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What investigative journalism costs

Mother Jones asked the New York Times to provide a cost breakdown of the major investigative piece in the magazine this past weekend, done in collaboration with ProPublica: 2 years of reporting by a staff writer, full-time: 200kEditing for that period by 2 ProPublica editors: 30kLawyering hours at ProPublica: 20KEditing hours at the Times magazine over past year (from me to copy editors, 5

Sure, information wants to be free; unfortunately, it's not

In their editors' note in Mother Jones magazine's September /October issue, co-editors Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffrey articulate their scepticism about the belief that, in future, journalism will be free. We liked it enough to reprint the piece. Most of what they say applies equally well in Canada.In our business, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting some expert waxing on about what

Today's Parent founder one of directors swept out of Ontario lottery corp

The founder of Today's Parent magazine and the Today's Parent Group, Beverly Topping, is one of the six directors of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) swept out of their positions today. The CEO of OLG, Kelly McDougald was also fired from her $400,000 position "with cause", according to a story in the Toronto Star.The Ontario Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty is attempting by

Canadian magazine subs and singles seem to be starting to stabilize

[This post has been updated] The latest Audit Bureau of Circulations' latest data, for the first half of 2009, shows a decline in single copy sales, but a much smaller decline than the same period a year ago. According to a story in Media in Canada, overall paid and verified circulation was down 1.58% (paid subs down just 0.3% and total single copy sales down 8.43%)Although the drop in

Magazine world view

FT Wealth mag launched in U.S. (MediaDaily News)Rolling Stone ties to catch up online (Mediaweek)Magazines get into the digital mainstream (min)Newsstand sales may start trending up (Audience Development)Despite tough economy, a wave of print magazines to launch (Folio:)Commemorative magazine isues boost magazine sales (Ad Age)Publishers weigh up the perils and the positives of advertorials (

Globe and Mail says its future is to have a magazine look and style

The Globe and Mail will be more like a magazine than a newspaper by late next year as new printing equipment comes online at its primary printer, Transcontinental Inc.What was once the good, grey Globe will become a four-colour newspaper and change its format to fit the new Commander CT presses that Transcon has purchased in order to meet the obligation of its 20-year, $1.7 billion contract

Quote, unquote: Oh, for heaven's sake...

“To be honest with you, I am a lot more concerned by God's verdict regarding my life than the one of historians.” -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in an interview in the September issue of Prestige magazine [Quebec City] . [reported in the Globe and Mail]

Im not Gay....

...But my Boyfriend is.

Canada Council flying squad applications now being accepted

Magazines that receive Canada Council funding are eligible and may now apply for the 2009 Flying Squad program. The program allows for literary and cultural magazines to hire consultants and for projects that address internal organizational challenges, growth opportunities and future development. The deadline is October 15, 2009. The program is managed by Magazines Canada on behalf of the Canada

Six Canadian Business staffers and EIC of MoneySense magazine fired

Ian McGugan, the editor of MoneySense magazine, who was the founding editor-in-chief of the publication since it was launched in 1999, has been dismissed by Rogers Publishing. Six staff members of Canadian Business were also fired, according to a report in Mastheadonline.CB executive editor Scott Steele, features editor Andy Holloway, staff writers Sharda Prashad and Jeff Sanford, online managing

Cosmetics site to keep beauty advisors on top of new products

Cosmetics magazine, the Rogers trade publication, is launching a new website aimed at beauty advisors and cosmeticians. CosmeticsMag.com goes live September 1 and is designed to be of interest to people in the industry, but also to "fashionistas" and "beauty junkies" as well, according to a story in Marketing magazine. Links to vendor and retail training sites, as well as beauty schools will also

Bobcat Goldthwait - World's Greatest Dad Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait about World's Greatest Dad

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Chatelaine food editor Monda Rosenberg: nobody knew her readers better

Guest post:This week, Monda Rosenberg retired as food editor of Chatelaine magazine after working at the magazine for more than three decades. We asked Rona Maynard, who spent a decade as editor of Chatelaine, to write an appreciation of Rosenberg's remarkable contribution.Among the best perks of editing Chatelaine was being able to take my culinary dilemmas to a maven who knows home cooking the

Montreal agencies' pitch a "Latin spirit" with "American business sense"

Ad agencies in Montreal are intent on convincing marketers that their city is the ideal place to develop and test international marketing strategies. According to a story in Advertising Age, the agencies have created YUL-Lab (the YUL standing for the city's 3-letter airport code) and have already signed their first marketer -- L'Oreal Canada, which happens to be one of the biggest and most

Another satisfied customer then

Chongos Norton single

Chongo on the Norton be built from a pile of rusty crap. A sunny day in London, what? no way!
Photo taken by his bird Janice

Steady Eddie

Why Unicorns are a bikers best friend

What? you want more proof than this?!

