U.S. Naval Institute Digital Archive Project, Ellie Winners, Social Media Numbers, David Granger, MPA’s AMMC Event, InDesign CC Tip: Publish Online Option in Print and Export Dialogs
Welcome to Technology for Publishing’s roundup of news and tips for media industry pros! This week, we’re sharing stories about TFP’s work on the U.S. Naval Institute’s digital asset management system, who took home National Magazine Awards, publishers pulling ahead on social media, David Granger’s exit from Esquire, and more.
- In the Winter 2016 issue of the Museum Archivist newsletter, Jonathan Hoppe, digital assets administrator at the U.S. Naval Institute, explains efforts behind a multifaceted project to digitize the institute’s rich body of content, including journal articles written over the course of its 142-year history as well as 200,000 photographs. Part of the digital push is the development of a digital asset management system (DAMS), an effort the institute has partnered with Technology for Publishing on, along with Microsoft’s Department of Defense Services Delivery Team. As Hoppe explains, the team is currently exploring options for implementing the DAMS on a cloud platform and evaluating metadata analysis and enhancement tools, image recognition technologies, and more. Together with a new rights management system and client management system, the DAMS is expected to not only reduce archival costs, but also make content more easily reusable and discoverable to the institute’s 50,000 members, scholars, and the public—as well as lay the foundation to monetize the archives. See the Museum Archivist newsletter to learn more about the project.
- Elsewhere, FishbowlNY published a list of the 2016 National Magazine Award winners, announced this week at the Grand Hyatt in New York by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Atlantic took home Magazine of the Year, while The Hollywood Reporter won for general excellence in special interests. Meanwhile, New York magazine dominated, The New York Post reported, winning four Ellies for best news, sports, and entertainment; website; multimedia; and magazine section. “As worrisome as these times are for the magazine business, it is a pretty exciting time for journalism,” New York editor Adam Moss said in accepting the magazine’s first award of the night. Other highlights included eight first-time wins as well as the induction of longtime Better Homes and Gardens editorial director Gayle Butler into the Magazine Editors’ Hall of Fame.
- One of the most talked about topics at this week’s AMMC event was the rise of social media—and MPA’s most recent Magazine Media 360º Social Media Report bears out that trend: Consumer magazines boosted their total social audiences by 38% in 2015, adding some 220 million new likes and followers on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter, according to a Folio report on the new numbers. Overall, it said, the average audience for magazine brands grew 7.1% last year to nearly 1.7 billion, indicating publishers are making headway in navigating new platforms to offset print declines. “What’s astounding is the sheer volume of consumers engaging with magazine media brands across platforms and formats, and how readers continue to diversify the ways in which they trust and enjoy our content,” said MPA President and CEO Linda Thomas Brooks in a statement.
- And finally, Hearst announced late last week that David Granger, longtime editor in chief of Esquire, is stepping down effective March 31. The New York Times reported Jay Fielden, editor in chief of Town & Country, will take Granger’s place while continuing in his role as editorial director of Town & Country. Although Granger hasn’t revealed future plans, he said in a statement, “The last 19 years have been the best time ever to be a creative professional. The explosion of new forms of expression has been breathtaking. Turns out that a print magazine has been the perfect hub from which to experiment with just about all of them.” At the National Magazine Awards this week, Granger—who led Esquire to 16 Ellies during his nearly two decades at the magazine—collected an award in the Essays & Criticism category, prompting a standing ovation, the Post reported. In accepting the award, for “The Friend” by Matthew Teague, he joked, “I’m so happy about this I’m just gonna quit.”
On the Technology for Publishing Blog
- TFP CEO Margot Knorr Mancini gives us an overview of the MPA’s AMMC event, highlighting some informative (and entertaining!) sessions and panels she attended as well as insights shared on what to expect in the coming year.
- Adobe InDesign CC Tip: Did you know with the release of InDesign CC 2015.2 you can choose to publish your document to the web while the document prints or is exported? Monica Murphy explains how it works.
- And in case you missed it, our latest infographic pick looks at the science behind good storytelling and why more brands are incorporating it into their content campaigns.
Image: Winter 2016 issue of the Museum Archivist newsletter
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