Afield issue nr 4 and a happy new year!!!

soon... i promise (again)

Happy Christmas!

Emily...DicE Issue 5...phew...is it getting hot in here or what?!

London...

It's so good to be at home with my family again!

Terry Gilliam - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer/director Terry Gilliam about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon Q&A

Jeff Goldsmith interviews writer-director Michael Haneke about The White Ribbon

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Best of the season

Canadian Magazines is taking its annual Christmas break and will not be posting again until January 4, when we'll present a look back at 2009 with our round up of the Year in Canadian Magazines. We imagine many of you will not be sorry to see 2009 gone, mind you. It's been a pretty grim time for the magazine business, what with layoffs and closures. But there's reason for hope and even some

J-Source journalism integrity award nominations due by January 8

If you know of someone who should be awarded for committing journalism to the benefit of society, you have until January 8 to nominate them for the J-Source Journalism Integrity Award.
The award, which has been made annually since 2007, will honour an individual or organization that has encouraged excellence, had a positive impact on the quality of journalism at the local and/or national level

Spafax to custom publish magazine for Bombardier Aerospace

Spafax Inc., the custom publishing firm that produces enRoute magazine for Air Canada is about to launch a magazine called Experience for Bombardier Aerospace.According to a press release from Spafax, the new publication will launch in May as a bi-annual (by which we think they mean twice a year) lifestyle publication distributed to Bombardier business aircraft customers, "some of the world’s

Supreme Court ruling broadens libel defence for publishers and non-journalists

The Supreme Court of Canada has made rulings ordering two new trials that considerably loosens up libel constraints on publications. In two cases to which Magazines Canada was a party, the court accepted that "responsible communication" could be a legitimate defence in a libel action. Like many other defences, it rests largely on furtherance of the public interest and the judges set out seven

Quote, unquote: On not being steamrolled

“We’re at the hinge point. As a librarian, I have to go where the information goes. Yes, there are a couple ways to disagree with e-book readers – we can complain about the hardware or the software. But as with any disruptive technology, you’re either guided forward or you’re steamrolled. The only way to do it is to jump on the tiger and take control of it.”-- Christopher Harris, a librarian and

The nice, warm feeling only a fundraising letter can bring

I quite like Mother Jones magazine; its journalism and its politics. But I hadn't realized that by subscribing to their e-letter, I have become a U.S. Democrat. This was brought home to me when I received a fundraising message from "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi" and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, asking me to join what is, in effect, a chain letter to the President of the United

Magazine world view: RD revamp; Atlantic digitizes; 40k paper jobs gone;Grazia staff fatten up

A Reader's Digest that Grandma never dreamed of (New York Times)
Giant U.S. digital newsstand gets name: Next Issue Media (Industry in Progress blog) 
The Atlantic readies launch of digital business brand  (btob online) 
British publisher to launch Independent Magazine Publisher in early 2010 (minonline)
Custom content has best year ever (minoline) 
US loses 40,000 newspaper jobs in 2009 (Jon

MoneySense relaunches personal finance website with sponsor support

MoneySense magazine has re-launched its website with the help of the sponsorship of TD Canada Trust, according to a press release. The revamped site will include new blogs by senior editors Bryan Borzykowski and Rob Gerlsbeck as well as a variety of information on personal finance.

Atlantic Journalism Awards add three magazine categories

The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJA) has added three magazine categories -- best magazine article, best magazine profile article and best magazine cover -- to its lineup for the 2009 awards which will be made May 8 in Halifax. Deadline for submission to the awards is Friday, January 29.
The additions to the awards could be a response to suggestions that the Atlantic Magazine Association (AMA),

Fast track production system will shorten deadlines for ads in Rogers consumer magazines

Rogers Publishing says it is launching its promised Pressxpress production schedule with the January 2010 issues of Chatelaine and its French counterpart Châtelaine. This will be followed by the March 2010 issues of Flare, Today's Parent, Loulou and Glow.  Under the new sped- up manufacturing and production system, advertisers can submit material for publication within two weeks of the final

The Dude & The Bitch.....

Say no more...Genius... Courtesy of Lucky No Gooder Collection.

Is this the future of magazines?