Lucky, the ground breaking shopping mag, discontinues regional editions

Lucky, the much-imitated shopping magazine from Condé Nast, started out in 2003 with 14 regional editions.Providing local shopping information and special call-out covers was one of its unique selling propositions. However, harder times have meant that the company has steadily discontinued most of its regional editions and will drop the New York edition in January, according to a story in

Ad drought forces BPAWW to freeze audit fees and dues at 2008 levels

Faced with a significant portion of its customer base reeling from a 30 per cent decline in ad sales, the circulation audit firm BPA Worldwide (which includes the Canadian Circulation Audit Bureau (CCAB)) has frozen its rates and dues at July 2008 levels.A large number of BPAWW members are b2b publishers who have been struggling to manage costs in the face of a recessionary-driven loss of ad

1969 or 2009?

Captured by Cary at the DicE Party in Coraopolis 2009. Wolf from DTMC.

Lil Kandy Shop

The big guns have teamed up to make sure our little guy Rasmus is able to skate in style! For all you worldly needs there is the Lil Kandy Shop!
http://www.myspace.com/lilkandyshop

The long and short of what magazine content works online

Go figure...The managing editor of Time.com, Josh Tyrangiel, says in a web interview:long form Time journalism is just not working online because it is...too long and95% of what Time.com carries is created exclusively for the webBut, according to an interview with New York Times Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati, it is the longest articles that get the site the most online traffic.

Utne Reader hikes sub cost 50%: "pay for the journalism you value"

After 25 years in business, Utne Reader is making the bold move of increasing its prices dramatically. A one-year subscription goes up 50% to $29.95; the single copy price goes up 40% to $6.99."We're asking those who value quality journalism to support it," said Utne Reader's publisher and editorial director Bryan Welch [reported in Audience Development] in a statement, tapping the current

Do you want fries with that magazine?

A blogger for the Press Gazette points out an example of the downward pressure on wages exemplified by an advertisement for a b2b editor, with the skills to "produce a lively mix of magazines and newsletters". The salary is between £18,000 and £25,000 -- roughly $32,000 to $44,000 at today's exchange rate.So to edit not just one but several publications - in London! - you are getting a salary

Quote, unquote: the guys who have skin in the game

I’m going to keep on believing in most of what I read, of course. Except for one specific area: I’m not interested in anybody who says anything that I like is dead. Liquor. Meat. Books, magazines and newspapers. Personal computers that do not depend upon the cloud. I’m not going to consider anything dead until I’m no longer interested in it, and I’m going to watch out for emotional conflicts of

DicE issue 28 Brooklyn release party, September 18th

Thats right, back in the big apple, although is Brooklyn in the big apple or is that just Manhattan? I don't know, but what I do know is its going be a fantastic time. All taking place at the Matchless bar. And its the same weekend as the Brooklyn Invitational Motorcycle Show too, that's on the Saturday. So a really great NY motorcycle weekend is just around the corner, yummy.

DicE party Ventura, Sept. 5 th

Yes indeed, a real good time is in store, and those two cuddly chaps, Issac and Wendel of StarDelBattleSounds will be spinning the wax, just like last year in fact. Same weekend as the Primer Nats too, brilliant!!

Finalists named for Canadian Newsstand Awards; Mike Hughes named marketer of year

Mike Hughes, National Marketing Manager for Transcontinental Media, will be honoured as Newsstand Marketer of the Year at the eighth annual Canadian Newsstand Awards/Grand prix d’excellence en kiosque. The award is presented annually to an individual who has demonstrated passion and innovation for a newsstand project. He was won amongst a record number of nominees and will be honoured at the

Ontario magazine publishers seem resigned to HST

The forthcoming harmonization of sales taxes in Ontario has been met with a strange silence, at least publicly, on the part of the province's magazine publishers. It effectively adds 8% to the cost of magazines bought by subscription as of July 2010. Provincial sales tax had previously not been charged on subs (although it had been charged on single copies at the checkout).Magazines Canada seems

Turning the page in Ireland

The recent launch of Magazines Ireland, the new name for an association of 43 Irish publishers brings with it a brand new image. (Previously, the association was called the PPA Ireland -- Periodical Publishers Association Ireland).The association's new logo, in a fetching emerald green (natch) seemed familiar, somehow...Ah, yes.The Irish magazines have a lot in common with Canadian ones. For

Dose founders sell GigPark search site to CanPages Inc.

