Condé Nast Britain in 2017 lost $17.3 million as sales declined. The poor top-line results indicated its U.K. operation wasn’t any more immune to negative sales trends than its sister company in the United States.
Adding insult to injury, that sales slump occurred as the economy expanded.
If a company ever needed a CEO to come up with a new strategy and clean house, it’s Condé Nast. Read more…
Condé Nast falling out of fashion
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cond-nast-falling-out-of-fashion-zlkblqn8n
Condé Nast’s UK Titles Swing to a Loss
https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/conde-nasts-uk-titles-swing-to-a-loss
Vogue publisher Condé Nast reports annual loss of £14m
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jan/03/vogue-publisher-conde-nast-annual-loss
Conde Nast UK tumbles to £14m loss
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/conde-nast-uk-tumbles-14m-loss/1522015
Condé Nast accounts reveal UK loss in 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/f3c91ef6-0f74-11e9-a3aa-118c761d2745
The recent Der Spiegels candal that revealed an award-winning reporter had fabricated information in more than a dozen stories is a reassuring exercise in press freedom. Read more…
The market for IPOs of digital publishers isn’t likely to improve this year without stronger signs that investors are willing to take on more risk. Read more…
Shoppers’ use of the Alexa voice assistant more than tripled during the 2018 holiday season from a year earlier. Read more…
Anyone whose professional title includes the words “publisher” or “editor” must consider the lessons from social media influencers in developing a personal brand. Read more…
The evolution of music journalism includes some hints about its future — whatever the medium. Read more…
Publishers faced with declining print revenue have sought to diversify their business models in ways to provide deeper connections among advertisers and readers. Read more…
Amnesty worked with Dutch agency Tosti Creative on the magazine, which was limited to 200 copies as part of a campaign for the “Don’t Look Away” petition. Read more…
Blind, an anonymous community app, surveyed tech employees to see how many would identify themselves as depressed.
The survey ran from Nov 20 through Nov 28, 2018, and was answered by 10,081 users of the Blind app. Users could only answer once.
| Company | True | False | Count | % True | % False |
| Amazon | 447 | 583 | 1030 | 43.40% | 56.60% |
| Microsoft | 380 | 534 | 914 | 41.58% | 58.42% |
| Intel | 68 | 107 | 175 | 38.86% | 61.14% |
| 55 | 87 | 142 | 38.73% | 61.27% | |
| 149 | 257 | 406 | 36.70% | 63.30% | |
| Uber | 80 | 143 | 223 | 35.87% | 64.13% |
| Oracle | 50 | 92 | 142 | 35.21% | 64.79% |
| Cisco | 51 | 96 | 147 | 34.69% | 65.31% |
| 148 | 299 | 447 | 33.11% | 66.89% | |
| Apple | 45 | 102 | 147 | 30.61% | 69.39% |
Source: Blind