The wayback machine: buyouts; unions; fundraising; swimsuits; copyright; airbrushing

Another in our sporadic, somewhat arbitrary, recollections of posts past on the Canadian Magazines blog. (Named in homage to Peabody's Improbable History, starring the time-travelling dog Dr. Peabody and his faithful boy, Sherman, from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. 

Five years ago

• Bayard Presse Canada buys out religious partner
• Digital magazine editions are gaining ground, particularly for b-to-b magazines
• You guys are afraid to talk about abortion, Maclean's tells its readers
• Front Page newsstand, an Edmonton fixture, to close up shop
• Will cultural mags be able to meet the CRA fundraising benchmarks?
• Webster relinquishes Maisonneuve publisher job to be a full-time editor

Three years ago

• Canadian Press, a 93-year-old co-op, is to be privatized by its three biggest members
• Will it be the law to disclose that a magazine has airbrushed its cover model?
• Writer's open letter to Canadian writers urgest them to join "a real union"
• BCAMP hits a bump, but recovers with variant on proposed name change
• Indigo Books & Music stores to branch out into more toys, more gifts and photography
• Up Here magazine uses swimsuit models to provoke discussion of climate change

A year ago

• Avenue Calgary out of the chute with Stampede issue on new iPad app
• Elle Canada publishes 2nd cover that's an ad for nail polish
• Dogs in Canada may bound back if publishing partner can be found
• Supreme Court copyright decision does not unleash a "free for all", says Access Copyright
• Sportsnet magazine being sold for a buck a copy
• Leaving magazine publishers in the lurch is bad for the business

The Canadian Magazines wayback machine

It's been a while since we looked back at what was happening on Canadian Magazines this week a year, two or five ago...

A year ago

• U.S. B2B revenues are making a strong recovery
• The Tyee offering its readers "master classes" taught by contributors
• Freelancer reaches settlement with Rogers over posting of peanut allergy story
• ABC approves new digital edition circulation reporting
• Tastemaker Tyler Brûlé and his empire

Two years ago

• Sweetspot founder to launch online retail site
• Disney to launch a line of kids' subscriptions magazines in U.S.
• Magazines Canada gets a shout-out with international magazine association
• R. R. Donnelly buys JournalismOnline and its Press+ metered paid content model
• New ABC circ rules allow magazines to count digital sales even if ads are different

Five years ago

• Cover model for Desi Life magazine clobbered by lion
• Canadian named editor of Skiing magazine in U.S.
• MOMA to run year-long retrospective of George Lois Esquire covers
• Jim Shenkman has left the building at Brunico Communications
• Magazines ad share in the U.S. grew by 1% in 2007

The wayback machine

Once again, as we do sporadically, we peer into the wayback machine to see what Canadian Magazines was featuring a year, two years and three years ago.Herewith, the highly arbitrary and selective list:

A year ago

• Today's Parent founder one of directors swept out of Ontario lottery corp
• Canadian magazine subs and singles seem to be starting to stabilize
• U.S. Reader's Digest Association files for bankrupty protection
• Flare magazine marks 30th anniversary
• Halifax's Frog Hollow Books closing
• Heavy hitters contribute to The Walrus promotional video
• Ontario magazine publishers seem resigned to the HST
• Six Canadian Business staffers and EIC of MoneySense magazine fired

Two years ago

• Transcon deal with Globe heralds another redesign, smaller paper, full colour
• Key faculty appointments made to Ryerson magazine publishing program
• Canadian Heritage releases confirming list of cuts to the arts
• J-source site hacked
• Patrick Walsh named president of Magawards
• Ken Whyte to publish biography of press baron Hearst
• CODA, Canada's longest running jazz magazine, celebrates golden anniversary
• Rolling Stone to shrink to standard size
• Rogers acquires fantasy sports company

Three years ago

•  Editor out at Calgary Inc.
• Architectural Digest invades Toronto in September
• Alberta's Venture Publishing brings unlimited launch to market
• Transcon buys 4th largest printer for $130 million
• Redwood appears to have lost major Kraft custom publishing account
• Marco Ursi is new editor of Masthead magazine
• Isabelle Marcoux of Transcontinental gives a careful interview
• Magazines Canada DM campaign sells 10,000 new subs

