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CZW Redemption
Redemption Results
Dustin Rayz vs. Rich Swann - **1/4
-Decent opener, nothing overly special, but a fun start to the show.
Latin Dragon vs. Mr. Tofinga - N/R
-Tofinga got hurt here, so the match ended at a countout when he was taken to the back. Hopefully he has a speedy recovery, he looked to be in a lot of pain.
O14K vs. Excellent & Strickland - **3/4
-This match probably won't come across as well on DVD as it did on the show, but it was hilarious and fun mostly due to Greg Excellent's shenanigans.
Devon Moore vs. Alex Colon - ***1/4
-Not gonna lie, I rated this as highly as I did for the bump that Devon took off of the ring truck. Up until that, it was a decent street fight, but nothing overly special.
Masada vs. Joe Gacy - ***1/2
-Now this was fun. Gacy has really impressed me in his recent death match performances. He took one hell of a beating. Oh, and Christina Von Eerie is hot.
NOI vs. Mondo & Mathis - ***1/4
- This was a lot of fun but Lucky fucked up the finish, but to his credit, it was a tough spot to get right. My big issue was this match left a lot to be desired.
Matt Tremont vs. DJ Hyde - ****1/4
-In my opinion on the same level as their Tangled Web match. There wasn't spot as big as that nasty choke slam bump from Tangled Web, but it was just brutal and a lot of fun. People were bitching that DJ wasn't taking many bumps but it all made sense. Plus Tremont getting "fired" at the end really added to their feud and I'm assuming will culminate at Cage of Death, which I will hopefully be attending this year.
Overall, not quite on par with T.O.D., but to be fair T.O.D. was hard to compete with as it was freakin' awesome.
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My idea / vision for the association I started almost a decade ago now, www.the100.us, was that I would help guide school owners thru the evolving maze of work and opportunities of school management, which is not a "thing" or a "system," but a practice fueled by each teacher's intelligence, resourcefulness, and driving motivations —-and, in turn, I would cultivate the group, overall, to become "The West Coast Demo Team" of martial arts teachers transcending the common and dominant paradigm of school ownership as it was in the 'industry" when I began the project.
My goal was to lead / engage 100 + martial arts teachers who came to stand for everything the martial arts industry wasn't genuinely cultivating; community engagement; anger management and actual peace education; environmental self-defense issues; health education, such as substantive work in diabetes education; suicide prevention; sustainable living; voluntary simplicity; gender equality; truth in media; hyper-masculinity and female objectification and its consequences; and, well, any and all subjects that allowed us to learn, to be more genuinely relevant in the world, and to, in general, "make a difference," instead of simply "making a profit."
So in The 100. I became the teacher of a new kind of school, on-line, which sought to reshape and/or at least contribute to the dialogue in the martial arts community about how we might go about the work to make true the promises of martial arts training and its affect on character and community.
Like any martial arts school, of all the people I have, so far, engaged, only a small handful have really become students of the work, actual participants who contribute to it and make the work more authentic and "real." I proceed undiscouraged, most of the time, knowing the ideas are sound and the purpose worthwhile —and that it is my execution of the work that needs adjustment for more industry-wide acceptance and engagement. So, in posts like this one, which is my practice of getting up every morning and readdressing what my work is, I polish.

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Today is very low. I don´t know if its weather or vacation related? From what I see is that most product related serps will show #1-#10 price compare sites, not one informational or ecom site.
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6:09 am on Aug 24, 2012
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@ diberry, I've been seeing that for months now. SERP's looks great yet one day can be great with the next very poor. Monitoring the SERP's seems useless these days, yesterday (Thursday) was also very poor for us, one site seem to come back on Wednesday but that was wiped out again yesterday. So far the worse week since 2005/2006.
6:18 am on Aug 24, 2012
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Yep also seeing a black thursday, traffic dropped through the floor
Martin Ice Web
7:00 am on Aug 24, 2012
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We had the best day yesterday ( thursday ) since a week. Gained a lot of keywords back. But traffic was going in spurts, 1 hour nothing, spurt, 1 hour nothing ....
Some widget keys i am tracking are now #1-#2 nothing but price compare engines.
7:00 am on Aug 24, 2012
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Yes when I search for news I often get old news reports.
10:09 am on Aug 24, 2012
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I'm seeing a lot of quite useless foreign sites filtering their way into Google UK, which vanish if you filter UK results only.
Looks really quite messy on some searches... other are absolutely fine.
11:31 am on Aug 24, 2012
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@diberry, @ohno, I have the same observation. My worst day since way-back-when, I have reported several times that it doesn't make any sense. You look at the SERP and wonder why. Did it show up and people for some reason decided not to go to my site or is it that it wasn't there but when I search it is? I can't figure iy out. Is it throttling? Traffic shaping? Network problems? Localization?
11:50 am on Aug 24, 2012
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I really don't know. One thing I am SURE of though is it's down to Google. You don't have a 10 year old business doing well one minute yet all but gone 7 days later. Funny how when this happens I ALWAYS see loads of foreign traffic in the logs. Perhaps the algo is out of control? Perhaps the Chinese have hacked them? Perhaps this is exactly what Google want? Who knows but it's like having teath pulled right now. Some say it's the economy, I say stop kidding yourself. We can go for days like this then one day the traffic all comes back and we do a weeks sales in a day. The next day it's back to nothingness.