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.The future of magazines is a matter of great speculation these days; the recent launch of a tablet-enabled Sports Illustrated showed one way that things might go, but critical comment was that it was trying to force fit the magazine form onto a screen. An alternative approach might be a concept developed for the publisher Bonnier by the design firm BERG. Its intent is

The Works Calendar

For that extra sauce on your Turkey, that extra pop of your cork, buy the best holiday gift a man, woman or animal could receive!
All those hunky blokes of Works Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, stripped off, greased up and smiled for the camera to bring you the first ever, all male Works Engineering 2010 Calendar!
All profits from sales go to Juliet Dostalek, a friend and member of the Brooklyn community, who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident earlier this year.
If you want one email Naomi at naomiblume@gmail.com

Crazy Heart Q&A - Cooper, Bridges, Gyllenhaal & Cobb

Jeff Goldsmith interviews novelist Thomas Cobb, writer-director Scott Cooper and actors Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal about Crazy Heart

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Quote, unquote: Chasing traffic every minute

“Not only do you have to become a daily, you have to become an hourly or a minutely if you're going to get the kind of traffic that's going to make you competitive.”
-- Toronto Life magazine editor-in-chief Sarah Fulford, quoted in a long article about the future of the magazine industry in the Globe and Mail. 

The Kings...

Quote, unquote: replicating magazine ad value

“Like me, I’m sure most of you occasionally buy a magazine because you want to check out the advertising. But I’ve never—and I’ve never heard anyone else—go to a website to look at the ads. As soon as we can replicate the values that make people seek out ad info in print, we’ll really have something. But until that point, it won’t work too well.”
-- Nick Bogarty, director of the Adobe Digital

LA Speed Shop.

I stopped by LA Speed Shop yesterday to see what was going on! Check out their new T Shirts...Stickers...and Reproduction 24 by 36 Beautiful Buzzard posters at only $20 a piece and signed by Buzzard for $40!!! No way!
info@laspeedshop.com

The Best Band In The World Ever

Actually thats a lie, we most certainly were not, but what a very good time we had.

The Executioners MC

London, early 70's. Their patches were mostly red and white so it wasn't long before they were asked to, ahem, cease and desist.

Boy story or girl story? Is there a gender difference in article assignments?

David Hayes over at TFEW (the Toronto freelance editors and writers list) raises the interesting question of whether, or if, there is a gender gap between male and female writers when it comes to being commissioned to do stories.
I suppose one example might be whether male editors at business magazines might favour male writers. What about outdoors/sportsy publications? Do female editors at a

Magazine world view: MPA shrinks; print deaths taper off; Vibe revives; Emap battles debt

MPA Reduces Staff by More Than 14 Percent (Folio:) 
Watch your tweets: marketers must segregate the personal and professional in social media (Brand Republic) 
Dead print magazine tally tapers off (Audience Development)  
War over e-books heats up (Quill & Quire) 
Publishers Weekly cover sparks controversy (Blog Magazine) 
Vibe launches “Resurrection” issue, relaunches web site (Audience

Quote, unquote: a so-called dying industry

Print will continue in 2010 to be the main source of revenue for most magazine companies, and we may have the same number of new magazine launches as this year: a little bit less than 700 titles. Not bad for a so called dying industry.
-- Samir Husni, "Mr. Magazine", in a prediction in Folio: magazine's annual roundup

BF2010

Do you like the way I shortened the Born Free heading so its easier to send by text and twitter and all that rubbish. I might be nearly 50 but I can still behave like a brain dead teenager if I want. In fact I can send a text using my toes and have a conversation while I'm sitting at a bar talking with my friends, just like the Jonas Bros in fact.
Its going to be stupendous. The Ink and Iron and the LA Roadster shows are the weekends either side so how about planning your So Cal holiday around that time, makes sense right? yes, it does.

55 Gasser, In A Jason Cruz Stylie

Alternate Weesner Cover

This was an alternative cover that Keith did for us a few years back. I can't remember why we went with his other design and not this one, I think it was 'cos this picture was already well known. Looks great though eh?

Some Issue 25 Colour In Covers

Are not Dice readers the best in the worlds ever?

