Mag world view: No longer Dwelling; Coloring with Mommy; Coffee's hot!

• Michela Abrams Steps Down at Dwell  (Folio:)
• The Los Angeles Times built a Slack bot that lets the newsroom know when the coffee is ready (Nieman Journalism Lab)
• 71-year-old reporter is fourth Mexican journalist murdered in six weeks (Press Gazette)
• With the rightwing papers leading the election charge, May need only follow  (Guardian)
• Vogue and now Gucci: fashion takes steps outside a whitewashed world (Guardian)
• Coloring With Mommy: A New Magazine From Bauer Media  (Mr. Magazine)
• Mashable exec on why branded and editorial content teams should have the same leadership (FIPP)

Mag world view: Scratch scratched; Jamie rolls out; NME gives it away; Print & independent thinking; Launching Plugin

• Scratch magazine toed the line between 'servicey and intellectual'. That was one reason it didn't make much money." (Nieman Lab)
• Jamie magazine launches in Hungary, Poland and Greece (FIPP)
• After 80 per cent circulation drop in ten years, NME print edition to go free (Press Gazette)
• B4B launches Slovenian tech Plugin Magazine in English and German (FIPP)
• Independent thinking shows that print can still deliver success (Guardian)

Mag world view: Canada controls mag paper; DIY Time; "real time" publishing; Pay up in UK; 2015 media predictions

• Coated Paper Shakeup Leaves Most U.S. Capacity in Foreign [Canadian] Hands (Dead Tree Edition)
• Time Inc. Introduces DIY Hub for Millennials (Folio:)
• New edition of Charlie Hebdo will 'obviously' include Mohammad cartoons (Press Gazette)
• Media M&A Soars in 2014 (Folio:)
• Magazine brought to life using augmented reality (FIPP)
• BBC Good Food moves to ‘real time’ publishing (FIPP)
• Sasha Frere-Jones leaves the New Yorker – a Genius move? (Guardian)
• 2014 was a great year for new magazines (Mr. Magazine)
• Is Google Now a Publisher Offering Other Publishers an Inadequate Deal? (Scholarly Kitchen)
• Wages on the rise at [UK] media owners (Media Week)
• Chris Llewellyn's 2015 magazine media predictions (FIPP)

Mag world view: Bertelsmann buys out G+J; Issuu launches "You Tube for magazines"; Harper Collins to authors: sell direct, make more

Bertelsmann Buys Out Publishing Partner Jahr After 45 Years (Bloomberg)

Issuu Brings Its “YouTube For Magazines” To The iPhone And iPad (TechCrunch)

HarperCollins Offers Authors More Cash on Books Sold Directly to Consumers (Crain's)

Indie bookstores aren't dead -- They're making a comeback (Huff Post Books)

142 Magazines Launch and 65 Close in First Nine Months of 2014 (MediaFinder) 

Mag world view: Chilled raises spirits; Editor? Who he?; U.S. postal muddle; Menswear's short shrift; Wonky journalists

• Chilled Magazine is raising spirits with 360 degree approach to publishing (Mr. Magazine)
• The Editor — A Vital Role We Barely Talk About Anymore (The Scholarly Kitchen)
• [U.S.] Postal Rates in 2015 Could Rise or Fall -- or Do Both (Dead Tree Edition)
• McGraw Hill Construction Sold to Private Equity Group for $320 Million (Folio:)
• Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger receive Right Livelihood award (Guardian)
• Why is so little space given to menswear? Too few men care (Guardian)
• As journalists become wonks, wonks become journalists (Nieman Journalism Lab)
• Direct-to-customer media was the promise of the internet. What happened? (Rex Hammock's RexBlog)

Mag world view: Azerbaijani NatGeo; Robin Williams' ghost?; Funnyzines; fashion with a conscience; Indiegogo forever

