the Time Inc. venture to sell single copies of magazines at a discount, is to close. According to a story on Folio:, the division will be closing soon to focus the company on digital subscriptions (all 21 Time Inc. titles have now been digitized). Current users will be allowed a grace period and be advised to subscribe directly to their

Jim Pattison Group buys Comag newsstand distribution firm from Hearst and Condé Nast

Unknown 01:45 distribution , single copies

Two of the pillars of U.S. magazine publishing, Hearst and Condé Nast, have exited the magazine distribution business and sold their share(s) in Comag Marketing Group (CMG) to the Jim Pattison Group (JPG)of Vancouver. It should have a major impact on the single copy sales and marketing business.
JPG is a privately owned BC-based conglomerate which owns the News Group, North America's largest

February 2012

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