1:29 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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@Martin Ice Web - same thing here...best "converting" traffic for the past week. I did throw some fresh meat out there in my blog and I've found that seems to open the quality spigot up for a short period of time. Seeing a little life again this Friday morning. I expect this type of shakeup after an algo announcement, so you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but when the income is stopped, it's usually panic mode. I've still got that classified "jobs" section of the paper on my desk though.
1:52 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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Some say it's the economy, I say stop kidding yourself.
You're right, we are now receiving more Google leads than before the recession hit...
1:56 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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I'm glad someone is doing well. I wish I could track down where all our traffic went to...
2:03 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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@onho and @gehrlekrona, should we maybe start a thread on this? Or do you think it fits the zombie traffic thread? (Mods, any input is welcome.)
If I wasn't showing up in the SERPs, the lack of G traffic would make sense. But I am - and I used proxies from around the world to search. Shouldn't that reduce the possibility that Google is showing me a totally different search than anyone else?
2:08 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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You'd think so wouldn't you? That is what I can't understand. I think the problem is personalised search, what we see is NOT what someone else does. However, how would we always see good SERP's yet have no traffic or conversions? There is no doubt traffic throttling exists, the data is just too uniform for it not to IMO. I think that is where the current problem lies. How do they throttle is the question...
2:11 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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diberry, how are you doing on long-tails? Could any traffic drop be from there?
Martin Ice Web
2:27 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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A site i am working on ships through panda and penguin without trouble but gains more keys. It´s now outranink big platforms.
The heck, i don´t know what i did there what the other sites do not have. I think every webmaster has his own coding/onpage style. This style is either good or bad for panda.
2:29 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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As a side note, anyone seeing less traffic also have issues with GA? Our problems seems to stat before the update announcement from Google on Monday. GART beta is not picking up many visitors tested on many PC's etc. If that data was part of an algo experiment.......
2:32 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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It would be interesting to know what sort of patterns bricks and mortar retailers see. It could be the economy, I certainly know of offline retailers who are really struggling in the recession and they see spurts of activity like we do, and not necessarily on days they would expect either.
Like you, my gut feeling is it's Google as it's been going since before the recession began (but only slightly before). I think the last time I saw steady predictable traffic/sales was in 2007.
2:39 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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But what if their spurts of activity were not directly down to Google? This kind of thing filters down. eg, we haven't made a stock order to our suppliers (bricks & mortar) as we have no need to. However the next time Google flick the switch back for us (if they do!) we will have a mad rush for stock again. Now, I've spoken with suppliers before about this and they see a bunch of online retailers wanting stock at the same times, to the point where they get cleared out of stock too. Certainly makes you wonder....
2:42 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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Ohno - I agree 100%, and yesterday seemed they were throttling my potential hits that could come into my site. Weird yes, Google regulated more, I think they should be.
"I really don't know. One thing I am SURE of though is it's down to Google. You don't have a 10 year old business doing well one minute yet all but gone 7 days later. Funny how when this happens I ALWAYS see loads of foreign traffic in the logs. Perhaps the algo is out of control? Perhaps the Chinese have hacked them? Perhaps this is exactly what Google want? Who knows but it's like having teath pulled right now. Some say it's the economy, I say stop kidding yourself. We can go for days like this then one day the traffic all comes back and we do a weeks sales in a day. The next day it's back to nothingness."
2:42 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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One observation I have is that when the hourly visits are high, usually in the eve.ings for some reason, it seems to be a different result set. If I click on the seat h in my stat counter, my site doesn't show up which tells me it has changed. Not sure why hits go up in the late evening. Throttling?
2:46 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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/\ You're not the first person to see that, backdraft at one point was getting sales at silly hours yet dead all day long. Data center churn?
3:10 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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@gehrlekrona, the Google SERPs have been subject to changes by hour of the day, day of the week and season of the year for several years. In some niches it's almost undetectable but in others it can be dramatic.
3:40 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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@tedster, I think there is more to it than just a shifting search results but none of us can pinpoint what is going on and why I get all these hits in the middle of the night like some other people here. Google might just be testing different sets
3:59 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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I have been getting my share of impressions, and they have been consistent for a while now, and all a sudden lastnight they dropped to zero, for the first time ever. Though yesterday I received more organic traffic than i have ever before.
Does anyone know why my impressions would drop to zero like this? what does this mean? I have several other sites that get zero impressions, how do i increase those, if possible? i would really like some info on this.
4:25 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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It's probably just my hallucination, but it seems that Google is assigning random numbers to generate the serps at any one moment. What used to be the monthly or quarterly everflux, is now the minute by minute everflux. But that's not all, there must be some other weighting stats used in combination with the randoms or just a random time mask on keywords designed to open and close like targets on a shooting range. The purpose of the mask? to possibly force increased Adwords spending? why else? that or to add "diversity" to the serps...but is that quality?
