Hillary Frey has been promoted to the newly created position of Editor in Chief of Yahoo News. She had been serving as the Managing Editor for Yahoo News for the past year. Prior to joining Yahoo, Frey was Managing Editor ...
Marissa Mayer has been brought on board by struggling Internet company Yahoo to serve as its CEO, the third in the past year. Mayer comes to Yahoo from Google, where she was the first female engineer hired by the company, ...
Younger Tablet Owners More Willing to Pay for News, More Content Means More Digital Subscriptions, Future EPUB Features, In-App Advertising Projections, Meredith’s Relaunch of Parents.com With Responsive Design Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the ...
IDEAlliance began its three-part webinar series “ePublishing on Multiple Platforms for Everyone” with Bill Kasdorf, vice president of Apex Content Solutions, and his presentation, “EPUB 3: The Foundation for the Future.” Kasdorf started by reviewing all of the features that ...
Martha Stewart‘s contract with the company she founded, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, has been extended until 2017. Her titles are now Founder and Chief Creative Officer. She is also non-executive chairman of MSLO’s board. Technology for Publishing’s Women in Media ...
Lisa Gersh is moving into the role of CEO at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She had already been serving as MSLO’s President and COO. Gersh co-founded Oxygen Media in 1988. She joined NBC Universal when it acquired Oxygen in 2007 ...
MPA Technology, Indie Magazine Insights, Zinio Up for Sale, Atlantic Breaks Records, DPS Release 21. Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week we’re discussing best practices in using new technologies to ...
Last week, the MPA Digital: Technology conference in New York provided some thought-provoking panels and leading-edge ideas for attendees. One of the more interesting sessions, “How New Technologies Can Build a Bond With Your Audience,” with Lucky magazine Editor in Chief Brandon ...
As we mentioned in the last DPS Update, Adobe is devoting energy in their next releases to stability, performance, and enhancing existing features. DPS Release 21 provides improvements in several key areas. Viewer and Authoring Folio Builder: Save as Version ...
Microsoft’s Surface Announcement, Nielsen’s Tablet Data Tracker, Consumers’ Stance on Ads in Apps, Record Profits at The Economist, and the Latest Pinterest News Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week we’re discussing Microsoft’s ...
Pinterest has undoubtedly shaken up the social media landscape, and it’s become a powerful referral source for many publishers. In order to best leverage this new tool, it’s important to stay up to date on how other publishers are successfully ...
Flipboard: Friend or Foe?, Rodale’s Digital Strategy, E-reading Trends, Food Network Magazine Raises Its Rate Base, Smartphone Use and Tablet Adoption Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week we’re discussing Flipboard, Rodale’s ...
Less than six months after Flipboard was first launched for the iPad in July 2010, Apple named the so-called social magazine App of the Year. The app, released for the iPhone last December and as a beta for Android devices earlier ...
MPA President Steps Down, Tablet Shipments Reach 18.2M for Q1, Rodale Launches an iPhone App, Who Says Print is Dead?, Digital-First Strategies Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week we’re discussing MPA’s ...
Myrna Blyth has been tapped to fill the newly created position of Editorial Director at AARP. Blyth served as Editor in Chief and Publications Director of Ladies’ Home Journal for more than 20 years and was responsible for the launch ...
National Geographic’s Everest Coverage, Women’s Health Pinterest Contest, Digital Readership up 24%, App Advertising, App Discovery. Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week we’re discussing National Geographic‘s Everest coverage, Women’s Health‘s ...
If you haven’t tuned in to National Geographic magazine’s coverage of the Everest story, you’re missing a pivotal moment in publishing evolution. As one of the early pursuers of digital magazines, National Geographic has not been shy about trying new things ...
Independent Magazine Media Conference, The Four Years that Changed the Magazine Newsstand, National Journal Gains 600 Members, Adobe DPS Release 20 Webinar, Google’s 7-inch Tablet Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This ...
Adobe DPS Release 20, Hearst Is All In for Tablets, Businessweek Wins Mag of the Year, Cooks Illustrated App Released, Real Simple Ruling Pinterest Welcome to TFP’s weekly roundup of interesting and noteworthy stories from the publishing world. This week ...