Life

Snapfish by HP Gets a (Big) Slice of LIFE.com - Posted December 2, 2010
Snapfish by HP users will have access to more than 500,000 images from LIFE.com via the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Slate Publishes Fictional Response from Mick Jagger - Posted November 9, 2010
A Slate article created a fictional voice for Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger to respond to Keith Ri... [GalleyCat]

Hachette Offers Digital Review Copies on NetGalley - Posted November 2, 2010
Hachette Book Group (HBG) has joined with NetGalley to organize the distribution of HBG information and products. Through this deal, select reviewers, press, and booksellers will be given access to digital press kits and digital galleys. Several enhancements will be included ... [GalleyCat]

Keith Richards Loves Libraries - Posted November 1, 2010
Last Friday, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards made an appearance at the New York Public Library to talk about his new memoir, Life. People had stood in line since 8 a.m. for the event. Each ticket purchase included a signed cop... [GalleyCat]

Jim Gaines' New Project - Posted February 5, 2010
FishbowlNY has learned exclusively that Jim Gaines, the editor-in-chief of interactive publication FLYP Media, is leaving to start a new interactive media company. Gaines, the former managin... [FishbowlNY]

How Citizen Journalism Helps A Story Live On - Posted December 30, 2009
As we cover the media trends we're looking forward to in 2010, today we're focusing on citizen journalism and crowdsourcing -- two similar concepts that promote engagement between reporters and people involved in the stories they're covering. To get us started on this topic, we spoke to ... [FishbowlNY]

FTC Conference: Panelist Jim Gaines Checks In - Posted December 3, 2009
We weren't able to make the trip to Washington, D.C. ourselves for the Federal Trade Commission's two-day conference discussing the future of journalism on the Web, but we wanted to get a sense of what was going on down there anyway. So we turned to... [FishbowlNY]

Former Time Inc. Exec On Recent Cuts: Positioning For A Better Future - Posted November 5, 2009
The expected cuts at Time Inc. started this week, with layoffs at ... [FishbowlNY]

Parade Names Fairback To New Integrated Sales Position - Posted October 8, 2009
Parade magazine has brought Kristen Fairback on as vice president, integrated sales. In this newly created position, Fairback will be spearheading Parade's print and digital sales... [FishbowlNY]

The Experts Weigh In On Conde Nast Closures - Posted October 6, 2009
In the day following the news that Conde Nast has decided to shutter four magazines, including ... [FishbowlNY]

Parents Deputy Editor Hickey Returns To Ladies' Home Journal - Posted September 28, 2009
Mary C. Hickey, formerly the deputy editor of Meredith's Parents magazine, has return... [FishbowlNY]

Former Time Editor Jim Gaines: Did You Get the Memo? - Posted September 10, 2009
Jim Gaines is the editor-in-chief of FLYPmedia, the first true digital multimedia publication. Gaines was the former managing editor at ... [FishbowlNY]

FLYP's James Gaines Offers Old Media A New Way Of Thinking About Online Content - Posted August 13, 2009
Now it's time for something completely different. In the current era of searching for "what's next" for the media industry, James Gaines, a former managing editor at People... [FishbowlNY]

Newsweek to Overhaul Appearance, Focus Less on News - Posted February 9, 2009
The future is now! After years of speculation and talk about 'The Future of Magazines' it would seem we are living it, and it's not pleasant. Six months ago word that Newsweek was essentially going to give up chasing the news would have been shocking, now it mer... [FishbowlNY]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted February 23, 2007
Might As Well Jump: That anticipated Van Halen reunion tour? Probably not going to happen. ... [FishbowlLA]