Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at
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The Digital Book World conference in New York didn’t exactly grind to a halt at 1 o’clock yesterday, but it was definitely hot and bothered. Several dozen attendees gathered around their screens, squinting at buffering feeds and cursing intermittent Web connections, as they watched Apple ( AAPL ) CEO Steve Jobs unveil the iPad , the object of desire formerly known as The Tablet That’s Going to Save Us. Continue reading Why Apple’s iPad Won’t Rescue Big Publishing Why Apple’s iPad Won’t Rescue Big Publishing originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:47:00. Filed Under: Company News , Media , Apple , Amazon.com Inc. Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments
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Monday, November 9th, 2009 at
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Filed under: Media The good news: Magazine ad pages are actually up in the fourth quarter for the first time in a dog’s age. The bad news: Metropolitan Home won’t be around to enjoy it. Hachette Filipacchi Media just announced that it’s shutting down the shelter title following publication of its December issue, choosing to focus its limited resources on Elle Decor , its last remaining home-design magazine. A company spokeswoman says 13 editorial staffers have been let go, including editor-in-chief Donna Warner, along with a yet-to-be-determined number of business-side employees. Shelter publications have been hit especially hard by the advertising downturn of the past couple years — not surprisingly, considering that the recession was precipitated by the collapse of the housing bubble. Preceding Met Home into extinction were Home , another Hachette Filipacchi title, Conde Nast’s Domino and House & Garden , and Hearst’s O at Home , a spinoff of O, The Oprah Magazine . Continue reading Metropolitan Home magazine becomes latest recession victim Metropolitan Home magazine becomes latest recession victim originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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