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Out With the Old Production Department ... and in With the New
September 2009 From Publishing Executive
Today's production department bears little resemblance to the analog world of film and FedEx of not so long ago. As digital and multimedia are layered on top of a print process that is undergoing rapid change, "doing more with less" has become a common refrain among production people—and in their case, it's far more than a tired cliche.
 
Cover Story : Gold Ink Awards
September 2009 From Publishing Executive
Widely regarded as the print industry's most prestigious event, the 2009 Gold Ink Awards received more than 1,000 entries across 45 competitive categories, including Consumer Magazines, Magazine Covers, Magazine Inserts, Specialty Magazines (Web), Trade Magazines (Sheetfed) and Trade Magazines (Web), to name a few. In all, 132 entries were selected for Gold, Silver or Bronze honors.
 
Cover Story : Top Women in Magazine Publishing
May 2009 From Publishing Executive
"Magazine publishing, more than many other fields, has long been a great career for women …,” says Patricia B. Fox, senior vice president, operations, and general manager, Healthy Living Group at Active Interest Media. Fox, along with the other women Publishing Executive selected for its first-annual “Top Women in Magazine Publishing” feature, exemplify the greatness that women have achieved in this industry.
 
The Key to Publishing's Survival
January 15, 2009 From Bob Sacks
The key to survival in the near and far future is for everyone in the publishing business to embrace everything digital.
 
34 Tips for Cutting Costs Without Laying Off Staff
December 2008 From Publishing Executive
With the economy officially in recession and sharp ad-revenue declines affecting magazines of all sizes and scopes, few magazine publishers have failed to address cost-cutting strategies and ways to do more with less. Here are 34 tips from a cross-section of the publishing world for reining in costs without sacrificing too much in the way of staff or quality.
 
Industry Executives' Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and More
October 31, 2008 From PE Inbox
Kerry Bessey and Maurice Edelson have been appointed executive vice presidents of Time Inc.- Edward R. McCarrick has announced he will retire as worldwide publisher of Time magazine at the end of the year.- AARP has named Nancy Perry Graham as editor of AARP The Magazine.
 
Bo Sacks: The Profit Prophet : The Great Numbers Game
October 2008 From Publishing Executive
Numbers are very important in our industry. Next to content itself, I think you could make a strong case that numbers are our business. They are ubiquitous to everything we do and create: How many pages are you printing this month? What is your circulation? What is your ad/edit ratio? And, of course, there are a host of other very meaningful and important industry numbers.
 
Publishing @ 50+
June 2008 From Publishing Executive
The AARP, the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for Americans ages 50 and older, is itself turning 50 this year, and the timing could not be better. A host of anniversary events, culminating with the “Life@50+” national event in September in Washington, D.C. (where AARP is based), will bolster the organization’s already-high profile, as millions of baby boomers add to the ranks of the largest retirement-age cohort in history. It may seem to the casual observer that the AARP—along with its flagship publication, AARP The Magazine—is the inevitable beneficiary of a demographic tide. Such an assumption ignores the fact that these same boomers, many of
 
Insights at a Glance
June 2008 From Publishing Executive
Best Management Tactic: My management style has always been to hire smart people and let them run their own business, and to create an environment of integrity and congeniality. Biggest Challenge as Vice President and Group Publisher: … To ensure our print, online, events and broadcast sales efforts are keeping at just the right pace with our clients’ integrated marketing needs. Keeps You Up at Night: The responsibility of serving an audience of more than [34 million] people. AARP Publications’ Biggest Strength: We are the only media franchise created for and about 50+ Americans. That, combined with our unparalleled reach through our publications and
 
PE_ADVISORY_BOARD
December 2007 From Publishing Executive
Publishing Executive’s Editorial Advisory Board• Bill Amstutz, Publishing Consultant• Jane Chero, VP Production, North American Publishing Co.• Steven W. Frye, Frye Publication...