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Tronc reportedly buying Us Weekly despite falling celeb magazine sales

by Adriene Hill
Mar 8, 2017
The publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune apparently wants a piece of the celebrity magazine industry. Tronc, formerly Tribune Publishing, is reportedly in talks to buy Us Weekly.  The New York Post is putting the price somewhere in the ballpark of $90 million. But celebrity magazines are losing their glossy appeal now […]
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Brand identity is the key for magazines

by Reema Khrais
Jan 10, 2017
Glossy and costly is a winner for some in the magazine industry.
Magazines are on display at a newsstand on February 25, 2015 in Lille.   
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Corner Office

Don't call National Geographic 'stodgy'

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 27, 2016
National Geographic Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg talks about why this is the best time for visual storytelling.
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Rolling Stone sells almost half of magazine business to Singapore-based startup

by Lewis Wallace
Sep 26, 2016
The company is looking to diversify its business model.
A vendor in Singapore pulls out an issue of Rolling Stone. A Singapore firm linked to one of Asia's richest families has bought a 49 percent stake in Rolling Stone to expand the U.S. magazine's business in new markets.
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Full Interview: Janice Min pulls back the curtain on Hollywood

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 18, 2016
How Janice Min transformed The Hollywood Reporter.
Janice Min speaks onstage at the American Magazine Media Conference in New York City on February 2, 2016. 
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More than 800 magazines launched in the last year

by Sally Herships
Dec 12, 2014
Get with it, Gutenberg. Print isn't dead. It's just different.
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Final Note

Take your tips from the June Vogue and spend $343,368

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2014
A data journalist at WNYC added it up.
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Why the celeb mag market is still worth something

by Noel King
Jun 9, 2014
Print media faces declining sales. How do celebrity magazines like People keep up?
Magazines on a newsstand in 2009. 
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Learning Curve

Conde Nast gets into the education business

by David Weinberg
Jun 3, 2014
Conde Nast is working with universities to create accredited certificate programs.
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Learning Curve

Majoring in computer science with a minor in breezy summer style

by Adriene Hill
Jun 3, 2014
College courses ripped from the magazine pages of Wired, Gourmet and others.
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