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19.02.19
Our favourite new podcast: Tricky, ‘A Podcast About the Thorniest Problems in Journalism‘
Amsterdam, 27 February: Join Yuca for the launch of their third issue with our friends The Athenaeum.
London, 4 March: BSME event ‘How to launch your own magazine’ features our own Jeremy Leslie alongside Rob Orchard from Delayed Gratification, Alex Mead from Rugby Journal and Vivien Jones from Kookie.
US Esquire criticised for leading with the troubles of a young white guy during Black History Month.
We love New York’s Casa Magazines shop, so enjoyed Courier’s interview with the man behind it, Mohammed Ahmed.
07.02.19
Looking forward to the whole thing; meanwhile, here’s an excerpt from Jill Abramson’s book ‘Merchants of Truth,’ alongside which this 2015 confrontation between NYTimes’ David Carr and Vice executives is worth another look.
While Vice and co continue staff cuts, back at the NYTimes, they’ve just reported digital revenue for 2018 of $709m.
Here’s some detail about Amazon’s print catalogue.
Monocle moves print contract to Germany, blaming Brexit.
Kickstarter: Irin is a new mag about African art and travel.
Ex-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter re-emerges with a newsletter called Air Mail.
31.01.19
An archive of TV Guide front covers, from the fifties to now. Some great illustration (thanks Bob).
Mississippi, 23-26 April: Jeremy Leslie will be joining the line-up at this year’s ACT9 conference.
The secon issue of Ephemeral, a mag that grew out of our Flatplan masterclas last year, is now crowdfunding.
A brief guide to UK indie mag shops/sites.
Condé Nast to paywall its US sites by end of year; also launches ‘new title’ in the form of Vogue Business newsletter.
‘Magazines are still the best way to consume quality journalism,’ Steven Gregor teels Mr Magazine.
16.01.18
The best editor of our time, Adam Moss, is to step down as editor-in-chief of New York magazine. Not only was he a great magazine person, he’s a lovely guy too. Read his interview with Mr Magazine.
This week sees the first SPD Awards deadline (Friday 18). Enter!
And in the UK, this year’s PPA Awards launch with the promise of change.
Mario Garcia highlights the different impact of a story in print and online.
The NYTimes is experimenting with audio for Alexa.
The latest edition of The Stack is an indie special: Dog, Lodestars and Above Sea Level all feature.
Missed this, but intrigued: The Big Issue’s AR special.
09.01.19
AdAge highlights their A-list of US magazines.
This guide to London’s best magazine shops lead with… magCulture (blushes).
Condé Nast’s UK business goes into the red while Vice revenues increase.
Mr Magazine highlights his 2018 ‘Quotes of wisdom’.
Niemanlab wraps up the year in news.
Must-read: Alan Rusbridger’s book account of his 20 years at The Guardian.
31.12.18
A few wrap-ups of 2018: Folio has the best US front covers; Creative Review continues the cover-love given to Trump; the NYTimes’ always impressive annual look back at its illustration commissions.
Must-read: Craig Mod on the unexpected reality of the ‘Future Book’.
Shortlist staff tell of shock at magazine’s closure.
04.12.18
The Big Issue trials card readers as cash becomes increasingly redundant.
Glamour closes in the US, and should have gone with a bang not a whimper according to NYTimes fashion director Vanessa Friedman.
I’m looking forward to reading Alan Rusbriger’s new book about his editorship of The Guardian; James Meek’s LRB review is the perfect starter.
28.11.18
Have you bought your raffle ticket for our Christmas Cracker charity event?
Half price mags! Stack are selling off duplicates and leftover Awards entries in aid of Crisis at The Ace Hotel this Sat, 1 December.
FT editor Lionel Barber: ‘In the age of information overload, there has to be a place in the market for print, especially at the weekend.’
Next BSME event is ‘How to make events work for your brand’ and includes Stylist editor Lisa Smosarski.
22.11.18
Our friends at Park Communications offer some print advice to would-be publishers.
Kickstarting: help Elsie magazine establish itself as an annual creative catalyst.
Digital turns to print: Amazon has distributed a printed catalogue to help its Christmas toy sales in the US.
Weekly free mag Shortlist closes, another sign of men’s market woes. Will miss stuff like this.
13.11.18
‘The Guardian’s reader funding model is working. It’s inspiring.’
The True Story Award promises to be the first global journalism prize.
