Nat Ives

Thomas Pynchon Outed As Book Trailer Narrator|New Life For Vibe|Ben Stein Talks About Dismissal|Some Mags Are Doing Better In '09|Can Restaurant Critics Remain Anonymous? - Posted August 11, 2009
GalleyCat: Reclusive author Thomas Pynchon did in fact narrate his own book trailer. Ad Age: Just over a month after the hip hop magazine Vibe closed, there are reports that the owners of Uptown magazine have been in talks to buy and revive the title. Ad Age reporter Nat Ives said... [FishBowlNY]

Thomas Pynchon Outed As Book Trailer Narrator|New Life For Vibe|Ben Stein Talks About Dismissal|Some Mags Are Doing Better In '09|Can Restaurant Critics Remain Anonymous? - Posted August 11, 2009
GalleyCat: Reclusive author Thomas Pynchon did in fact narrate his own book trailer. Ad Age: Just over a month after the hip hop magazine Vibe closed, there are reports that the owners of Uptown magazine have been in talks to buy and revive the title. Ad Age reporter Nat Ives said... [FishBowlNY]

The Sad State Of Business Mag's Advertising - Posted July 15, 2009
Following on the heels of the news last week that magazine advertising revenues were down last quarter (big surprise there), we then learned that BusinessWeek was up for sale. Could there possibly be some correlation? Well, see for yourself. Nat Ives at AdAge.com has put together this depressing chart, marking how ad... [FishBowlNY]

Men's Health Tries A New Way To Earn Revenue - Posted June 18, 2009
With ad revenues slipping in the past year, magazines have been trying to find new ways to earn money and keep their publications afloat. With its latest idea, Men's Health might be on to something. Using new technology only made possible with Apple Inc.'s iPhone operating system upgrade this week, the... [FishBowlNY]

In Other News, the Future of Print Still Looking Dim - Posted November 3, 2008
Hey! There actually is news that has nothing to do with tomorrow's election! Of course it mainly has to do with the demise of print media, which is sadly not a story that is going to disappear after 11pm tomorrow night when the last polls close. Seems that... [FishBowlNY]

Print Journalism Officially in a Crisis, Or, Put Your Hand in the Hand of Your Strongest Competitor? - Posted July 21, 2008
Maybe just to make it all official, a recent study was conducted on the effects that recent layoffs and budgets cuts are having on the country's newsrooms (spoiler alert: it's bad). The study concluded that newsrooms are smaller despite a greater online need for content, there is less foreign news... [FishBowlNY]

'Magabrands'? - Posted June 20, 2007
Every year, the American Magazine Conference — the annual pow-wow of magazine executives — has a theme. Last year it was "transformation." We just received our invitation to this year's conference, slated for October 28-30 in Boca Raton. The theme? "Magabrand Revolution." What is "magabrand," you ask? We'll let the Magazine Publishers of... [FishBowlNY]

FishbowlNY Summer Music Preview: Who Was Your First? - Posted May 23, 2007
With the 2007 summer concert season upon us — one marked by the heralded return of rock relics like the Police and Genesis — FishbowlNY (inspired by Concert.TV's tagline) asked selected media types to recount their first time ... at a live show, that is. Drop us a line with your... [FishBowlNY]

Inside The Time 100 Party - Posted May 9, 2007
America Ferrera and John Mayer It's arguably the most exclusive magazine party of the year. (Graydon Carter's Vanity's Fair Oscar party perhaps being the other.) John Edwards mingled with John Mayer. Sir Richard Branson (just back from dogsledding in Alaska) commandeered the corner of the bar like a Virgin spaceship, and allowed... [FishBowlNY]