The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
April 28th, 2009
The title of this entry is tongue-in-cheek (at least I’m keeping my tongue in my mouth), as I just discovered Zinio’s little-publicized side venture: Undercover Mags. If you go to the site by clicking on this link, it will take you to the magazines deemed of interest to heterosexuals, and you’ll be greeted with a…
January 16th, 2009
I subscribe to Bob Sacks’ exhausting three times per day newsletter. As I’ve previously noted, Bob is one of the great veterans of magazine publishing and of publishing in general. He’s on our side. I recommend that you subscribe. Many of his newsletters are simply reposts of articles of interest, but once a week or…
December 3rd, 2008
The last full-time job I had was in the late 1980s at a Toronto-based company called McCutcheon Graphics. It’s where I gained the knowledge that allowed me to later set out on my own as a consultant and publishing industry analyst. The president of the company, John McCutcheon, was a one-of-a-kind businessman (now retired). I…