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NEWS
Test kitchens safely return
- ‘A new way of working’: Publishers’ test kitchens return to studios with new safety procedures in the mix
- W Magazine Will Live Another Day, in Deal with Bustle Digital Group
- ‘O: The Oprah Magazine’ Evaluates Future of Print Edition, Looks to Digital Future
- ‘No Brainer’: Marie Claire Launches Sampling Business to Boost Revenue and Data Practice
- Condé Nast May Face Fight in Bid to Leave WTC Offices
- America’s Most Expansive Airline Magazine
- ‘Take Back Some Market Share from Amazon’: Publishers Are Testing Their Own Versions of Prime Day
- Making a September Issue During a Pandemic
- The Digital Juggernaut, And the Eventual, Inevitable Eclipse of Print
- Apple News+ Was Deeply Flawed from the Start. Is There Really a Future for Publishers on the Platform?
- ‘The Atlantic’ Expands Culture Section
- Apple Apologizes: WordPress Won’t Have to Monetize its Free App After All
- Meredith Brands PEOPLE, Allrecipes and Better Homes & Gardens Rank No. 1, No. 2 and No. 7 of Top 10 Largest Magazine Audiences Across Platforms
- How Hearst UK’s New Product Testing Facility Aims to Enhance Relationships with Readers and Partners
TRENDS
Virtual Events and Monetization
- How Three Media Companies Are Approaching Virtual Events and Monetization
- How Publishers Can Drive Incredibly Effective Results by Using Their Own On-Site Behavioral Data
- ‘Accelerated the Need to Get There Faster’: 5 Changes That Will Drive the Future of Media Post Coronavirus Crisis
- “We Must Be Ruthlessly Focused on Our Readership”: How Publishers Are Growing Subscribers with Audience-Focused Strategies
- In Canada, More People Are Paying for News Online: Publishers with Paywalls Report Growth in Consumer Revenue
- Content Marketing Is More Than Content Creation and Distribution
- Here Are the Ways Brands and Publishers Are Coming Out Ahead During COVID
- “Once You Come to Rely on It, You Won’t Unsubscribe”: How Publishers Are Using Audio Stories to Fuel Engagement and Generate Revenue
- ‘They’re Here to Stay’: Condé Nast’s Virtual Events Upfront Working to Convince Sponsors That New Remote Platforms Have Real Value
- “Pivot” Has Been the Word’: How Travel Publishers Are Navigating the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Virtual Events Are Here to Stay: How Marketing Automation Keeps You a Step Ahead
METRICS
Forecast of US Podcast Ad Spending
- US Podcast Ad Spending to Surpass $1 Billion Next Year
- ‘The Sky Hasn’t Fallen’: Publishers’ Programmatic Revenues Vault Back Up in June and July
- How Publishers Are Monetizing The 95% of Readers That Won’t Subscribe
- Getting Social Ads Right in the New Era of Digital Marketing
- Is the COVID Magazine Subscription Bump a Short-Term Trend or a Long-Term Bet?
- 4 Ways Publishers Are Engaging Audiences During COVID-19
- 3 In 4 Publishers Have Responded to The Pandemic with New Content Products, “From Brand-Building to Securing a Lucrative New Revenue Stream”
- How a New Order of Commerce Is Increasingly Coming to the Rescue for Publishers with Advertising Challenges
- Five Ways Data Is Transforming the Brand-Agency Relationship
- Ebony Media Has Chance to Reverse Fate, But Clock Is Ticking
- AARP.org Reaches All-Time Traffic Record, Nearly 29M Visitors
PEOPLE IN MEDIA
Marcus Samuelsson, Bon Appétit brand adviser.
- Bon Appétit Names Chef Marcus Samuelsson as First Brand Adviser
- ‘AARP The Magazine’ Launches Live Video Series, Property Brothers Slated to Appear
- Hearst Magazines Staffers Vote to Form a Union
- Hearst Magazines in No Rush to Replace Ousted President
- ‘Dying to Work’: With A-List Talent Sitting at Home, Publishers Eye Video Collaboration Opportunities with Them
- ‘Unstoppable Innovator’: The Meteoric Rise of Meredith Kopit Levien, The Next New York Times CEO
- Bon Appétit Names Sonia Chopra as Executive Editor
- Agnes Chu Joins Condé Nast as President, Condé Nast Entertainment
- TI Media’s Tom Reynolds on the Future of Sustainable Publishing
- Advertising Slump During Virus Crisis Hits Media Jobs
Images: Digiday, Digital Content Next, eMarketer, Bon Appétit
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