Print Is Amazing (...ly Profitable!)
"Print is dead" is so last year. 2013 alone saw the arrival of nearly 900 new titles. From Pitchfork to Style.com to Dr. Oz to Modern Farmer to allrecipes to Politico: across the media, in every niche, viable new magazines are launching. Even more remarkable is the fact that the survival rate for new launches is higher than it has been in decades. What do we know about print media right now, as it recovers from its near-death-experience? Print is different than it used to be. But it's enduring. It's brand-building. And—done right—it's profitable. Magazines launching successfully today are lead by publishers, technologists, editors, designers, and journalists who approach the the vintage craft of paper journalism in a revolutionary way. What have they learned? How can those lessons be applied to any start-up? What will the future of print look like? How can YOU use it wisely?
Presenters
Ann Marie Gardner
CEO Editor in Chief
Modern Farmer
Ann Marie Gardner is CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Modern Farmer, a print quarterly and website devoted to the people, policy, issues, animals, plants and technology of contemporary farming and food. Gardner was previously the Americas Bureau Chief of Monocle magazine and a contributing editor at the New York Times.
For more information, please visit: www.modernfarmer.com
Jessanne Collins
Editor in Chief
Mental Floss LLC
Jessanne Collins is editor in chief of mental_floss, the National Magazine Award-nominated magazine for knowledge junkies, published nine times a year. Formerly managing editor at Out magazine, she is also the author of How to Be a Playgirl, a mini-memoir about her stint as a Playgirl editor in a tumultuous time for print media.
Michael Renaud
Creative Dir
Michael Renaud is the Creative Director for Pitchfork, the world's most widely respected guide to music. He leads a team that visualizes the website on a day-to-day basis, in addition to their two festivals in Paris and Chicago, their recently launched venture into film The Dissolve, and most recently, the quarterly print publication The Pitchfork Review. The design of such endeavors has led to many Webby awards, the 2013 National Magazine Award for Digital Excellence, and a spot for Michael on Ad Age's Creativity 50 list.
Paul Carr
editor in chief
Not Safe For Work Corporation
Paul Carr is a British writer, journalist, and commentator based in Las Vegas, who has “edited various publications and founded numerous businesses with varying degrees of abysmal failure." He is the founder and editor in chief of Not Safe For Work Corporation, an online satirical news weekly billed as "the future of journalism ... with jokes" which recently launched a print edition.
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