Linda Zebian
May 19, 2006
Stocastic printing has been around for more than 50 years, but wasn't heavily used until about 10 years ago. Publishers printing high-quality, intricate photography sometimes use stochastic because of its ability to reproduce images with greater detail and smoothness without an increase in printing price.
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Linda Zebian
May 11, 2006
MPA's two-day IMAG conference kicked off yesterday with a focus on organic growth, online ventures and improving editorial content.
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Marrecca Fiore
May 4, 2006
ABM plans to outline its goals for the coming two years at its Spring Meeting next week in Scottsdale Arizona, ABM's communications director Steve Ennen said today. The meeting also will feature speakers and workshops that will help editors change their mindsets to better adapt to the digital age. "There will be a big emphasis on editors and their roles in the future," he said.
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Matt Kinsman
May 3, 2006
The Postal Service today filed a rate case with the Postal Rate Commission that proposes a system-wide postal increase of 8.5 percent, with magazines looking at an average 11.4 percent jump in rates. The proposed rate hike comes after a 5.4 percent postal increase in January. If it passes, rates will have gone up 17.4 percent in less than a year and a half.
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FOLIO: Magazine Staff
May 1, 2006
Pamela Henderson, the crops and issues editor of Farm Journal, won this year's Grand Neal Award for editorial achievement. She is the first agricultural journalist to win a Grand Neal Award and beat out 32 other category winners for the honor. Henderson's nine-article series entitled "Asian Soybean Rust Takes Root
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FOLIO: Magazine Staff
May 1, 2006
The Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, which have been called "the Pulitzer Prize of the business press," are named after American Business Media's first managing director, who remained active in promoting the business press throughout his life. When it was first established in 1955, the Neal Awards competition drew
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FOLIO: Magazine Staff
May 1, 2006
Kalmbach Publishing Co., which owns 14 hobbyist and leisure interest titles, last December executed an endcap display program in Barnes & Noble that boosted not only retail sales but ad pages in those issues. The publisher tied the effort into its January issues, which tend to be among its best sellers.
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FOLIO: Magazine Staff
May 1, 2006
Anyone selling magazine advertising today knows that no matter how much people love reading magazines, we all need a grab bag of "out of the box" programs that lure advertisers into our books. That's why more traditional magazine publishers are seriously looking to add custom publishing as an additional service. It's an editorial, rather than advertorial, solution for advertisers.
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FOLIO: Magazine Staff
May 1, 2006
ABM named Joseph J. Hanson, chairman of Professional Media Group LLC, the recipient of its 38th Annual Crain Award. The Award was established by a grant from the G.D. Crain, Jr. Foundation. Given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the development of editorial excellence in business media, the award
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