U.S. mag industry wins battle to retain direct-to-consumer drug advertising

The U.S. magazine industry, in coalition with other advertising-driven media, has decisively beaten back an attempt by the U.S. Congress to restrict direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.It means that pharamaceutical companies are free to place DTC ads in what represented $1.6 billion in ad revenue for the U.S. magazines last year.According to a statement from the Magazine Publishers of

Then there was one; Financial Times to drop its "pay wall"

There were the Big 3 "pay wall" papers and now there is just one, and it's thinking about demolishing it. The Wall Street Journal may well drop its requirement for a paid sub to read its material online, once the deal closes for Rupert Murdoch to take it over. The Financial Times of London, one of the very first papers to create such a system, announced yesterday that it was doing away with it

Well, it could happen...

And now a bit of fun. Graphic-designer-turned-artist Scott King, for a show in New York, imagined a series of complete makeovers for Vogue magazine. An ad-free issue. An "angry" issue. And an issue with an an anti-war theme. He decided it should also be free…Here, courtesy of CRblog, are some of the results. (King was, at one time art director of i-D magazine and went on to become Creative

Dampness at WOTS, BCAMP, Walrus

Word On the Street in Vancouver was heavily rained on for the first time in its history yesterday, and it was cold and windy and you had to keep jumping up and down to stay warm. The crowd was thin and hardy; indeed, heartiness was evident everywhere. CUPE picketers sang and led revolutionary chants. It was impossible to stand still long enough to grill members of BCAMP in a search for answers to

Rogers to sell ads for Hearst Magazines' digital properties

Rogers Media has become the exclusive sales agent for Hearst Magazines' digital properties in Canada, it was announced today. Rogers will represent cosmopolitan.com, marieclaire.com, cosmogirl.com, goodhousekeeping.com, redbookmag.com, seventeen.com, ecrush.com, espinthebottle.com, teenmag.com, kaboodle.com, quickandsimple.com, mypromshopper.com, myholidayshopper.com, mybacktoschoolshopper.com

Neo-opsis sci-fi magazine nominated for a "people's choice" Aurora award

Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is nominated for an Aurora, in the category "Best Work In English: Other." These "people's choice" award for Canadian fantasy and science fiction will be made during the twenty-seventh annual award ceremony will take place at VCon 32, a science fiction conference in Vancouver, BC, on Saturday October 20th. In addition to an award for the magazine's 8th, 9th and

Policy Options spreads the views: Canadians like free trade

Later this week, Policy Options magazine will be publishing a special issue that marks the 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Not surprisingly, the Montreal-based magazine and the conservative think tank that commissioned the poll (from SES Research) released it to the media to get some buzz about the issue. And, again not surprisingly, the poll is getting good play