The founders of Dose, the online magazine, have sold their website GigPark to CanPages Inc. Pema Hegan and Noah Godfrey created GigPark to allow searches for local businesses and services. According to a story in the National Post, Canpages, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., plans to integrate the user recommendation functions from Gigpark.com into its own local search platform at Canpages.ca."

Give responsibilty -- and money -- for small mags to the Canada Council, Mags Canada says

The federal government is being urged by Magazines Canada to transfer responsibility and the approximately $620,000 funding envelope that affects small cultural magazines distributing fewer than 5,000 paid copies annually to the Canada Council for the Arts.In its pre-budget submission to be released today (Monday), Magazines Canada says that while it supports the new Canada Periodical Fund (CPF),

Business media summits announced by Magazines Canada

Magazines Canada is taking a couple of major strides in serving its new b2b constituency with a series of "Business Media Summits" to be held in October. As will be recalled, this year Magazines Canada began not only to accept, but welcome, trade publications into membership and the new summits are tailored to business media professionals. The two events, one in Toronto, one in Montreal, will

Heart Broken.

I don't own it anymore, it's now with Josh. Here it is when Me, Scott Craig and Jeff Worms had it back together around 3 years ago.

One I regret Selling...

Super sweet original '57 Panhead Chopper project I had a couple of year ago.
Its in Sweden now with an engine in it!
Dean

Best Paint Job Ever.

The Heart Breaker is gone and I now own this '57 Panhead. Its all pretty original, except the paint....And oh my, what a paint job it has.
Dean

The wayback machine

Another in the occasional look-backs at what was happening in Canadian magazines one, two or more years ago. (Note that Magazines Canada is still talking to the federal government about reining in Canada Post*):One year agoRogers mag content on mobiles running 10,000 downloads a monthCoda, Canada's longest-running jazz magazine, celebrates golden anniversaryKen Whyte to publish biography of press

Profile raises question of whether The Tyee is hooked on one man's vision

David Beers' profile in the Globe and Mail on Saturday was puzzling. The article seemed to celebrate the success of The Tyee online paper but paradoxically I came away from it with the feeling that while enjoying amazing growth and influence, it would not survive without Beers' vision and energy. And this was despite his valiant attempts to share glory and responsibility.As Vancouver journalist

Thaw in BC freeze on gaming revenue grants

There has been a partial thaw in the B.C. freezing of gaming revenue grants. The ministry of housing and social development has lifted a freeze on $159 million dollars, some of which goes in stable funding grants to B.C. magazines and magazine-related organizations.

Fight spam, but protect legitimate media activity, federal review is told

The House of Commons industry, science and technology committee has been told by Magazines Canada that Bill C-27, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act -- the so-called "anti-spam" act -- needs to be modified to remove potential impacts on the Canadian magazine publishing industry. While it agrees that e-commerce needs to be regulated, unwanted spam needs to be managed without unduly restricting

Magazines

Ok so you all know how I feel about the WWW versus the printed word, here is further proof that you just can't beat reading an actual magazine. And the best bit is the more you thumb through them and the more dogeared they get the better they become. Don't get me wrong, I use the internet everyday, its a great hub of information, from Google maps to the 100_best_bike_crashes_ever.com. But, think about this, a magazine is paper, and ink, they smell great, they look good on the coffee table or sitting on the toilet cistern. You can show the grandkids some interesting stuff. You can start a fire with them, and you can even pull some hot babe down the pub with a copy. Ok I made that last bit up but hey, it could happen. Anyways, these 3 are brilliant and everyone should buy them ( along with DicE naturally )





If you want more info on these titles then search the....erm.... internet. Damn!.

