Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Celebration of life of editor and teacher Charles Oberdorf to be held October 25
[Note: correction of day error.]Many of his friends and colleagues will want to attend the celebration of the life of Charles Oberdorf, who died last month. The event will be held WednesdayTuesday, October 25 at Glebe Road United Church, 20 Glebe Road East in Toronto at 3 p.m., followed by a reception at Grano restaurant.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
OOPs...The Economist (finally) realizes it was giving free digital subscriptions
The Economist magazine has been serving some people a digital subscription to its magazine for free, sometimes for as long as five years. According to a story in paidContent, the magazine will revoke those premium digital subs next week and insist that people pay for them. “There was an error in our database which resulted in a number of people being assigned full subscription rights by mistake,”
Canzine 2011 features record number of zinesters and, maybe, 100 monkeys
Canzine, the annual fair for homemade near-mags organized by Broken Pencil magazine, is on Sunday at the 918 Bathurst Centre in Toronto (a new location) from 1 - 7 p.m. Entry is $5, which includes a copy of the magazine.According to a story in Torontoist, the fair has an all-time high of 193 vendors displaying and selling everything from comics and chapbooks to craft items. Not only does it
Publishers surprised about Canada Post restrictions on half-wrap covers
Canada Post -- citing "health and safety" concerns -- will be limiting half-wrap covers on magazines. They will only be allowed on the front (see a typical newsstand copy of The Walrus) if the back cover is a full page size. Until now, magazines have been able to have half-wraps or half-overcovers front and back. It's not clear what the safety issue might be (paper cuts?). Although it was
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Mick N Mary.
My Mum and Dad are mental...In a good way.
P.S. Thanks for picking up my guitar from Boz's house...I'm very pleased to have it back!
Tarantino Night
There is this bar round the corner from our shop called Barre funnily enough and throughout October, every Thursday, they have Tarantino night. It's a small place, there was 4 blokes and 4 girls and they acted out scenes and sang songs from a bunch of Quentin's films. With costume changes and everything. Because of the size of the venue all the performances took place in and around the tables and the bar itself. It was packed out too. What a bloody brilliant evening out. Next month is John Hughes night. Looking forward to that.
The Sissy Bars
Our good mates in Tokyo have started a band. If you are over there on Halloween then .....
"Hi Matt and Dean
I formed an amateur punk band with friends now.
They are chopper friends.
Gak and Shin and Tomoya and Katsu....and me
I play Guitar.
The name of our punk band is THE SISSY BARS.
The first gig is held at the end of this month in Tokyo.
I want you to come for our Gig!!
Hope all good
your friend"
Mochi
"Hi Matt and Dean
I formed an amateur punk band with friends now.
They are chopper friends.
Gak and Shin and Tomoya and Katsu....and me
I play Guitar.
The name of our punk band is THE SISSY BARS.
The first gig is held at the end of this month in Tokyo.
I want you to come for our Gig!!
Hope all good
your friend"
Mochi
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Magazine world view: Bye, bye agencies?; CDO needed; greedy journalists; BBC magazines deal cleared
Why clients don't need agencies anymore (MediaBizBloggers)
PR Week leads campaign for paid internships (Jon Slattery)
What every magazine media company needs: A Chief Dream Officer (Mr. Magazine)
AMI strikes $550 million deal with RR Donnelley (Audience Development)
Throwing in the towel on 5-Day delivery? (Dead Tree Edition)
Why do consumer stars so often fail to shine in B-to-B? (Folio:
PR Week leads campaign for paid internships (Jon Slattery)
What every magazine media company needs: A Chief Dream Officer (Mr. Magazine)
AMI strikes $550 million deal with RR Donnelley (Audience Development)
Throwing in the towel on 5-Day delivery? (Dead Tree Edition)
Why do consumer stars so often fail to shine in B-to-B? (Folio:
Fortune says every issue will be a special next year
Fortune magazine, which last year reduced its frequency from 25 issues to 18 (while beefing the issues up), is going to have themed features in every one of those issues next year, according to a story in Adweek. Fortune is best known for things like its Fortune 500 and is looking to grow outside of its traditional print business.“The big franchise issues score the highest when it comes to
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