Knickers

Freaky Ricos girlfriend

Style bible I.D. magazine, folded after 55 years

I.D. magazine, the oldest and foremost design magazine in the U.S., is being folded, after 55 years. Its January/February issue will be the last. According to a post on the Fast Company blog, the magazine -- which had about 30,000 readers -- had not turned a profit in seven years
and was beset by competition from shelter magazines and mainstream glossies, which have been aggressively adding

Toronto Life launches a wedding guide

Toronto Life is launching its first-ever annual Wedding Guide, which will be on newsstands December 16. It is the fourth of the magazine's portfolio of special interest pubs, joining the Shopping Guide, Real Estate Guide and Eating & Drinking Guide.

The 212-page edition is said to be a practical planner covers all things nuptial, including real-life weddings from local couples,  honeymoon

Blogger ticks off The Walrus for not linking to the source of his quote

There's an interesting and, I must say, civilized conversation going on between a blogger David Eaves and The Walrus magazine, represented by managing senior editor Jeremy Keehn; the focus of which is full attribution for a quote from Eaves that appeared in the terrific article The Dark Country in the November/December issue of The Walrus. 

Eaves, who runs a site called Eaves.ca, says that the

Transcontinental ends 2009 fiscal with strong 4th quarter, but annual loss of $82 million

Transcontinental Inc., the printer and Canada's largest consumer magazine publisher, ended fiscal 2009 ended October 31 with a loss of $82.3 million --a decrease of 6% in revenue and a loss of net income of 6%. Revenue was $2.29 billion compared with $2.5 billion a year ago. The loss per share was $1.02.
The year was capped by a strong 4th quarter in which net income grew 15%. The company

Big U.S. magazine cover prices on the rise

In a move that some  say is about time, magazine cover prices have been and are going up. According to a story in Mediaweek,
Condé Nast is raising cover prices on The New Yorker, Golf Digest and Teen Vogue in 2010, having already done so at Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler and Lucky this fall. 
Hearst is lifting the cover price of Good Housekeeping, Esquire and Veranda and is

Revised b2b awards to have "magazine of year" and internet categories for first time

For the first time in its 56-year history, the 2010 Kenneth R. Wilson Awards, celebrating   bilingual excellence in Canada's business  press, will be recognizing magazine of the year. Four new internet categories have been introduced and an award for Best One-of-a-Kind Article has been added.
The changes are part of an overhaul of every aspect of the awards, including judging procedures, as

Tom Ford - A Single Man Q&A

Jenelle Riley interviews co-writer/director Tom Ford about A Single Man

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Quote, unquote: Sometimes it's nice to be surprised

The Internet is a technology that enables people to go out in SEARCH of things. I’m all for that and love it to pieces. But sometimes, I just want things to FIND me. Sometimes, I am just tired of looking and typing and seeking, and I just want to sit on my comfortable couch and be surprised when I turn the page.
-- Martha Rodale, the CEO and Chairman of Rodale Inc., publisher's of Men's Health

Magazine world view: Bloom moves; Americans watch; shield passes;Variety charges

Jonah Bloom leaving AdAge for Breaking Media (Agency Spy) Americans consume voluminous media, TV still leads (Tech News World)
Shield Law passes U.S. Senate Judiciary 
'Variety' Goes Behind Pay Wall (Variety) /span>
Bonnier To Expand Into Book Publishing (Folio:)

Carrying formulaic coverlines to absurdity, Men's Health plagiarizes itself

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[Thanks to Lia Grainger at tfew, via Buzzfeed]

 [Update: The editor says it was deliberate.]

Venerable Editor & Publisher folded by Neilsen Business Media

In a flurry of announcements, Nielsen Business Media announced that it is selling eight titles and popped the surprise that it will fold the 108-year-old Editor & Publisher and 76-year-old Kirkus Reviews. Titles sold from Neilsen's troubled business media portfolio included the Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek and Backstage magazines, now to be owned by a newly-formed

Indigo tells customers which books are green; can magazines be far behind?

Canada’s leading book retailer, Indigo Books & Music Inc. now tells its customers -- in kiosks in their stores and online -- which books are printed on papers containing recycled and/or Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) fibre, according to a posting on the website of Canopy, the campaigners for sustainable paper use.
Book titles that lack environmental information at the kiosks either have no

Please Do It At Home

Snug

Brilliant!!