Magazine world view

Fashion magazines are losing ad revenue and readers (Brand Republic)The Beatles to dominate magazine covers? (Blog Magazine)Vogue magazine documentary to open next week (Blog Magazine)Who's using Anna Wintour's name to sell leggings on Twitter? (Daily Finance)Is Time Magazine's cover story "The Myth About Exercise" irresponsible? (Blog Magazine)The Magazine Group rebrands as TMG (Folio:)News Corp

Regret the Error blogger Silverman lands additional gig with PBS MediaShift

Craig Silverman, the prolific Montreal-based freelancer and helmsman of the popular blog (and book) Regret the Error, has added a new gig with PBS MediaShift as an associate editor, according to Mastheadonline. He'll work with contributors on articles and write a monthly feature for MediaShift as well as being involved with sister site Idea Lab. Silverman also writes a weekly column for the

No matter what happens, RD chief execs have looked after themselves

According to a post by Jason Fell at Folio:, based on documents filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, no matter what happens in the bankruptcy reorganization of Reader's Digest, its two top managers will have a soft landing.During the Chapter 11 process, [CEO Mary] Berner will be paid $125,000 per month in base salary. Meanwhile, [CFO Tom] Williams will receive $68,200

Murdoch bows out of "freesheet" newspaper war in London

International newspaper mogul Rupert Murdoch has shut down the London Paper, the "freesheet" evening paper that, since 2006, has been giving out over half a million copies a day on the streets of London. The paper, which a story in Forbes.com says has been in a brutal struggle for advertising support with the rival London Lite (owned by Associated Newspapers), posted a lost of £12.9 million (

Peter Jackson - District 9 Comic-Con Q&A

The District 9 panel at 2009's Comic-Con featuring; producer Peter Jackson, writer-director Neil Blomkamp and star Sharlto Copley

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Gypsy Run

So if you are going I will have some of these sweet sponsorship badges, thats if you're interested of course

Nova Scotia Policy Review changes its name and casts its policy net wider

The Nova Scotia Policy Review has changed its name to Coastlands: The Maritimes Policy Review.Started in June 2007 as a quarterly and published out of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the magazine will under its new name be able to cover the same politics, culture and justice issues, but casting a net over all the Maritime provinces. In a note to readers, editor Rachel Brighton saidUnder the new title

Things we wish we hadn't sold: # 1

'66 Coronet, I owned this a for little while a few years back, did a load of work on it too. A lot of lost evenings and weekends either under it or in it, but in the end the motor was knackered. I didn't have any money to get it rebuilt or replaced so the Dodge had to go. I cry myself to sleep most nights.
Matt

best sticker

Italians

"Gasoline" Alberto

Davide

Manny

Crazy lady who owns a bar overlooking lake Como and hates monks.

"Memories, from the corners of my mind..."etc,etc

While we are on the subject of music

On-page video makes its debut in Entertainment Weekly

It is the latest in a long line of innovations (if you think they're cool) or gimmicks (if you think they're lame), but the fall preview print edition of Entertainment Weekly will contain video. It is due out on newsstands September 11 and the latest attempt by magazine publishers to differentiate their print products.According to a story in MediaPost, the thin, battery-powered player runs a

Blogs Suck

Check it out...
www.theblacktibetans.blogspot.com

My younger bruv

This is Ben Davis, my baby brother, on the cover of UK Skateboard magazine circa early '78. See that Mad magazine's Dave Berg character holding a spliff on the bottom of the deck? my bruv drew that one night while he was stoned. He was a great skater, can't remember what board that is but those are Wings wheels and of course, Tracker trucks, before Indys were around. He is a diamond geezer too.
Matt xxxx

"Cash for Clunkers" works for publishing websites, too!

Now there's a cheeky initiative. A web design company in Norwalk, Connecticut is offering magazine publishers a $4,500 discount to trade in their old websites for a new one.GNC Publishing Partners, which has partnered with Fry Communications Inc. (a well-known consulting name in publishing circles) has riffed off the Obama administration's "Cash for Clunkers" grant program, aimed at revitalizing

Learning about The Business of Magazine Publishing at Ryerson University

I am a part-time faculty member at Ryerson University and teach a course called The Business of Magazine Publishing (CDJN112) which is part of the Magazine Publishing certificate at the Chang School for Continuing Education. The 14-week course is being offered this fall, starting September 14, but people may be having difficulty navigating the Ryerson CE website, which was hacked a few weeks ago.

