TAYLOR SPEAKS AT UAPB, URGES MENTORING Nov 14, 2009
She is the only black woman to be recognized by the Magazine Publishers of America with the Henry Johnson Fisher Award ... Taylor was the first black woman to be awarded the prestigious Henry Johnson Fisher Award by the Magazine Publishers of America and has been inducted into the American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Get Married Magazine Makes Bold Move With Launch of Inaugural Issue Oct 10, 2009
According to the 2009/2010 Magazine Publishers of America Handbook, more than 80 percent of U.S. adults read magazines and the audience has remained strong during the past five years - including readership among younger adults ... (2009/2010 MPA Handbook, Magazine Publishers of America). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Don't Make Me Eat My Words Oct 9, 2009
But for all the chatter of the demise of printcheck out Gawker's there are still an awful lot of magazines around (, according to the Magazine Publishers of America). Connoisseurs of excessive bullishnessI once a chapter of also tend to be gourmands when it comes to excessive bearishness. (Slate)
National Parks Foundation "Little Girl" Sep 30, 2009
A one-hour Magazine Publishers of America Webinar. September 30, 2009 - September 30, 2009. (AdWeek)
CBS, Pepsi Max put video in some magazine ads Aug 20, 2009
Magazine ad revenue fell 21% for the first half of the year, while ad pages fell nearly 28%, according to Magazine Publishers of America. Ad revenue for Entertainment Weekly fell 28%, and the magazine's ad page total fell nearly 32. (USA Today -- Money)
Newsweek: Some magazines thriving in downturn Aug 11, 2009
Generally, as the Magazine Publishers of America has pointed out, some merely benefited from ad categories, or "sub-categories," in which marketers, well, advertisedfood and seasonings and ingredients, household cleaning products, and hair and hygiene. So a few nesting, fitness, and celebrity magazines enjoyed a windfall. (MSNBC -- Business)
Morningstar's Mansueto could be among BusinessWeek bidders Jul 15, 2009
BusinessWeeks ad pages plunged 34% in the second quarter, worse than the industry average of 30%, according to data from the trade group Magazine Publishers of America. In the same period, Mansueto Ventures Fast Company saw ad sales drop 37%, with a 14% decline at Inc. Mr. Mansueto, 52, bought the two magazine titles for $35 million in 2005. (Crain's Chicago Business)
New York Mag Tightening Belt May 23, 2009
The magazine also pulled out of the industry trade association the Magazine Publishers of America, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in dues. When Wasserstein bought the magazine, it was widely seen as a vanity play, particularly since he beat out high-profile suitors like Mort Zuckerman, Harvey Weinstein and Nelson Peltz in his purchase from Henry Kravis' Primedia. (New York Post -- Business)
Cowboys & Indians Magazine Aims to Corral New Readers With Newly Expanded Website May 1, 2009
2 readers per copy, as determined by the Magazine Publishers of America, Cowboys & Indians now has an average of 823,716 readers for each issue. The June issue of Cowboys & Indians, now available at newsstands everywhere, showcases publisher Gregory L. Brown's in-depth interview with Ted Turner, the maverick media entrepreneur who has accumulated enough acreage to qualify as the largest individual landowner in the United States. (PR Newswire)
McGraw-Hill Construction's Robert Ivy, Architectural Record, and Engineering News-Record Win Crain Award, Min's Best of the Web, and 7 Neal Awards Mar 20, 2009
com, which provide a mix of print and multimedia news and information, have received several recent awards, including the Magazine Publishers of America 2008 "Website of the Year: Enthusiast," two 2008 Silver Ozzie Awards from FOLIO: for "Best Cover" and "Best Use of Photography," a 2007 Bronze Ozzie Award for Best Site Design, and BtoB Media Business' 10 Great Media Websites List in 2007. They also received two 2008 Neal Awards for "Best Website" and "Best Online Article or Series.". (PR Newswire)
ELLE PUBLISHER TAKES 'HACHETTE' TO RENT Mar 6, 2009
After Jack Kliger last year walked away as CEO, the company dispatched Alain Lemarchand from Paris to take over, and he's been cutting costs, including pulling out of the Magazine Publishers of America, which saved Hachette between 300,000 to 400,000 a year in dues. The rent bill for their offices is considerably higher; one source estimated that the six floors at 1633 Broadway cost the company close to 15 million a year. (New York Post -- Business)
WEAK LINK AT MAG GROUP DRAWS MEMBERS' IRE Feb 20, 2009
The Magazine Publishers of America has lost as members Elle publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media; Star and National Enquirer publisher American Media; and most recently New York magazine. "At the time we were asked to rejoin MPA for 2009, we knew the industry was going to have a difficult year and that we would have to allocate our resources carefully," said a New York spokeswoman, who added the mag hopes to return to the MPA in the future. (New York Post -- Business)
