Daily News Roundup 8/23/2019

August 23, 2019

Uniqlo to Bow First Print Magazine With Fall Collection

"[Taylor] Swift doesn’t just turn the page in her diary, but she sprinkles some glitter on it, tears it out and sends it up to the heavens on a colorful hot-air balloon."

- Nicholas Hautman in Us Weekly

5 Things To Do When You Find A Stray Dog

- Whole Dog Journal

Uniqlo to Bow First Print Magazine With Fall Collection

The retailer is the latest non-media company to start printing a magazine to showcase its product and ethos.

Magazine Media Audiences Grow At Faster Rate YOY

One-third of the magazine media brands included in MPA’s report had audience increases of 10% or greater in June 2019 year-over-year. Of this group, more than half had increases in print, as well as online audiences.

FOLIO:'s People on the Move

The Atlantic names new global marketing head, Deadspin EIC Megan Greenwell joins Wired, Bonnier taps Toby Hill as EIC of Cycle Volta and more.

FUSE Media Speaker Spotlight: Sheel Shah, Hearst Magazines

Shah highlights the ways Hearst is leveraging data and technology to grow new revenue streams, such as e-commerce.

Inside Cosmopolitan's Chic New Office

No matter which way you look, you’ll find Barbie-inspired artwork, neon signs, and leopard-print everything.

Ree Drummond Gushes About Husband Ladd for His First Cover of Pioneer Woman Magazine

Though Ree usually holds the glossy on her own, for the new fall issue (out August 27), Ladd is pictured staring lovingly at Ree, cowboy hat on and all.

Publishers are Changing Page Templates for Shopping Content Pages

In addition to using conversion data to build relationships with advertisers, sites including BuzzFeed are using it to tell site visitors what’s most popular among past readers; and sites such as the Strategist are adding widgets to their pages that follow people around with some of their most timely content.

YouTube Shuts Down 210 Channels Posting about Hong Kong

"We found use of VPNs and other methods to disguise the origin of these accounts and other activity commonly associated with coordinated influence operations," Shane Huntley from Google's security team wrote.

The June 2019 Magazine Media 360° Brand Audience Report Is Here!

The report hits the mid-year point with a Total Audience of 1.6 billion, up 5.5% versus year ago. Continuing the healthy growth we saw in the first quarter, performance by media platform is relatively the same pattern as last year. However, growth rates are accelerating while declines are slowing as audiences embrace new platforms and continue consuming content in all its forms.