• Garant Media Holding launches National Geographic in Azerbaijan (FIPP)
• Forbes to digitise all content from 1917-2000 (Forbes)
• Axel Springer and Politico form joint venture to launch European edition (FIPP)
• Is This the Ghost of Robin Williams -- Or Just a Printing Error? (Dead Tree Edition)
• "Fashion with a Conscience" sets Marie Claire Apart (Mr. Magazine)
• Indiegogo Is About To Launch “Forever Funding” Campaigns Without End Dates (Tech Crunch)
• Thats funny: why arent there more comedy magazines? (Guardian)
• In Bid to Expand Membership, FMA Changes Name to Media and Content Marketing Association (Folio:)
• Modern Farmer Names Cara Parks Executive Editor (New York Observer)
• Like it or not, native advertising is squarely inside the big news tent (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Mag world view: Guardian offers "backstage pass"; IDG does in Macworld; editors move!; misremembering 9/11

• £60 a month for 'backstage pass' as Guardian unveils membership scheme (Press Gazette)
• USPS Employment Levels Have Stabilized (Dead Tree Edition)
• IDG Cuts Staff In Major Reorganization; Macworld ends in print (Folio:)
• Venezuela's oldest newspaper forced to stop printing (Guardian)
• WSJ Media Editor Martin Peers Moves to The Information (New York Observer)
• Editor Alessandra Bastagli Leaves Al Jazeera America for Nation Books (NYO)
• Who will screw up 9/11 remembrances today? (Romenesko)

Mag world view: WWD group sold to Penske; Donnelley's got pesticide problems; AMI rejigs...again; Intercourse, the magazine

• Condé Nast sells Women's Wear Daily group of magazines to Penske (Financial Times)
• Donnelley May Have Acquired EPA Trouble (Dead Tree Edition)
• Leak Reveals Time Inc. Editorial Rating Method (Folio:)
• Still some gloss left on magazine ABCs (Guardian)
• AMI Restructures Debt…Again (Folio:)
• The 63 UK journalists arrested and/or charged following the News of the World hacking scandal (Press Gazette)
• Intercourse, the magazine. No, it's not what you're thinking (Mr. Magazine)
• The Virtue of Rumor and Groundless Speculation (The Scholarly Kitchen)
• Magazine ABCs: Top 100 at a glance (Media Week)
• Why Atlantic Media is funding a social platform for sharing links, one at a time (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Mag world view: FT is 2/3 digital; What's up doc? in Baltics; LinkedIn buys Bizo; Turkey veggies; Gift Shop sold; Bucking trend at Vogue

• FT half-year results: Digital now makes up two-thirds of readership after 33 per cent rise to 455k subscribers (Press Gazette)
• Latvian publishing house Rigas Vilnie licenses What Doctors Don't Tell You in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia (FIPP) 
• LinkedIn Buys Bizo for $175 Million (Folio:)
• Convicted in absentia, sentenced to ten years in Egypt prison: British Al Jazeera journalist tells of 'burning sense of injustice' (Press Gazette)
• Dogan Burda launches new Turkish title VeggieLife (FIPP)
• Good Housekeeping gives its research institute a home of its own (Guardian)
• Ajans Media launches Jamie magazine in Turkey (FIPP)
• GIFT SHOP Magazine Sold (Folio:)
• Empire editor-in-chief leaves magazine for Time Out Dubai (Guardian)
• Shulman's Vogue bucks trends to remain on top (Media Week)

Mag world view: Author's Guild loses; NatGeo back to recycled paper; From "months to moments"; investigating Amazon

• The Authors Guild Loses (Again), and HathiTrust Wins–But What Does It Mean? (Scholarly Kitchen)
• National Geographic Comes Full Circle on Recycled Paper (Dead Tree Edition)
• Variety launches behind-the-scenes vertical (Folio:)
• FedEx Cries Foul Over Postal Service Price Cuts (Dead Tree Edition)
• Hearst's Duncan Edwards: We are moving from months to moments (Guardian)
• German book association demands investigation into Amazon’s publisher negotiations (PaidContent)
• Bloomberg appoints Matt Teeman as commercial director EMEA (Media Week)
• A change in the IRS process for granting tax-exempt status could be a boon to nonprofit news (Nieman Journalism Lab)
• Got writer’s block? 14 writers share how they fight the blank screen (Romenesko)

Mag world view: USPS and 3-D; Creepy Tatler; The Atlantic comes calling; hardball at checkouts

