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News from the magosphere 6th August 08

August 6, 2008 in News round-up | No comments

Lad mags to blame for society’s ills
“Instant-hit hedonism” isn’t a bad tagline, actually

Time Inc to produce films based on its magazine articles
Expect the headline “Time and motion pictures” to appear somewhere soon

Mygazines saga continues
Exact Editions smells a rat regarding the regularity of what’s been scanned in so far by “users”. No more news from Mr Smith; meanwhile the discussion goes on

Everywhere magazine gets mothballed
Back “before the end of the year“. Disclosure: I have a piece in the latest (last?) edition. I was invited to contribute, which is a little different from the UGC model it espouses; I’ll receive the same payment as all the other contributors, though hopefully the free subscription will be transferred to the still-running JPG

American store pulls Mad magazine for spoof ad
“Embarrassed corporate PR guy” backpedals frantically

David Rowan is to edit Wired UK
With Danger Hammersley as Number Two, it seems

Faber dabbles in print on demand
Rather a lovely way of putting old books back into print. Magazines next?

News from the magosphere 02/07/08

July 2, 2008 in News round-up | No comments

(Plenty to catch up on – a few weeks ago, I married my lovely partner and moved to the USA, hence the pause. Onwards!)

Time Out Beijing closed by the Chinese government
Officials get pre-Olympic jitters. Read a recent copy here

Esquire puts celebs in a large box to celebrate anniversary
Pretentiousness contest ensues; magazine still hasn’t decided what to do with the result

New French magazine mixes videogames with fashion
Looking forward to seeing a copy (via Jean Snow). Not to be mistaken with magazines making online games for readers

Former Sleazenation ed to make ethical magazine for Christian Aid
The first phase is already online

Conde Nast finally admits to Wired UK
Technology may know no borders, but its reporting isn’t. For an amusing read, see what happened the first time around (pre-Nast)

Print-on-demand isn’t aimed at designers
Boico responds to my previous post. Printcasting seems to prove his point

New magazine features guest commenter throughout
Described by one site as “like a marked up PDF”. I’ve seen magazines be meta-commented before, but not quite like this; fun

How Domus was redesigned
Detailed look behind the curtain (via MagCulture)

Dutch DIY store creates female-aimed customer mag
Companion piece for Woodworking for Women, perhaps

Unconventional wedding magazine tries the UGC route
Be still my sceptic heart

Free counter-culture mag asks readers for $20,000
And gets it. I rather like Arthur, glad to see it keep the wolves away for another month

The wisdom of clouds

June 22, 2008 in Clever ideas | 7 comments

UPDATE: There’s an interview with MagCloud’s creators here.

Paper is a strange beast. Environmentally suspect, over time it yellows, turns brittle, starts to smell a bit musty. The colours never shine as well as they do on the screen, it tears, it creases, it’s heavy to store and rapidly decreases in value. And it’s still a vital part of our culture.

One of the reasons that paper endures, despite the naysaying of digivangelists, is that printing technology has continued to evolve alongside the rise of the virtual. Most of these changes aren’t noticeable to the majority of end consumers – glossier recycled paper, soft proofing, better colour management. Others are quite clearly advances that I can explain to my mother in one sentence, and she’ll understand why that’s clever.

Such as: “Anyone can make their own magazines for free.” Enter MagCloud, a new print-on-demand website dedicated to magazines. Read the rest of this entry »

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