Kickstarter launched for new online literary magazine Fictionable
The global COVID pandemic may have devastated many areas of life, but it has not quashed our love for reading. Figures from the Publishers Association showed that fiction sales for… Read more »
Flintshire book shop devastated by fire hails “incredible” public support
An unimaginable loss for “one of the largest online and real bookshops in the North West,” based in Flintshire, UK, has been transformed into a hopeful new beginning, thanks to… Read more »
Discover the new lit mag of the avant-Gordita: Taco Bell Quarterly
“Taco Bell Quarterly is the literary magazine for the Taco Bell Arts and Letters. We’re a reaction against everything. The gatekeepers. The taste-makers. The hipsters. Health food. Artists Who Wear… Read more »
Vanity Fair has an amazing digital archive
Vanity Fair, founded in 1913, created an AMAZING online digital archive with all issues, all pages, and all the fun from the beginning of their time as a magazine until… Read more »
Ernest Hemingway’s reporting expenses were as outrageous as everything else about him
Ever the competitive and spiteful man, Ernest Hemingway once stole his wife Martha Gellhon’s job at Collier’s magazine, so that he could cover the frontlines of World War II himself—without… Read more »
Sir David Attenborough turns 93; launches remix competition
Never one to stand still, the naturalist, broadcaster, and Genuine Living Legend, Sir David Attenborough, has launched an unusual competition to mark his 93rd birthday earlier this week. Mark Savage at… Read more »
Hudson News CEO to buy The National Enquirer
It’s been an eventful couple of years for The National Enquirer. The man in charge, David Pecker, has gained unwanted attention for his Trump-buddyism and possible attempts to bury unflattering stories… Read more »
Netflix to publish its own branded journal
At first glance, the next step in Netflix’s seemingly unstoppable march—now boasting 150 million users; and 700 programs released last year alone—looks like a step backward: the online streaming service is… Read more »
Hail and Farewell: Jake Phelps of Thrasher magazine
As our man on the skateboard-publishing beat, it is my unfortunate duty today to report some sad news from one of the raddest corners of the publishing world: Jake Phelps, editor of Thrasher… Read more »
New York Magazine and related properties will adopt paywall model
A few weeks back we ran a little checkup on the New York Times that returned a healthful picture of the newspaper’s online revenue, particularly its growth in digital subscriptions. The takeaway… Read more »