Read the three introductory texts to Eye’s latest magazine special issue, from Samir Husni, Jeremy Leslie and Angharad Lewis.
Fortune magazine is sold to Thai businessman for $150m.
Earlier this week a journalism student asked for evidence that mainstream mags were being influenced by the indies. Here it is: from February, UK Esquire will introduce ‘a cleaner, more modern aesthetic, a bigger size format, better quality paper stock, increased paginations…’ and drop to six times a year.
09.11.18
‘Restraint is one of its tenets; another is respect. The Gentlewoman’s subjects and readers alike seem dignified because Martin treats them with dignity…’ The Cut meets Penny Martin.
A great piece about the attention economy concludes ‘Ultimately, we end up fracking for attention,’ before prosposing some solutions, ‘we must prioritise, value and choose sustainable, quality, free-range attention.’
Nice podcast interview on Lecture in Progress with ModMag speaker Rod Stanley.
The UK minister responsible for media admits he doesn’t subscribe to a single UK magazine or newspaper.
22.10.18
James Harding, ex-BBC News chief, launches new slow journalism project Tortoise.
Jeremy Leslie previews next week’s ModMag London on The Stack.
Aperture gallery and California Sunday align exhibition and issue, At Home in the American West.
As she puts her Gather Journal ‘on hold’, Michele Outland talks about the redesigned Bob Appetit, ‘There is something about holding a magazine; it’s very captive in a way. Digitally, I just feel like we are exposed to so much content. I appreciate the escape that’s involved with print.’
05.10.18
London, 18 October: An A-Z of Eye magazine.
London, 25 October: Matt Willey talks at Typo Circle.
A newspaper turns to magazines for a future: The Guardian Weekly to relaunch as magazine.
100 Best indie mags, by category.
25 09 18
London, 4 October: MagCulture Meets Eye (sold out).
Time magazine bought by new owners again – this time digital entrepeneurs.
Mr Magazine interviewed by Tank online: ‘If it’s not ink on paper, it’s not a magazine.’
Support it: new baseball mag Road Grays is Kickstarting now.
FIPP gathers pro-mag voices, ‘The truth is magazine media is evolving into something bigger…’
19.09.18
Edinburgh, this Friday: visit the magCulture popup at MagFest 2018.
London, 25 September: Stack Magazines has a panel discussion about making music magazines.
The BSME committee propose their most influential magazines ever; join them for a discussion on the subject, London, 24 October.
‘Truly global publishing with a personal touch has to extend beyond just the Anglosphere,’ Wolfgang Blau discusses his digital strategy for Condé Nast.
03.09.18
London: tomorrow, 4 Sept, Eye magazine launch ‘8000 One-Offs’, a film about their recent issue with 8000 unique front covers.
London: join us this weekend at the London Art Book Fair: the magCulture Quarter sees our pop-up shop open open alongside 18 guest magazines.
US leftwing mag Jacobin revives UK mag Tribune.
08.08.18
It’s Stack Awards time again. Enter your indie and be judged by Gail Bichler, Steve Gregor, Will Hudson, Steven Heller, our own Jeremy Leslie and more.
US kids mag Highlights has figured a few times in At Work With interviews; a new film, ‘44 Pages’ reviews the magazine’s long history.
The Indiecon team have collected indie mag maker’s thoughts on ‘What is Indie?’
Chief content officer (that title!) Joanna Coles loses power battle at Hearst.
23.07.18
‘Smart, cool… and in print…’ The Guardian talks to Claire Catterall, co-curator of Print!, about indies.
New research suggests students learn better from print than screen.
20.07.18
Bob Newman looks back at his first magazine love, Ramparts.
Mushpit’s ‘Fucboi Glass Ceiling’ diagram jumps from print to digital.
The latest issue of McSweeney’s is a bag of balloons.
Ignore the knee-jerk Guardian anti-rich rhetoric and enjoy the inside story of FT supplement How To Spend It. ‘A 30-year-old’s idea of luxury is very different to a 50-year-old’s…’
London, 29 July: The Riposte all-dayer takes over the rooftop at the Ace hotel. Talks, workshops (incl Collage Club) and a market place featuring the magCulture popup shop. Join us!
17.07.18
The final pieces of the jigsaw that is ModMag London are falling into place. Meanwhile save the date: Thursday 1 November.
Lemonland Media Lab is an exciting new venture currently looking for magazine-obsessive researchers to help them launch.
