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  • July 2008

    • New Service Is Like Netflix for Magazines

      Folio  |  Jul 5, 08 6:50 PM CDT

      New Service Is Like Netflix for Magazines

      (Newser) - Subscribing to a magazine was once a 1-year commitment, but Time Inc.’s Maghound is changing that, reports Folio. The Netflix-like service launching this fall offers “flexibility, choice, control and personalization,” says Maghound's president. The service allows customers to swap subscriptions at any time, liberating readers from year-long relationships that aren’t working out. More »

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      online retailers  • magazine  • magazine industry  • subscription  • magazine publishing  • subscribers

    • Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82

      New York Times  |  Jul 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82

      (Newser) - Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the image of that obsession," current New York editor Adam Moss told the New York Times. More »

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      obituary  • New York  • journalism  • magazine  • magazine industry  • print journalism  • magazine publishing  • Clay Felker  • print industry

  • May 2008

    • Cockfight Mag Forced Off Amazon.com

      Associated Press  |  May 21, 08 6:32 PM CDT

      Cockfight Mag Forced Off Amazon.com

      (Newser) - In a victory for the Humane Society, the publisher of The Gamecock has agreed to stop selling its publication on Amazon.com. The anti-animal cruelty group had sued Amazon to remove the magazine—which it says promote cockfighting—from its site, charging the online retailer with violating federal law, the AP reports. The publisher says it settled to remove itself from the suit and promised “to be more vigilant in its content.” More »

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      Amazon.com  • censorship  • Humane Society  • cockfighting  • magazine publishing

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