Tag Archives: publishing

Apology Of The Day

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Kindle 2 Unveiled

Amazon is unveiling the second generation of its Kindle ebook device today. Details are sketchy at the moment, but CNET predicts a few changes. What the final product will look like is unknown, but if a new Kindle is launched Monday it’s easy to imagine it will be lighter, slimmer, and have an updated look. The original design was largely …

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NYT Online May Go Back To Pay-To-Read

The editor of the New York Times says the paper may go back to the paid subscription model for some of its online content, a format the paper abandoned two years ago. Executive Editor Bill Keller gave no specifics or timetable, and company officials characterized the internal discussions as general and ongoing. In an online question-and-answer exchange with readers this …

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Mad Magazine On Obama

Pretty much says it all. In related news, Mad is cutting back to publishing quarterly after being a monthly since 1955.

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2009 GLAAD Media Award Nominees

GLAAD has announced the 2009 Media Award Nominees. Here’s a few of the categories. OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASEBrideshead Revisited (Miramax Films)Milk (Focus Features)Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)RocknRolla (Warner Bros. Pictures)Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company) OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASEThe Edge of Heaven (Strand Releasing)Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom (New Open Door Productions)Save Me (First Run Features)Shelter …

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The Printed Blog

An interesting concept out of Chicago – the printed blog – a free daily newspaper that publishes posts from a wide variety of blogs. Amid the din of naysayers who insist that newspapers are on the verge of death, a new company wants to start dozens of new ones — with a twist. Volunteers working for The Printed Blog on …

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The End Of PlanetOut

Nine months after selling them Out and Advocate magazines, PlanetOut has been acquired by Regent Media. Regent’s purchase of Gay.com and the other remaining PlanetOut assets completes the years-long death spiral of the once-great LGBT media company. It appears that all the former PlanetOut properties will continue to operate under the new combined company. Regent Entertainment Media, publishers of The …

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$8M For Laura Bush Memoir?

Insiders speculate that Laura Bush will get an advance for her First Lady memoir that will match or better the $8M that Hillary got for hers. First lady Laura Bush has sealed a deal worth millions with Scribner to publish a memoir that will encompass her recollections of personal and historical moments, including her eight years in the White House. …

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The BVM Does Playboy?

The Mexican version of Playboy is causing some ire over its current cover. Playboy, based in Chicago, has offered its “sincerest apologizes” for the newest issue of its Mexican edition, which seems to poke irreverent (some would say lewd) fun at the Virgin Mary. The magazine’s cover features a model clad (barely) in a white cloth, in front of a …

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Print Media Death Watch

First we hear that the New York Times has mortgaged their brand new midtown skyscraper and may have to sell it, and now comes word that the Tribune Company has filed for bankruptcy. The company that owns the Los Angeles Times, KTLA Channel 5 and the Chicago Tribune filed for bankruptcy protection today, seeking relief from $12 billion in debt …

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The Princess Diana Bible

The wingnuts are already losing their shit over this bit of silliness: A gay version of the Bible, in which God says it is better to be gay than straight, is to be published by an American film producer. New Mexico-based Revision Studios will publish The Princess Diana Bible – so named because of Diana’s “many good works”, it says …

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The Bloggers Bailout Plan

Six Apart, the company that owns the popular blogging service TypePad, is offering a small number of free accounts to recently laid-off bloggers and journalists. It’s a long way from $700 billion, but the media start-up Six Apart is introducing its own economic bailout plan. The TypePad Journalist Bailout Program offers recently terminated bloggers and journalists a free pro account …

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The Book To Nowhere

Is Sarah Palin getting $7M for a book deal? Via Radar Online: Sarah Palin has garnered more than fame from her failed Vice-Presidential bid. She is reportedly close to making a book deal for $7 million. “Bill Clinton made over $10 million for his deal seven years ago,” a publishing insider told Radar. “That was more than any other former …

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Closures Rock Magazine World

So many magazines have folded or cut back on frequency in the last week that it’s impossible to keep up. Gawker ticks off a few casualties: The publishing landscape is so bloodied right now that it’s hard to keep track of all the corpses. This month has seen the end of Radar, Men’s Vogue, CosmoGirl, 02138, Culture + Travel plus …

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Advocate To Cut Back To Monthly

The Advocate, which has been a biweekly for decades, will trim back to a single monthly issue in January, according to new editor-in chief Jon Barrett. “I don’t think there is a need for a biweekly magazine anymore with the Web,” Barrett said. Barrett added that the magazine will be thicker, with a heavier paper stock. “We will have more …

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PlanetOut Gets NASDAQ Warning

NASDAQ has issued a warning to PlanetOut that the company has not maintained the required $5M minimum value of publicly held shares and may be delisted from the exchange. The company has until October 30th to up its value. Earlier this year PlanetOut sold their magazine division (Out, Advocate) to Regent Releasing, the owners of gay cable network Here! TV. …

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$300K For Pics Of Thomas Beatie’s Baby

Gawker is reporting that People Magazine paid $300K for the exclusive rights to the photos of “pregnant man” Thomas Beatie’s baby girl. No word on whether he’s giving the money to charity, but doesn’t Beatie kind of deserve to keep it? Bidding on Angelina Jolie’s baby pictures approached $20 million, and even D-listers Nicole Richie and Jamie-Lynn Spears managed to …

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Underwear Day

I spend an fair amount of my job dealing with ad and PR agencies, attending dreary riveting meetings in over-austere offices. And while underwear models are more Towleroad or Queerty territory than JMG, since I spent an hour at the launch party for 2(x)ist’s new Liquid Cotton line today, I hope you won’t object to a little beefcake on the …

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Out & Advocate Sold To Here Networks

PlanetOut has announced the sale of Out and Advocate magazines to New York-based gay cable channel Here Networks for $6M cash, payable in monthly installments beginning this month. PlanetOut will retain Gay.com and PlanetOut.com, a mere fraction of its formerly sprawling holdings which included adult magazine publisher Spec Pubs and gay cruise company RSVP. Last month PlanetOut put Expedia in …

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Tori! Tori! Tori!

Last night Aaron and I went to the launch party for Tori Spelling’s new tell-all book, sTORI Telling. The slightly pregnant Ms. Tori looked fantastic, but the photographers’ mosh-pit seemed to scare her back up the stairs moments after I took this pic. Anyway, the party was the usual Manhattan book-art-design-fashion-homo mob scene and even the open bar couldn’t convince …

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