Monday, February 28, 2011
Zoomer Media six-month results show $2.8 million turnaround, net income $1.1 million
Zoomer Media, the parent company of Zoomer magazine has announced that its first half results for the period ended December 31 showed revenues of $31.2 million and expenses of $27.3 million resulting in income before depreciation, amortization and interest of $3.9 million. Net income for the period was $1.1 million. For the comparable six month period in the previous year, the Company had
Manitoba magazines conference and Maggie Awards set for April 28
The Manitoba Magazine Publishers' Association (MMPA) annual conference and 3rd annual Maggie Awards, to be held at the Inn at the Forks in Winnipeg, April 28. For further details, go to: http://www.manitobamagazines.ca/.
Ward
Hi Dean,
2 things I now regret about the weekend at Bottrop.
1. no zwaffeling
2. taking a dump in a plastic box
here is a picture of my cave that has some of the better junk in it ... (exept for the freak in the bottom)
pic by Duncan with a shit ass phone camera.
see you around
Ward
Black Angels, "Black Grease"
What a good mate Conrad is, he got me a ticket for a sold out show by the Black Angels in, of all places, Heaven night club in London. What a great night, what a great band.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Two year lockout of Journal de Montréal journalists ends with 75% losing their jobs
Not with a bang, but a whimper. The ground-down employees of the Journal de Montréal voted on Saturday night to accept the latest offer from their employer, Quebecor Media.
Thereby,comes to an end a two-year struggle after 253 employees were locked out by management. The result is that 63 of the employees will return to work and the remaining 190 will lose their jobs and receive a total of
Saturday, February 26, 2011
14 Hours in San Diego.
Just a couple of things I got at the Big 3.
Weiand 3x2 set up for OHV Cadillac 1949-1962.
Weiand 2x4 set up for OHV Cadillac 1949-1962.
Unfortunately I didn't find the studded leather vest there. This is from the world renowned Jimmy Munk-o Collection and is being held to ransom....
Friday, February 25, 2011
New online design, travel and food magazine Dabble launching
On Monday, a new online magazine called Dabble,focussing on interior design, travel and food, is to launch. Editor-in-chief is Kimberley Seldon who is also the design editor for Chatelaine magazine. According to a story in the Calgary Herald, the nature of online publishing means the magazine has plenty of room to cover everything lavishly. Dabble can run 10 full-sized home, interior, food or
Cookes
Oh My God!!!! Perfect. Single pie, single mash, peas and liquor. Just add loads and loads of vinegar and pepper.
A. Cookes Pie and Mash in Shepherds Bush, est 1899. I used to go to Cookes when I was a little kid seeing as we lived just up the road so to get lunch there today was a real treat. It hasn't changed one bit. The food is brilliant. You've all seen Quadrophenia right? well this is the place where the mods hung out.
Momentum, the Vancouver-based cycling magazine, unveils new look and new tagline
Momentum, the Vancouver-based cycling magazine with North American ambitions, has unveiled its new look at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Austin Texas. With the new logotype, downplaying the name in favour of an iconic 'MO', comes a new tagline. Formerly it was "The magazine for self-propelled people". Now it is "Smart living by bike". Showing off the new logo and tagline are
Another senior digital departure at Rogers Media
More changes in the digital wing at Rogers Media: Leslie Sole, the chief content officer who joined the leadership team in December 2010, moving over from Rogers' television division, has left the company. Sole was responsible for the creation and execution of the Rogers Media content strategy, which included the integration of magazine content on other platforms and in other media. The departure
QuarkXPress 9 being released in April
Should anyone be interested, QuarkXPress 9 is being released in April. It is being presented as the answer to design automation, allowing designers to publish directly to digital devices. Virtually every magazine publisher I meet says they have either switched to Adobe InDesign or are considering it. Any views about this? Add a comment.
Modest overall U.S. Q1 magazine ad page growth led by zooming shelter titles
Up 80.6% in ad pages
An encouraging trend in the U.S. is that two of the top five gainers in terms of advertising pages are in the shelter category, hard hit by the recent recession. According to data published by min online, Architectural Digest had an 80.6% increase in March compared with a year ago, buoyed by the recovery of luxury and housing markets. And Elle Decor was up 39.9%. Others in
British mags association head warns of damage from soaring bulk mail prices
McIlheney
To quote South Park, blame Canada. A "modernization" campaign is roiling the British post office, the Royal Mail, led by the former head of Canada Post Moya Green, who took over last July. The latest move has been to remove price controls from all parcels more than a kilogram in weight and from second class pre-sorted bulk mail. But Barry McIlheney, the chief executive of the
Live From The 2011 WGA Awards!
Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith attends the 2011 WGA Awards
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Um...Matt...We Have a Problem...
...The printer is mangled. Stevie has taken it apart and is convinced he can fix it.
I saw it and laughed. Then got worried. Then laughed again. Rich said there is no way he can do it and that it will blow up when he does put it back together.
Rogers Media creates new position, names Jason Tafler chief digital officer
Rogers Media has appointed Jason Tafler to the newly created position of chief digital officer for the company. Tafler comes from PointRoll a digital marketing company based in Pennsylvania, where he had been CEO since 2008, though he grew up in Toronto and at one point worked with Kemur Publishing. According to a company release :Tafler will be responsible for strategic and operational
2 for Couples magazine shows around the royal couple of the moment
Toronto and Vancouver are not on the itinerary for the newly married royal couple's honeymoon tour of Canada this summer. So 2 for Couples magazine decided to rectify that with unofficial tour stops using life-sized cardboard cutouts of Kate and William. (Here, the under-dressed pair stand in with street musicians at the Eaton Centre.)The magazine has posted a fun photo album on www.facebook.com
Holey
The very talented and cuddly Andy Carter, mister Pangea Speed, made up these splendid foot peg mounts for the Shrimp Boat Captain. All they need now is a dip in the chrome bath and Bobs your uncle.
Phoenix, AZ. March 19th
Robbie at Foundry drew up a new flier with some sponsor info for our release party next month. If you haven't been to the Foundry compound before then give yourself a treat and come down on the 19th. It's a blinding place and the party is going to be a humdinger.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Ontario trumpets its creative industry strengths, including magazines
[This post has been updated]The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has created a video to promote the diversity and prodigious output of Ontario's creative sector -- including magazines -- called "We've got it going ON". Among the facts included in the accompanying documentation is that Ontario is Canada's largest publishing centre, with almost half (48%) of all Canadian magazines
The anti-Holmes? New magazine launching this spring for renovation contractors
A magazine that might be called the "anti-Holmes"* is being launched to serve Canada's renovation contractors. It's called, not surprisingly, Renovation Contractor and editor-in-chief is Jim Caruk of the Caruk Media Group, who has appeared on HGTV in such shows at Real Renos and Handyman Superstar Challenge. In the magazine's media kit, Caruk says“After 37 years in the business, I’d started to
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Former Glow editor-in-chief , Beth Thompson named beauty editor at More
A former editor of Rogers Publishing's Glow magazine has been named the new beauty editor of Transcontinental Media's More magazine, effective March 1. Beth Thompson was editor-in-chief at Glow from 2005 to 2009. Before joining Glow, Thompson co-wrote Kidfluence: Why Today’s Kids Mean Business and worked on custom publishing projects for clients such as Hudson’s Bay Company and Zellers. Recently,
Best Health magazine says it is the first to feature a quick response code on cover
Best Health magazine says that it is the first Canadian magazine [see comments] to feature a QR (Quick Responses) code on its cover. The March/April issue allows readers to a) download an app with their smartphones then aim their phones at the upper right hand corner of the cover and get a behind-the-scenes video of the cover shoot with eTalk anchor Tanya Kim. She demonstrates Pilates moves.
Rogers magazines to provide content for Canadian women's portal partnership with NBC's iVillage
Rogers Media has entered into a partnership with New York-based iVillage.com to launch a Canadian version of the popular website for women. iVillage is published by iVillage Inc., a division of the NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks Group) According to a story from Canadian Press, iVillage.ca will be launched this spring and offer content from the U.S. site iVillage.com,
Monday, February 21, 2011
The Factory Metal Works.
Fresh from 'The Factory Metal Works' are these 2 new killer items for your 2-wheeled-freedom-sled-chick-slaying-machine.
1.) Ripple Pipe for that Chopper exhaust....2-16 inch pieces in any od tubing up to 2 inch!
2.) Solo bates style seats....9.5 inchs wide and 13 inchs long on a countoured pan! Grey, black or white!
You only really need a pair of handlebars and your on the road...sort of.
Burrito Rick
Michael Schmidt worked his magic yet again and went up to Nor.Cal to shoot a bunch of stuff for us...Amazing shit!
Coming soon...
June 11th & 12th.
If you can't make the DicE/Church Of Choppers Party in Iowa on June 11th because you live in Europe...you could always go to this!
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