Magazines: The A-List
The 10 Titles That Made the Cut in 2008
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Every year Advertising Age singles out 10 titles for its A-List recognizing outstanding accomplishment, growth, business and buzz among magazines.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'That Party Is Over'
Also at Magazine Conference: Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg Discusses Hollywood's 'Third Revolution'
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the financial bailout bill and promised a federal shield law for reporters during remarks she delivered to open this year's American Magazine Conference last night. The audience of more than 400 magazine publishers, editors, advertisers and agency executives gathered at the Westin St. Francis in downtown San Francisco wasn't wholly won over.
Some Bright Spots in a Gloomy Year for Magazines
A-List Winners Show It's Possible to Buck the Trends
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- When Ad Age editors started searching for the 10 outstanding titles that would compose our 2008 A-List, we found ourselves confronting some unpleasant news about the magazine business.
Magazine of the Year: The Economist
North American Edition's Ad Pages, Circulation Rise as Other Newsweeklies' Sink
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- This year, with the U.S. financial markets in their worst turmoil since 2001, the big newsweeklies still dominate. But while they are reducing circulation and losing ad pages, The Economist is growing and amplifying its erudite voice.
Editor of the Year: National Geographic's Chris Johns
Former Staff Photographer Has Overseen Redesign, Expansion of Title's Editorial Scope
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- National Geographic Editor in Chief Chris Johns is unassuming and thoughtful in ways most magazine editors are not. Yet despite his tendency to downplay his role in the magazine's recent evolution -- you get the sense he'd downplay his role in shaking your hand moments after he shook it -- Mr. Johns has steered 120-year-old National Geographic to a position of unprecedented prominence.
Idea of the Year: Reader-Generated Content
Magazines Are Handing Over Space and Even Entire Issues, but How Much Is Too Much?
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- In the past year, several mainstream magazines have embraced reader-generated content and surrendered some control in a way that would've amazed even their most forward-thinking predecessors.
Executive of the Year: Elle's Carol A. Smith
Group Publishing Director Has Established Magazine's Position Among Fashion Titles and Capitalized on a Partnership With 'Project Runway'
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Six years after Carol A. Smith became publisher of Elle, she's delivered. The fashion magazine may be parting ways with cable's "Project Runway" after five highly successful seasons, but Elle's star has already ascended along with the show's ratings and regard.
Digital Climbs as Ad Pages Slip
Time Inc. Takes Three of Top Five Spots; Advance Leads in Overall Pages; PC World Earns Biggest Share From New Platforms: 38%
CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Magazine publishers trudged through a sputtering economy, holding ad pages comparatively steady while making solid digital gains.
The American Magazine Vanguard Awards
Presenting the First AMVA's, Recognizing Magazines That Are Innovating Smartly Beyond Print
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The American Magazine Vanguard Awards recognize both big and small innovators: Magazines that are taking new, smart, necessary risks in extending their franchises off the page.
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