• Can USPS Deliver on the Promise of 3D Printing? (Dead Tree Edition)
• Hearst Launches Subscription Video Channel (Folio:)
• Tatler's flirting with creepiness, but don't be too hard on it | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (Guardian)
• The Atlantic Poaches Margaret Low Smith From NPR (Folio:)
• The most effective use of checkout space, saving the newsstands (Mr.Magazine)
• I-5 Publishing Buys Say Media Pet Properties (Folio:)
• The Journal Redesign — More Complicated, More Costly, and More Strategic Than Ever (The Scholarly Kitchen)
• The newsonomics of the new quest for big, big, big (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Mag world view: "Zero-nipple" policy; NUJ condemns £5 per 150 words; alienating covers; cats & dogs; Gawker's menu

• Loaded relaunches with 'zero-nipple' policy - and unveils Julie Burchill as a columnist (Press Gazette)
• Jet turns the page, launches magazine app (Folio:)
• NUJ condemns as 'pitiful' content marketing website offering writers £5 per 150 words (Press Gazette)
• Cat and dog lovers given chic new magazines (Guardian)
• Subtle Violations of Postal Regs Can Cost Mailers Millions (Dead Tree Edition)
• Stuff magazine drops cover models as research shows they alienate readers (Guardian)
• Finding the right balance between print and digital (Mr. Magazine)
• Open Access Publication Gains Acceptance With Authors, Licenses Still Problematic (The Scholarly Kitchen)
• Shortlist Media closes Never Underdressed putting 14 staff at risk (Media Week)
• Never go another day without knowing what Gawker’s staff is eating for lunch (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Mag world view: 3 for the newsstand; empty shelves; Latin Parents; Bauer helps mag students; Sub model optimization?

• Publishers Hope Threesome Will Perk Up Newsstand Sales (Dead Tree Edition)
• Time Inc. Sells Its Mexican Publishing Subsidiary (Folio:)
• Bare Shelves in the Magazine Aisle (Dead Tree Edition)
• Executive Shuffle at Hearst-Owned CDS Global (Folio:)
• Time Incs M Scott Havens: We want to build the next LinkedIn or Facebook (Guardian)
• Meredith Launching Parents Latina in 2015 (Folio:)
• Bauer Media joins forces with City university to help magazine students (Guardian)
• Hacking verdicts, outrage at jailing of AJ journalists in Egypt and a farewell to Felix Dennis in his own words (Jon Slattery)
• Hiding in Plain Sight — Is the Subscription Model the Optimal Business Model for the Digital Age? (Scholarly Kitchen)

Mag world view: Glamour made over; Ingrams's enemies; ALM Media bought 2nd time; Authors Guild v. Authors Alliance; post-Snowden

• Glamour magazine gets an all-American makeover (Adweek)
• A [comic] year post-Snowden (re/Code)
• Richard Ingrams goes rogue at The Oldie and Micheal Wolff bites the hand that used to feed him [Video]  (Press Gazette)
• Ziff Davis Acquires emedia Communications (Folio:)
• It's Time for Postal Unions and Mailers To 'KISS' on USPS Reform (Dead Tree Edition)
• Wasserstein & Co. to Own ALM Media for Second Time (Folio:)
• Goodbye to Source Interlink Distribution -- Linda Ruth (Folio:)
• What became of literary blogging? (Guardian)
• Richard Ingrams: 'I have lots of enemies, some of them enduring' (Guardian)
• Author vs. Author: The Authors Guild and the Authors Alliance Set to Duke It Out? (The Scholarly Kitchen)
• You can’t break copyright by looking at something online, Europe’s top court rules (paidContent)

Mag world view: Glamour puts on Lipstick.com; Time goes public June 6; TV Guide gets CEO; 9 best (and worst) things about journalists

