SABEW shucks "American" and emphasizes a new, global focus

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has rebranded, dropping the "American"reference (at least in part in deference to the fact that the association expanded into Canada in 2010) and unveiling a new name (and logo) to represent its wider ambitions, becoming the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.

“The logo better communicates what SABEW stands for today,” said executive director Kathleen Graham. “We’ve used visual elements to emphasize our forward-thinking mindset, and digital and global expansion objectives.

SABEW presents an annual business awards competition among professionals and students.
It  recently become more focused on press freedom. To that end, it has issued statements and created events and training highlighting the importance of journalism, including the principle that fact-based reporting is necessary for the health of robust democracies.

Magazines Canada relocating as of August 1

After many years on Adelaide Street West, Magazines Canada will be relocating effective August 1st. The new mailing address is 555 Richmond Street West, Suite 604 Toronto, ON M5V 3B1. Phone number will remain 416 504-0274  

Note: The single copy distribution warehouse, which is in Brampton,  is NOT moving.

Mag world view: Digital Guardian eclipses print; Israeli mag fires cartoonist; Troy Young takes over at Hearst; Facebook loses 20% in a day

• Guardian Media Group digital revenues outstrip print for first time (Guardian) 
• Union: Israeli magazine lays off cartoonist over PM image (Vancouver Sun) 
• Koyama Press to Close in 2021
• Troy Young Replaces David Carey as Hearst Magazines President (Folio:)
• Facebook shares fall by 20 per cent after social media giant misses revenue expectations in wake of Cambridge Analytica data scandal (Press Gazette)
• TI Media closes Soaplife magazine less than six months after move to weekly as 'sales not sufficient to make title viable' (Press Gazette)
• Magazine Media: Change Is Constant, But Consistency Can Be Crucial. (Mr. Magazine)

Spacing magazine partnership with City of Toronto creates a pop-up shop

Spacing magazine,which demonstrated that retail can profitably augment publishing when it launched a store in 2014 at 401 Richmond Street, has partnered with the City of Toronto to create a pop-up shop on a prime corner where visitors enter Nathan Phillips Square.

The store, which is clearly aimed at the tourist trade, is right on the corner of Queen West and Bay. It is open Wednesday to Saturday 10 - 6 and will be an obvious go-to place to get that branded Toronto T-shirt.

Mag world view: Quartz sold to Japan; Funding journalism; Hunger for print; Content for voice assistants

• Atlantic Media Sells Quartz to Japanese Media Company (Folio:)
• Last chance to fill in the blanks on funding journalism’s future | Roy Greenslade (Guardian)
• Why Brands and Celebs Still Want Their Own Print Magazines (Folio:)
• Put a Wrap On It: As Magazine Ads Dwindle, One High-Priced Approach Thrives (Dead Tree Edition) 
• OK Google: how publishers can create voice assistant content (FIPP)
• Meredith launches Real Simple Cooking School, a multi-platform digital content series (FIPP)