The wayback machine

It's been awhile since we did this. But some readers have said they like to look back and see where we've been and how far we've come in Canadian Magazines. So here's a rundown on what was being reported on this blog a year and two and three ago:

A year ago

•  Manitoba to impose 80% blue box levy on magazines
• Alberta Views hustles subs in wake of magazine-of-the-year win
• Quebecor World rejects sweetened Donnelly offer
• New internship program may suit Ontario not-for-profit magazines
• Rogers shakeup: Whyte and Mitchell now each multi-title uber publishers
• Transcon posts Q2 loss of 144.3 million
• Pierre Marcoux steps up to head Transcon's consumer magazine publishing
• Freelancers dismayed by Transcon's new "take it or leave it" contract

  Two years ago

•  Ken Alexander resigns as editor of The Walrus
• Venture Publishing purchases Alberta Oil
• June launch for swank new international architecture magazine
• Lake Simcoe Living to be launched
• Dance Current celebrates 10 years
• Sherrill Cheda, former Mags admin and founder of Emergency Librarian, dies
• Executive editor becomes editor-in-chief for LouLou magazines, French and English
• St. Joe's Tony Gagliano: "He's shot up like a rocket"

Three years ago

• Quebecor closes Vancouver mag printing plant
• We're strictly about money, says freelance union
• NAFTA decision may be good news for the PAP and for magazines
• Cover price differences irritating as the loony gains ground
• Maisonneuve wins best in show at newsstand awards
• Circulator Terri DeRose dies
• ARC aims to rehabilitate reputations of forgotten and neglected Canadian poets
• Maureen Murphy leaving Canadian Geographic

The wayback machine

From time to time we look back to see what was happening in the world of Canadian magazines. 

A year ago

• Gardening Life: "there will never be another magazine started to take its place"
• Canadian firms win big at custom publishing awards
• Three Canadian mags win big at 28th annual IRMA awards
• Wish and Gardening Life closed by St. Joseph
• Maclean's editor Whyte on book tour to resuscitate Hearst's reputation
• Magazines Canada hires ad agency to pitch to ad agencies and advertisers
• Fulford says when people talk about the death of print, they don't mean magazines

Two years ago

• Quebecor World stock down 41% in a week, facing refinancing challenge
• Torstar takes the long view with transition at Metroland
• Taddle Creek to war against apostrophe abuse
• Stuffy is out, says Reeves; that's why House & Garden folded
• Split run cover pricing being used to evade dollar parity for magazines
• Let's explore the "day old bread" approach to selling single copies

Three years ago

• Donna Clark has resigned from St. Joseph Media
• Building a buzz in more ways than one, Blackfly takes a bite out of Ontario 
• This magazine celebrates 40 years of feisty independence 
• Shelley Ambrose named Walrus publisher
• New crop whines from universities that boycotted Maclean's
• Shameless weighs in on slurs against Stronach
  

The wayback machine: Out of doors; contractual rights; MagNet; TV Guide goes out of print

From time to time we look back to see what was happening in Canadian magazines a year, two or three ago.

A year ago...

•  TV Guide US sold to private equity firm
• Access Copyright urging content creators to register
• Rogers sells Ontario Out of Doors to Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters 
• PWAC executive editor Degen named literature officer of Ontario Arts Council
• Ontario says magazine support so far this year tops $1.3 million
• Readers feel squeezed, but so far sticking with high-end glossies
• subTerrain turns 20 
  

Two years ago...

• CanGeo makes clean sweep of its circ department
• Toronto Star dumps P.M. mini-paper
• The Tyee offering fellowship to promote BC investigative reporting
• The rich are not like you and me; they use more media
• PWAC fighting back against contractual rights grab
• Transcontinental Inc. pledges to promote "environmentally preferable" paper
• Cottage Life cleans up at IRMA awards

Three years ago...

