News Archives
Editorial Credibility: The Fuzzy Line Between Ads and Editorial
By Andy Jackson, executive director, April 24 2009
The divide between editorial and advertising has been a perennial topic among publishers almost since the first periodicals. And lately, with increased economic pressures, some magazines are even considering selling space on their front covers!
I don’t believe any of our members are going that far, but the issue was…
The Broken Newsstand
By Andy Jackson, executive director, April 08 2009
I recently heard from a student of mass communications studying the current newsstand situation. She asked a number of questions but essentially wanted to know why publishers, especially of smaller independent titles, don’t simply bypass the national distributors and sell directly to wholesalers. I’m not an expert but I offered…
Check This Out...
By Andy Jackson, executive director, January 29 2009
In 1999 (the last century!) Herman Kelly built the original, first edition of this website. It has served nobly, but Web technology has moved on and late in 2008 the board of directors asked me to direct a redesign.
Here it is. I invite everyone to have a look…