All Change

So I changed up my bike, for 3 reasons really.

1 : I like 70's bikes

2: Its a Harley, and you can do shit like that to a Harley

3: I like 70's bikes

4: I love my bike

ok thats 4, so.......

Matt xxxxx

Side pipes

Found these fantastic Thrush side pipes at the Lonestar Roundup swapmeet. Everyone was looking for Hot Rod parts so these things were just ignored, new old stock, cheap, brilliant! fitted them to the DicE van a few weeks back, hooked up and everything. The van is now my daily driver, how sweet is that? except the aircon doesn't work and it gets bloody hot in there.
Lates
Matt xxx

Magazine world view

Fashion magazines are losing ad revenue and readers (Brand Republic)Gourmet magazine to debut Public Television show (Blog Magazine)Sports Illustrated features regional covers for College Football Preview (Blog Magazine)Charging for content online: some remedial math (Daily Finance)12 tricks for optimizing your freelance career (Freelance Switch)Manchester Evening News pulls out of ABC (Guardian)

Watch! Read! Subscribe! Walrus tries out video trailers for every issue

The Walrus magazine is taking the unusual initiative of putting out 90-second video in the style of a movie trailer, promoting a feature for each issue. The current one presents Helen Humphrey's re-enactment of the battle of the Plains of Abraham. The next (due out September 14) will highlight the October cover essay by writer Chris Turner.The videos are being done pro bono by Ingenious Devices,

Brad's Panhead....

"...Bike went 125 at this years Bonneville speed trials! It qualified for the Class D competition license which means 140-150 next year. Maxton mile in October is also in my sights. Stayed tuned brutha!..."

http://zen-of-neato.blogspot.com/

Heyyyyy

New DicE T shirts

New Wizard and Grim Reaper biker T Shirts, are they not rather splendid indeed?

Coming soon to Toronto: a Canadian Monocle shop?

There's no word when, but Monocle magazine apparently intends to start one of its iconic shops in Toronto, to join those is London (Marylebone High Street), Palma de Majorca, Zurich and Los Angeles. There are also plans for Seoul and Hong Kong.According to a story in The Independent, the retail side -- which wasn't considered by expat Canadian founder Tyler Brûlé when the magazine was launched --

Cronos For Mayor 2010?

Dream Coupe.

Scott Craig Remembered...

Crazy Cavan Rules...

Weirdos.

From Hardcore Japan a couple of years ago.

The Birth.

Uhm....yeah...its about bleedin' time!

So, guess what? we now have our very own blog, which will have assorted stuff on it, updated regulary. Stuff that may or may not be in the magazine and/or stuff related to an actual article in the mag. This is, of course, in no way going to replace the paper version of DicE. The internet will never take over from the printed word, no matter what some people will tell you. There is something way more tangible in actually holding the magazine in your hands and flicking through the pages. How can the worldwide web replace that? What you gonna do, take the laptop into the toilet with you??! no, of course not.

U.S. Reader's Digest Association files for bankruptcy protection

Reader's Digest Association has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and has negotiated agreement in principle for an arrangement to reduce the company's debt to 25 cents on the dollar. According to a story in Folio: the Chapter 11 filing affects only the U.S businesses.Reader's Digest Association (Canada) LLC, based in Montreal, is managed separately (although it mirrored recent

James Gray - We Own The Night Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer/director James Gray about We Own The Night

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Meredith Corporation rebrands to reflect emphasis on cross-platform marketing

Meredith Corporation, long known as one of the pre-eminent magazine publishing companies, is re-branding itself to shift the emphasis to its capabilities beyond print.According to a company release the Better Homes & Gardens behemoth has created a new logo (shown) and is promoting its offerings in cross platform, and integrated marketing and renaming some of its divisions; for instance, the

Publications lining up with Journalism Online system

Pooh-poohed as it was at the start, Journalism Online, the system for helping newspaper, magazine and online publishers to make money from their content, seems to be catching on. More than 170 daily papers have signed on and more than 500 publications in total have agreed to join, representing more than 90 million unique monthly visitors.The company was created by several partners, including

Major health research journalism awards deadline is October 15

All working journalists in Canada – reporters, editors, photographers, producers, editorial writers and freelancers or Canadian journalists working abroad -- are eligible for major new awards, up to $20,000 each, for articles related to health research.The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is funding up to five Tier 1 Awards (worth $20,000 each) up to five Tier 2 Awards (worth $10,000 each)

