Category Archives: magazine news

In the race to extend magazine brands: Car and Driver magazine is introducing the “Car and Driver Race Series — powered by Precision Racing.” This means you, too, can be a race car driver: According to the press release, “No … Continue reading →

The Rolling Stone sees the light: As recommended here a week ago, apparently there was a come-to-Jesus-meeting at the Rolling Stone and, well, here’s the quote in USA Today: “We have addressed the internal miscommunications that led to the previous … Continue reading →

Young, pretty, rich, TV, movie starts divorcing add up to a Dick Stolley dream cover: People is rushing out (four-days-early) this week’s issue for folks like my friend Lena Basha, our company’s in-house volunteer Hollywood gossip maven (she’s been so … Continue reading →

Vogue’s “shoppertainment” feature to launch in March: Longtime rexblog readers may recall that ast August, I declared the “Shop September” Vogue shoppertainment “the real deal” : Quote from the rexblog, 8.26.04: Okay. I will go on record. As I am … Continue reading →

How magazines get started (continued): “Trendy new magazine is seeking upscale reader across metro Detroit.” Actually, the story is about several magazines seeking upscale readers across metro Detroit. (source: Detroit Free Press) (Explanation: How magazines get started.)

Merry clone covers: Baby Jesus is big news this week. For the record, this week’s clone covers brings the year’s total to ten, which ties last year. With two weeks remaining, could they make it to 11? Stand by. For … Continue reading →

Life less: Been under the weather today so I’m just getting around to pointing to where Keith Kelly says “industry observers” think the reincarnation of Life Magazine is “bleeding red ink at an alarming rate” and that advertising support is … Continue reading →

Is is okay for a writer to make money for the words he or she writes if he or she speaks them rather than publishes them in book form? Wake me up when Jack Shafer gets finished writing this column … Continue reading →

Welcome back: Long time readers of this weblog will know I’m happy to point to news that the current incarnation of the National Magazine Award multi-winner Oxford American is off the press and on its way to a newsstand near … Continue reading →

No surprise to rexblog readers – Martha (the magazine) rebounding: I guess I can’t say, “I’m not one to say, ‘I told you so,’” as I continually disprove that claim on this weblog. So, as one who never misses the … Continue reading →

Healthy competition clone covers: I guess it’s time for both Time & Newsweek to run health-related covers simulataneously, since it’s been, what, almost 11 months since the last time? And, oh, by the way. If that Newsweek cover looks familiar, … Continue reading →

Magazine trend story? These three items have hit my in-box the last couple of days: (1) “Muslim Malaysia has banned 40 books and magazines published in Britain and the United States deemed to have unsuitable sexual content.” (Agence France-Presse) (2) … Continue reading →

Yes, Virginia: When Virginia Postrel, one of my favorite authors and bloggers, writes an article breaking-down an entire category of magazines in a new, insightful way for the Wall Street Journal that is a “free link,” well, that’s what I’d … Continue reading →