Daily Archives: Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Listen up

Listen up: Recently, I discovered the “View Options” control on the edit menu in iTunes would allow me to display a column that tracks how many times I have listened to each tune. Tonight I sorted my song library by … Continue reading

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Google grows

Google grows: Research guru Gary Price (ResourceShelf) notes that hours before MSN is to launch its new engine and new web index as a beta, “Google has announced a size increase (yet another brilliant marketing move) to their web index. … Continue reading

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News from the wrecksblog

News from the wrecksblog: The anonymous vaporzine scout just alerted me to next February’s launch of the magazine Collision Repair Product News (CRPN) from Cygnus Business Media. The magazine will (mail) to 60,000 body shop owners, technicians and PBE distributors. … Continue reading

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An unfortunate loss

An unfortunate loss: I live in a red state, but in a blue county. I voted for Bush but I support my U.S. Representative, a Democrat, and I believe our governor, the Democrat Phil Bredesen, is one of the most … Continue reading

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Filtered suggestion – read this

Filtered suggestion – read this: Steve Rubel has a new column at iMediaConnection.com. His first installment is a riff based on last month’s long tail article in Wired by Chris Anderson. Quote: As blogging becomes more popular, it is now … Continue reading

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Custom publishing update – alumni magazines

Custom publishing update – alumni magazines: Great article in the NYT today about a niche of custom magazines (or “branded” magazines), the alumni publication. While the article refers to a list of less than 500 of these magazines, I estimate … Continue reading

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Custom publishing update – up in smoke

Custom publishing update – up in smoke: Keith Kelly reports that the outdoor adventure magazine Unlimited has been cancelled after 12 years by sponsor Philip Morris. Not a bad run.

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A shameless plug of an underreported election story

A shameless plug of an underreported election story: As I have fully disclosed here before, one of the reasons I do not blog heavily about politics is my day job work on behalf of one of our company’s clients, NFIB, … Continue reading

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Why grocery stores sell magazines

Why grocery stores sell magazines: According to a new study from the MPA, magazines are a profitable supermarket product category with high gross margin performance, compared with overall supermarket performance. Quote: Magazine gross margin performance is above the gross margin … Continue reading

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Underexposure

Underexposure: Corante starts an interview series on the future of digital media by talking with my friend, Jeff Jarvis. I’m glad the bashful buzzmachine is finally able to get his opinions in heard. Seriously, however, it’s a great, must-read, interview.

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