Literacy levels on decline among media recruits: British training watchdog

A British watchdog organization says it has a major concern about the decline in literacy levels among young media recruits, according to a story in Press Gazette.Skillset, the body supporting skills, education and training for the UK's creative media industries, said the impact of digital technology on the publishing world has exposed "critical" skills gaps in businesses where editorial quality

Microsoft faces court order to tweak Word...or stop selling it

[This post has been updated] Microsoft faces the very real necessity of changing its ubiquitous Word program or being forbidden to sell it.According to a posting on the Wall Street Journal's legal blog, the company has lost a patent infringement court case to a Canadian firm i4i that could result in Word 2003 or 2007 or any future Word versions being ordered off the shelves come October.The

Vibe magazine revived under new ownership

Vibe magazine, which recently folded, has been bought by Uptown Media Group in partnership with private equity firm InterMedia Partners and Blackrock Digital, the company which formerly handled digital sales for Vibe.com, according to a story in Folio:. The plan is to relaunch Vibe.com immediately as the "centrepiece of the new venture". The print edition of Vibe will relaunch with a November/

Where is your favoured technology? Understanding the "hype cycle"

Assailed by new developments in social networking, even while struggling with the perennial challenges of selling ads and making good magazines, publishers and editors could be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed.You may take comfort (or add to your confusion) by familiarizing yourself with the analysis done by technology market research firm Gartner. It tries to track what it calls the "hype cycle"

Magazine world view

Economist launches single copy subscription service (Guardian)Paid-for content: online readers who pay for content may be more attractive to advertisers (Brand Republic)Is Uptown buying Vibe? (Folio:)Is there a case for Playboy + Maxim? (paidContent)Meredith repositions business divisions (Brand Republic) (Guardian) Guardian News & Media drops bulk salesMPA expands supermarket newsstand promotion

Flare magazine marks 30th anniversary

Flare magazine celebrates its 30th anniversary with its 264-page September issue, on newsstands this week. It features 30 years of the hottest fashion, beauty and celebrity coverage in a magazine with not one, but three covers, each featuring Daria Werbowy, a top super model.And the issue sells for only $1.99."For three decades Flare has remained the style authority for Canadian women, offering a

Halifax's Frog Hollow Books closing

Another fine independent book and magazine store is going out of business, this time in Halifax. According to a posting on The Coast, Frog Hollow Books, which moved recently will close August 22. In a letter to customers, owner Heidi Hallet explained:A number of things have contributed to this decision, from ever increasing rents, the slumping economy and increased competition from online, big

Open for business: stylish kiosk for selling magazines and newspapers

We don't know whether it would make more people buy magazines and newspapers, but this very stylish, bronze-clad Paperhouse newsstand kiosk is by Heatherwick Studio in Britain and is featured in the Great Ideas issue of Azure magazine. You'll find a slide show that shows the clam-like stand opening up.The kiosk design was commissioned by Kensington & Chelsea Council and two of them have been

Sure we airbrush, but so what? This isn't journalism, says Self editor

Editors shouldn't apologize for retouching cover subjects, says the editor-in-chief of Self magazine. In a posting on her blog, Lucy Danziger says that Self's portraits are not meant to be unedited or true-to-life snapshots. “This is art, creativity and collaboration. It's not, as in a news photograph, journalism. It is, however, meant to inspire women to want to be their best. That is the point,

Heavy hitters contribute to The Walrus promotional video

The Walrus Foundation, publishers of The Walrus magazine, are getting a little help from its better-known friends, as award-winning authors, actors, musicians and designers have come together to create a video that promotes the independent magazine and explains why it matters.“We Need The Walrus,” a video that quickly explains why the magazine matters, and encouraging Canadians to read, subscribe

TEDx Toronto announces speakers

Matthew Ingram, the Globe and Mail's communities editor, and Min Sook Lee, the broadcaster and documentarist, are among the speakers announced today to take part in Tedx Toronto, which takes place September 10 at the Theatre Passe Muraille. Ingram will be talking about "Five ways new media will save old media" and Lee about "Raising my toxic baby". Other speakers and their topics can be found