• Independent ReadyMade  swallowed by Meredith
• Robertson wins groundbreaking freelance suit after more than a decade of struggle
• Walrus tops up its board
• Mag industry tries to head off Canada Post's abandonment of the postal subsidy
• MagNet officially launched and hopes to attract the whole industry
• Transcon kills print version of TV Guide magazine
• The Beaver blows its own horn in offbeat TV ad
  

The wayback machine

Another in the occasional look-backs at what was happening in Canadian magazines one, two or more years ago. (Note that Magazines Canada is still talking to the federal government about reining in Canada Post*):

One year ago

• Rogers mag content on mobiles running 10,000 downloads a month
• Coda, Canada's longest-running jazz magazine, celebrates golden anniversary
• Ken Whyte to publish biography of press baron Hearst
• Hachette shutters shelter title Home
• Maclean's's take on George Bush's "liberalism" catches some attention
• Fuse magazine rallies the troops to oppose federal arts funding cuts
• First issue of bicycle magazine Dandyhorse wheels out in Toronto
• Editor captures lives of extraordinary "little old ladies"
  
• Wine Spectator magazine hoaxed; gives award to non-existent restaurant

Two years ago

• Magazines Canada asks feds to support PAP and rein in Canada Post*
• The first lawyer shall be last and the last lawyer shall be first?
• Redwood appears to have lost major Kraft custom publishing account
• Flare unveils new look with September issue
• Writer, editor, teacher and prolific freelancer, Bob Collins, has died
• Transcon buys 4th largest printer for $130 million
• British free papers agree to recycle themselves
• Disney to shutter Disney Adventures kids magazine
  

The wayback machine

It has been a while since we cranked up the wayback machine. Here's what was happening a year or two ago in Canadian Magazines.

This time a year ago...

• You guys are afraid to talk about abortion, Maclean's tells its readers
  
• Bayard Presse Canada buys out religious partner
• Maclean's reader says sex numbers don't add up
• Front Page newsstand, an Edmonton fixture, to close
• Will cultural mags be able to meet the CRA fundraising benchmarks?
• IABC claim about online ad sales questioned

This time two years ago...

• Quebecor withdraws bond issue it planned to use to buy Osprey
• Jane magazine RIP
• Gay magazine dispenses with "plain brown wrapper"
• British city government fed up with paying the cleanup cost of free newspapers
• Sara Angel out as editor of Chatelaine
• Comics publishers squeeze Canadian newsstand buyers

The wayback machine

From time to time, we look back to see what was happening around this time a year or two ago.

A year ago...

• PWAC fighting back against contractual rights grab (16 October 07)
• Five culture ministers in Ontario in 7 years (12 October 07)
• Feeling nervous, are we? Canadian Lawyer tries to squelch upstart competitor (10 October 07)
• CanGeo makes clean sweep of its circ department (10 October 07)
• Western Standard folds its print edition (5 October 07)

Two years ago...

• Walrus tops up its board (11 October 2006)
• Robertson wins groundbreaking freelance suit after more than a decade of struggle (12 October 06)
• Mag industry tries to head off Canada Post's abandonment of postal subsidy (16 October 06)
• Transcon kills print version of TV Guide magazine (19 October 06)
• Esprit de Corps tallies up the true cost of casualties in Afghanistan (23 October 06)
  
• Toronto Life bash befits 40 years (20 October 06)
  

The wayback machine

From time to time, we look back to see what was happening in the Canadian magazine business around this time a year or two ago.

A year ago...

• Chocolat magazine to melt away; Rogers announces closure
• Canadian Living and House & Home best newsstand performers
  
• Spacing magazine expands its reach, launches Montreal blog
• Modern Dog answers the question "Do I look like my dog?"
  

Two years ago...

• Chocolat preview
• Murray Lewis to be editor of Good Times, relocated in Montreal
• A world of troubles at Canadian Geographic
• Rogers merges trade publishing divisions
• Western Standard gets a design makeover
  

The wayback machine

Every once in a while, we'll look back to see what was going on in Canadian magazines around this time a year or two ago.

A year ago...

• Magazines Canada asks feds to support PAP and rein in Canada Post
• Transcon joint venture goes after blue chip custom publications
• British city to be research laboratory as "Magazine Town"
• Josée Verner named Minister of Canadian Heritage
• Marco Ursi is new editor of Masthead magazine

Two years ago...

• Verified? Will advertisers say "So what?"
• Transcon and SAQ start wine quarterly
• Time to come out on Fridays
• Big schools bail out of Maclean's rankings
• Sanati joins Chatelaine as Deputy Editor