Why won't print just lie down and die?
Celebrate Halloween with The Grub Street Journal.
We’re embracing spooky season with the new Walking Dead issue of the magazine, asking: Why won’t print just lie down and die?
The walking dead?
Speaking to industry insiders for our third issue, we discovered less zombie print, more a renewed focus on making printed publications work as a valuable part of the modern media mix. They told us that print magazines won’t die because:
They ‘wriggle’ themselves into readers’ schedules
Rob Orchard, Delayed Gratification
Readers want something that ‘feels and looks good’
David Parker, The Simple Things
They take you on a journey that's ‘completely unexpected’
Fiona Hamilton, magazine retailer Pics and Ink
Print is ‘so much cooler’ than it was a decade ago
Sarah Lesting from recycled paper suppliers Leipa
We also tackle the scary stories around paper’s environmental impact, challenge the ‘go green, go digital’ fairytales told too often to undermine print’s future, and look at the crossover between printed publications and art projects.
Elsewhere in the issue we’re…
Celebrating the art and science of the magazine flatplan
Spotlighting the ‘bundle of queer joy’ that is LGBTQ+ title Somewhere: For Us
Spilling some ink over the tattooed citizens of magazine land
Asking if sales people are just money monkeys?
Fighting the culture wars on the US newsstand
Getting meta with a look at magazines about magazines
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