Cover "pouch" newest wrinkle in making most of covers for magazine ad sales

House Beautiful, a major U.S. shelter magazine, features a "pouch" behind (or sandwiched inside) the front cover for its September issue. It is but the latest attempt by magazine publishers to find a way to strike a balance between maintaining the integrity of editorial covers while finding creative ways to engage advertisers.According to a story in the New York Times the pouch contains a card

The obit for the insert card is premature

A brief article in the New York Times claims that blow-in cards for magazines are on the verge of vanishing. Seems like wishful thinking. It won't happen anytime soon.The article noted that Outside magazine stopped inserting them last year and The Believer has just stopped doing so, saying that "everybody seems to be subscribing online".Yet, as a recent post here reported that, while it is

Kelowna's airport magazine wins top spot

YLW Connection, Kelowna International Airport’s custom-published magazine, has taken top spot in the Airports Council International-North America 2009 Excellence in Marketing and Communications Contest.Now in its second year, YLW Connection is published four times a year though Accelerate Communications, with a free circulation of 20,000.

Paper Heart Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer/star Charlyne Yi and co-writer/director Nicholas Jasenovec about Paper Heart

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Orphan Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter David Leslie Johnson about Orphan

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Péladeau buys out brother, tightens grip on Quebecor empire

Pierre Karl Péladeau now has full control of the entire Quebecor multimedia empire after buying out his brother Erik, according to a story carried by Canadian Press.In a press release on Thursday, Péladeau said that in accordance with the will of his late father Pierre Péladeau, he had bought "for a nominal amount" (undisclosed) the interests of his brother in the firm Placements Péladeau (PPI),

BCAMP promotes its members in Vancouver bus shelters

The BC Association of Magazine Publishers has taken advantage of an opportunity to promote its publication members in ads in 15 bus shelters around Vancouver.It is part of a City of Vancouver program for non-profits and gives priority to campaigns tied to specific events. So BCAMP is promoting the Word on The Street festival on September 27. It's headed There's More to Explore in B.C.'s Magazines

Magazine world view

Time Inc. closes Southern Accents (Audience Development)Relax, people: Here's what Murdoch really said about charging for news (Daily Finance)Sulzberger speaks (Media Nation)Off the beaten path: Afar, a new travel magazine, launches (Daily Finance)Pink Magazine shuts down print edition (Folio:)USPS reports $2.4 billion loss in 3rd quarter (Audience Development)

Marco Ursi resigns as editor of Mastheadonline

Marco Ursi is resigning from his editorship of Mastheadonline. He is going back to school to the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) to become a teacher. His last day is September 4.Ursi took over as editor in August 2007 and soon after presided over a major renovation of the print magazine's website. Last fall, he was presented with the challenge of making the transition to a

Canadian Art magazine starts next 25 years with new logo, design and format

Canadian Art magazine is celebrating 25 years this fall with a new logo (shown below) , a complete redesign and a larger format, according to a posting on Mastheadonline. The fall anniversary issue is focussed on contemporary Canadian artists who are "setting the pace for the new art scene". The magazine will have reason to celebrate, the story says, since the magazine had record sales revenue

Parlour magazine takes its launch party guests down the rabbit hole

Parlour magazine, the Edmonton-based fashion, beauty, art and lifestyle title, found an unusual way to launch its latest issue...by taking its guests down the rabbit hole.According to a Vancouver Sun story, the launch party theme was based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and featured models portraying such characters as Alice and the Queen of Hearts in outfits designed by independent local

This Magazine blogger gets under Alberta's skin about the tar sands

A small magazine can sometimes punch well above its weight, as This Magazine seems to be doing. A posting by regular blogger Emily Hunter about an eco-activist's campaign to get a moratorium on tar sands development in Alberta seems to have struck a nerve in Edmonton.So much so that a government spokesperson wrote and requested corrections to the post, denying any link between polycyclic

Google paper archives grow, with Halifax Gazette from 1753

Google has put a digitized version of the Halifax Gazette, June 2, 1753 edition online, the oldest newspaper in its growing archive. It has also put the complete archives of the granddaddy of alternative papers, the Village Voice, online, going back to 1955. Plus papers from around the world, including the Sydney Morning Herald, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, The Manila Standard and The Nation from

Magazines Canada launches ad portal to automate workflows

Magazines Canada has launched AdDirect™, a free, web-based ad preflighting and delivery portal that will help to automate workflow and ad handling for advertisers and advertising agencies. The new portal is powered by SendMyAd.AdDirect™ automatically validates ad files against Magazines Canada and publishers’ specifications and instantly delivers them to any participating title. Plus senders

