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Face Up: WMB: World’s Most Beautiful 3D Magazine

Dan Trombetto — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:01:10 -0500

MAGSTATS Issue: 2 Frequency: QuarterlyCirculation: 150,000Launched: August 2010Publisher: Nick SaglimbeniArt Director: Clint DavisEditor-in-Chief: Katie Pegler

The State of Magazine Paper in 2012

Dan Trombetto — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:34:05 -0500

If one word can define the current state of magazine paper, it is likely: uncertainty.

The Magazine Medic

Dan Trombetto — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:20:18 -0500

THE PATIENT: The Saturday Evening PostAGE: About 114 yearsVITALS: WeakPROGNOSIS: Downward Spiral

The 2011 Eddie and Ozzie Award Winners

Dan Trombetto — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:02:23 -0500

FOLIO:’s Eddie and Ozzie awards competition is the largest of its kind for magazine publishers. It also has the proud distinction of being the only awards event open to magazines and websites of all kinds—consumer, b-to-b, association, custom and regional, big and small.

Face Up: 2011 Year in Review

Dan Trombetto — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:57:11 -0500

2011 was a year of redesigns and relaunches, as magazine covers aimed to provoke (and as a result, to sell).

The Magazine Medic

Dan Trombetto — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:15:08 -0500

THE PATIENT: SuccessAGE: 114 yearsVITALS: ImprovingPROGNOSIS: Good

Face Up: CFO

Dan Trombetto — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:04:51 -0500

MAGSTATS Issue: November 2011 Frequency: 10 issues per yearLaunched: 1985Circ: 400,000Publisher: CFO PublishingArt Director: Robert LesserEditor-in-Chief: Scott Leibs

State of the Art of the Newsstand

Dan Trombetto — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:29:21 -0500

If you're in the business of creating, recreating, designing or, God forbid, rescuing magazines on life support, you need to know what the state of the art is at this point. You don't have to look very far. The dozen or so titles that define the latest details in packaging are on your newsstand.

How AMI Cut Production Costs by 50 Percent

Matt Kinsman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:40:19 -0400

American Media, Inc. (AMI) and Michael Esposito, Senior Vice President of Operations and Digital Production, think they've hit upon a recipe that could work across the magazine industry for rationalizing print publishing costs and scaling up on digital platforms.

AMI Strikes $550 Million Deal With RR Donnelley

sbotelho — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:32:27 -0400

American Media, Inc. [AMI] is executing an aggressive digital strategy with the help of RR Donnelley—AMI awarded the company a contract to assist with its digital convergence that extends until the year 2020 that is worth an estimated $550 million.