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Print Media and iPad’s Profit Potential

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

BoSacks Speaks Out: I have been tracking the iPad very closely. It is my belief that it is an important device. Why is a good question? The answer is that it isn't so much a device as a universal translator platform, much the same way that an iPhone ...

iPad Stirs Up Change, but Who Will Benefit?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

I have spent hours looking for the perfect article that matches or at least parallels my first impression of the iPad. Many are laughing at the name; I say get over it. It really does not matter that people can and have made fun of it. I ...

BoSacks Speaks Out: Magazine Production’s New World Order

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

There are two things I would like to point out today in reference to an article Folio titled Magazine Production's New World Order. The first is that I forecasted the demise of the traditional production department in a white paper in 2005. Being a senior manufacturing guy most of ...

Google Offers Digitized Magazines

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

I have long held the theory and prophesized in this newsletter and elsewhere, that digital magazines will save our industry. Aggregated data and web sites are not the solution to our woes; paginated performance and delivery is. If there is a future for magazine publishers and you have ...

Esquire looks to Energize Print

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Perhaps it is just me, but does anyone really think it is a good idea for print products to drive readers to their computers and to the web? This is a big duh, what were they thinking moment. Cool ....yes, but cool for whom?  This is a really cool look at ...

Developments in the eReader Market

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Developments in the eReader market are happening faster than anyone can keep track of, and that includes me. It seems that new products are being released on a daily basis. And each of these products has new, interesting and advantageous technologies. The Barnes and Noble new eReader has what ...

Kill a Newspaper, Save a Tree? Not Quite

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

I track the industry as well as some and better than some others, so I thought I would pass along something for you to have with your morning coffee: Kill a Newspaper, Save a Tree? Not Quite The American Forest & Paper Assn. estimates that newsprint production in 2009 ...