• Glamour Magazine Launches Beauty-Focused Digital Site, Lipstick.com (10,000 Words)
• Time Inc. Will Go Public June 6 (Folio:)
• Glenn Greenwald: 'I don't trust the UK not to arrest me. Their behaviour has been extreme' (Guardian)
• No Thrillah in Manilla: Paperless 2013 Founder Going Down for the Count (Dead Tree Edition)
• TV Guide Magazine Gets a New CEO (Folio:)
• Le Monde editor quits after power struggle with top staff (Guardian)
• A list of the nine best and worst things about journalists by hackademic Tony Harcup (Jon Slattery) 
• A Love Affair with Magazines: Crowded, But Loved, South Africa’s Women’s Interest Magazines… (Mr. Magazine)

Mag world view: Best cover finalists (U.S.); Vogue expands website; Quad/Graphics-Brown impact; Not-so-gloomy on stands; Bauer restructures sales

• ASME unveils best magazine cover finalists (Huffington Post)
• Vogue to launch expanded web site in September (Women's Wear Daily)
• What the Quad/Graphics-Brown Deal Tells Us About U.S. Printing, Publishing, and Postal Services (Dead Tree Edition)
• The Newsstand Is Not All “Doom and Gloom” (Folio:)
• Empire strikes back in the battle for readers by embracing digital (Guardian)
• Bauer Media restructures sales team around agencies (Media Week)

Mag world view: Finnish merger; Forbes & the airport; Time buys IPC; awkward move to digital

• Talentum to merge the Tivi and Tietokone into new monthly magazine (WSJ)
• Forbes licenses brand name to airport newsstands (Folio:)
• Yes, I could work at Nuts and be a feminist | Mia Bleach (Guardian)
• Quad/Graphics Buying Brown Printing for $100 Million (Folio:)
• Three good things about Ezra Klein’s new site Vox, plus three challenges that it faces (PaidContent)
• Time Inc. Using Spin-Off Debt to Buy IPC Media (Folio:)
• We need to talk: 26 awkward questions to ask news organizations about the move to digital (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Mag world view: Spanish pres; Asia-Pacific adspend; Readly replicas; ASME finalists; Porn kills Nuts

• Javier Pascual del Olmo elected president of Spanish magazine association (FIPP)
• Carat says Asia-Pacific adspend will grow by 5.6 per cent this year (FIPP)
• Forbes unveils branded airport newsstands in the U.S. (AdWeek)
• Readly app launches in UK with 120 magazines (The Independent)
• [U.S.] Postal Service Dragging Its Feet on Fixing Periodicals Mail (Dead Tree Edition)
• 2014 Magazine Launches Outpacing Last Year in Q1 (Folio:)
• ASME Announces National Magazine Awards Finalists (Folio:)
• Nuts closure largely due to 'tsunami of internet porn' (Guardian)
• Attitude magazine celebrates 20th anniversary as same-sex marriages are legalised in pictures (Guardian)

Mag world view: New York goes Vulture; glossy collusion; The Fly dies; mobile eclipses newspaper

• New York magazine launches Vulture Festival (Adweek)
• The return of Newsweek to print...more cheers for its rebirth than jeers of its demise (Mr. Magazine)
• 10 Reasons Coated Paper Is Ripe for Collusion (Dead Tree Edition)
• The Fly music magazine closes after nearly 15 years (Guardian)
• Vogue models hit Piccadilly screens (Media Week)
• Newspaper advertising to be overtaken by mobile this year, study claims (Press Gazette)

Mag world view: Guardian windfall; challenged printers; Can Intercept reinvent journalism?; Pro Publica goes retail; new AAM CEO

• Guardian 'secure for generations to come' after tax-free bonanza of £619m from Auto Trader sale (Press Gazette)
• 6 Challenges Facing the Commercial Printing Industry (Dead Tree Edition)
• InStyle stays in touch with its audience (Mr. Magazine)
• Can Greenwald's digital magazine Intercept help to reinvent journalism? (Guardian)
• Tom Drouillard Named AAM CEO (Folio:)
• Northstar Travel Media Expands into Asia With Acquisition (Folio:)
• Guardian digital revenues hit £70m (Guardian)
• Suzy Menkes leaves International Herald Tribune for Vogue (Guardian)
• ProPublica launches Data Store, with prices ranging from free to $10k (paidContent)
• Time Inc teams with Google for programmatic exchange (Media Week)