The Atlantic: digital advertising revenue exceeds print
Good news for those of us watching print media struggle to gain sufficient advertising revenue as they transition to digital. The Atlantic magazine’s online advertising revenue has overtaken its print revenue for the first time. The Atlantic, which expects to make about $18.6 million from advertising this year, or slightly more than half of its [...]
Posted on: Nov 21, 2011, Section: Magazines, Comments: 0 Comments
MAD Magazine launches blog
\MAD Magazine has launched a blog called “The Idiotical.” It has the same line of humor as the magazine but the content is heavy on Photoshopped images.
Posted on: Jun 17, 2011, Section: Magazines, Comments: 0 Comments
The new Editor & Publisher site?
I haven’t been a regular visitor to Editor & Publisher since they laid off Dave Astor, so I’m not sure when the relaunch of their site went live. I remember when E&P was bought out they wanted to do a redesign and drop the pay wall.
Posted on: Jun 8, 2011, Section: Magazines, Comments: 0 Comments
Bongo Comics to print Sergio Aragones Funnies
Famed MAD Magazine cartoonist Sergio Aragones will have his own comic book entitled, “Sergio Aragones Funnies.” Robot6 describes the comic as, “an assortment of autobiographical anecdotes, perplexing puzzles, slap-happy short stories, as well as Sergio’s unique and hilarious pantomimes and gags.” Bongo Comics is Matt Groening’s comic line and Serio has been contributing to Bongo [...]
Posted on: Apr 21, 2011, Section: Magazines, Comments: 0 Comments
iPad not the boon for magazines as hoped
Women’s Wear Daily reports that despite the high hopes for the iPad, the magical device has not been the boon for magazines as hoped. Many magazines that are available on the iPad, such as Esquire, People and The New Yorker, have not posted their digital single-issue sales to the ABC. But Vanity Fair sold 8,700 [...]
Posted on: Jan 3, 2011, Section: Magazines, Comments: 11 Comments
E&P removes paywall for content
The venerable Editor & Publisher has decided to remove its paywall to its content. The magazine’s online presence has historically had articles available only to subscribers and even articles posted openly on their website would disappear into the paid archives after a couple of weeks. “We have not been big believers in paywalls,” said Duncan [...]
Posted on: Dec 13, 2010, Section: Magazines, Newspaper industry, Comments: 2 Comments
Bob Eckstein launches online humor mag
New Yorker regular cartoonist Bob Eckstein has launched a new online humor magazine called The Basement. The site includes cartoons from several well known artists including Meg Pokrass, Rina Piccolo, Susan Camilleri Konar, Flash Rosenberg, J. Bear Savo, and Matthew Reiss. In addition to the cartoons, the site features poetry, music and original animation.
Posted on: Dec 2, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Magazines, Web Sites, Comments: 0 Comments
Second edition of Tornoe’s Punchline mag online
Rob Tornoe has released the second edition of his Punchline magazine. Punchline is a humor magazine published in the Delaware area.
Posted on: Dec 2, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Magazines, Comments: 0 Comments
Rob Tornoe rolls out first issue of Punchline
Editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe’s goal of publishing a humor magazine is finally coming off the press. Back in May when the endeavor was announced, Rob wrote: People are quick to point out that with the internet, they can read everything they want on their glowing, irritating computer screen. And for the newspapers it makes sense, [...]
Posted on: Nov 1, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Magazines, Comments: 14 Comments
Stay Tooned! – the “Mike” edition
As usual, John Read gives me an advanced sneak peak at his upcoming magazine (pictured above). This issue is dedicated to nine cartoonists whose first name is Mike or Michael. Rumor has it that Mike Lynch (one of the profiled cartoonists) is fond of saying, “you don’t have to be named Mike to make it [...]
Posted on: Sep 14, 2010, Section: Magazines, Comments: 8 Comments
Hogan’s Alley #17 is now available
The latest edition of Hogan’s Alley (#17) is now available. This edition has nearly two dozen artists, writers, voice actors, executives, producers, directors sharing their insights and reminiscences about SpongeBob SquarePants. Also an examination of the Marvel-Disney merger and its implications for the industry and the art form. They also interview four cartoonists who are [...]
Posted on: Jul 30, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Comic strips, Magazines, Comments: 0 Comments
Rob Tornoe to launch humor magazine
Rob Tornoe, editorial cartoonist for Editor & Publisher, The Press of Atlantic City and Cagle Cartoons, is launching a print humor magazine at the end of June. In his announcement, he writes: People are quick to point out that with the internet, they can read everything they want on their glowing, irritating computer screen. And [...]
Posted on: May 4, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Magazines, Comments: 4 Comments
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