3-Day novel contest kickoff in Toronto and Vancouver

A launch party and pep rally for the annual 3-day Novel Contest is to be held on Thursday, August 27 at 7 p.m. at the Victory Cafe, 581 Markham Street, Toronto. A similar event will be held in Vancouver on Friday, September 4 at the Lugz Coffee Lounge, 2525 Main Street, where last minute registrations can be dropped off.The contestants and observers will be fueling up for the gruelling

Deadline September 9 for OMDC creative cluster partnership fund

There is a little over a month 'til the deadline for pre-qualification for the Ontario Media Development Corporation's entertainment and creative cluster partnerships fund. All applicants must submit information for pre-qualification by Wednesday, September 9. Final applications are due Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 5 p.m.Program guideline packages Guidelines and application forms

*CDS handles PrintAction; *BCAMP holds fair for writers; *Briarpatch seeks publisher

CDS Global has announced that it is handling the circulation management for Youngblood Publishing and its flagship magainze PrintAction. A craft fair for established, emerging and aspring magazine writers is being held by the BC Association of Magazine Publishers (BCAMP) on Saturday, August 15, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 Hastings Street, Vancouver. Cost for

BC magazine community dealing with quadruple funding whammy

The decision by the British Columbia government to freeze lottery funds is only the latest blow to magazine publishers in the province.Magazines will cost 7% more next July when a harmonized sales tax comes in.The funding to the BC Arts Council was cut by 40%, inevitably affecting funding for literary and cultural magazines.The former federal support for arts and literary magazines (SALM) is

Modify the circulation threshold? The answer is no, says minister Moore

[This post has been updated] Whatever hope small literary and cultural magazines had that they could change the minds of Canadian Heritage about its 5,000 annual paid threshold for the new Canada Periodical Fund are pretty much dashed. The small magazine community started a letter writing campaign and a Facebook group and certainly made its needs and interests known through its industry

Magazine world view

Twitter racks up 44.5m global users (Brand Republic)Teens don't tweet: Twitter growth not fuelled by youth (Brand Republic)Magazine Innovation in Practice: Maggwire, the iTunes for magazines? (Mr. Magazine)AMI Brings Natural Health, Fit Pregnancy Under New Umbrella (Folio:)Rain or snow? No problem, but revenue shortfalls cripple the Postal Service (Daily Finance)Playboy Reports $8.7M second

Quote, unquote: Consumers' changing media habits challenge industry

“While we have seen consumer media usage remain generally flat over the past year, the way in which consumers are spending their time continues to evolve. No longer are newspaper and magazine subscription purchases and network prime-time viewing the norm. Instead, they are declining and consumers are spending more time with media which they support and pay for as opposed to ad-supported media,“

Green living books grow out of Natural Life magazine

There are few things greener than recycling and reusing and Natural Life magazine is doing just that by publishing a series of green living books starting this fall. The first book will be Green and Healthy Homes, from Alternate Press, which will sell for $24.95.The book is edited by Wendy Priesnitz, the co-founder and editor of Natural Life. It will include tips on making your own cleaning

U.S. b2b publishers take significant hit on trade shows & events business

U.S. b2b publishers, like others in print, are feeling the recession both in depressed ad pages and revenue, but also in what had been a growing and hopeful part of their business -- trade shows and events.According to a story from MediaDaily News, trade association American Business Media reported Monday that trade show revenues declined 18.6% during the first half of 2009: down 20.1% during

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Magazine editor pilots Brunswick House through some neighbour troubles

The owner of the well-known/infamous Brunswick House in Toronto is Abbis Mahmoud, the owner and editor-in-chief of Urban Male Magazine, who also owns several bars in Ottawa. But he's facing some heavy duty criticism from his neighbours in Toronto's Annex neighbourhood who don't like the way the traditional jug-o-beer watering hole, favoured by university and college students, has been gradually

CBC literary contest entries now open

The CBC Literary Awards competition is now open for entries, with the final date November 1. This is the only literary competition that celebrates original, unpublished works, in Canada’s two official languages in three categories—short story, poetry, and creative nonfiction. (The latter category may be of particular interest to magazine writers.) It includes humour writing, memoir, biography,