It's evolving every iteration and it's not getting any better for us old stalwort sites.
The normal traffic, lower conversion syndrome:
Traffic level remain "normal" yet quality rises or falls dramatically within obvious time spans.
It seems that the random mask removes the good performing keyphrases which affects targeting & quality. At the same time I see my most obscure pages getting hits. These page are so far outside my sales funnel that even I know they're unlikely to convert. That's how traffic stay even, but conversions drop.
Not the economy:
If I run my numbers back through the years, my traffic levels today might be 1,500 uniques a day with 2 conversions. Four years ago (when the markets really tanked) I was doing the same traffic volume, yet a dozen or more conversions per day. I used to be able to set my watch by my conversion frequency.
Manipulation would not equal love:
The trouble these days is the obvious manipulation that creates these crazy ON / OFF periods.
If it's not manipulation, it's a data churn, but you'd think G's system could keep that straight without throwing us all under the bus...over & over again. I hate to bring up the love letter again, but if they want our love, they might want to show a little in return.
4:48 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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diberry, how are you doing on long-tails? Could any traffic drop be from there?
Long tail is all I have since Penguin, but let me explain more. My stats package tracks my rankings using a number Google puts in the URLs, so I can look at say two days ago and see what phrases I was ranking in the top 3 for. Because this rankings number is the AVERAGE of what position all visitors saw your phrase in, from all their various locations, this is the best stat I know of for assessing where I'm ranking regardless of geographical differences. Not perfect, but best I can find.
So what I did yesterday was look at the phrases for which I had ranked in the top 3 positions the day before, when I got 11 times the visitors I got yesterday. Yesterday and today, I have searched those phrases through various proxies, and they are still consistently in the top three positions, but suddenly sending no traffic.
It's entirely possible there are some hourly shifts I'm missing in the SERPs, but enough to drop my G traffic by 90%? It seems like that big a shift wouldn't be so hard to pin down.
5:38 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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Backdraft7, you may have hit on something there regarding the normal traffic low conversion syndrome. If you have pages that are so far outside your sales funnel even you know they won't convert, perhaps you should get rid of them?
I don't know the ins and outs of your site but on the face of it, if you remove pages that don't convert then all traffic Google could possibly send you will go to pages that convert well.
If you still see these patterns after removing the dead wood then it must be down to a shift in the quality of the traffic. I always thought it was a traffic quality issue, but I never look at where the traffic goes on a daily basis so that could be why I see a similar thing (I definitely have some dead wood in terms of products that don't sell at all or very infrequently).
5:43 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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@backdraft7, we are probably on the same drug and like @tedster said, "they have been doing that for years" and we just haven't noticed it like now when we, like me only have 25% left of my traffic not so long ago
8:33 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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I guess I should clarify...
the pages outside of my direct sales funnel are my blog pages. The path to my order page is a little more convoluted if you come in through the blog.
Oddly this structure has worked fine until just recently. It's as if Google is now shifting focus to my blog, rather than my main site.
This might explain many things, such as my doorbells going silent, yet traffic levels remaining mostly unchanged and conversions dropping. Perhaps it's time to combine the two using a CMS like Joomla and funnel everything smoothly to the payment page. I'm not going to throw this all on Google...they've simply changed the way they look at my site, now I need to update it for better presentation.
Oddly though, my blog is in a sub domain and my server stats do not really support this theory.
Some of these problems could be due to the age of the site and the lack of technology that was available back in 2000. Newer sites appear cleaner and more integrated when using a CMS. My site has pre css html combined with varied forum, blog and gallery scripts and that may be my biggest problem.
The current iteration of Google is like a good friend who had a stoke and no longer remembers me. Now might be the best time to start a redesign and re-teach G about my site. Good move or a shot in the foot? I dunno.
8:45 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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I think the problem is personalised search, what we see is NOT what someone else does.
I've been considering this, too. How can we determine how much of our Google problem is actually with personalized search?
I also wonder how many Google users even know that they are being presented with personalized search and have an option to turn it off?
8:54 pm on Aug 24, 2012
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For what it's worth I am 100% positive there are at least 2 sets of data (search results) being used. I have been tracking this for a while now and it does NOT change multiple times per day. The "second set of data" usually pops up every 2-3 weeks for about 3-7 days.
For me personally when the "second set of data" is being used conversions and traffic quality go up. This shouldn't be confused with the normal churn of the SERP's which happens on a daily basis with the "first set of data".
12:24 am on Aug 25, 2012
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Check your SERPs from a number of locations in your country if you can - personalisation and location can affect what you see.
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The big news out of Condûˋ Nast this week wasn't about a controversial news story or some major acquisition. No, the buzz was about chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr.'s annual luncheon bash exclusively for his top editors, publishers and executives. And, if the New York Post's Keith Kelly is to be believed, everyone wanted to know who was sitting where and with whom-most especially who had the coveted seat next to Mr. Newhouse himself.
I'm always a fan of a good party, but does anyone who didn't attend really care? Does it really require news coverage with the fervor of a high school prom?
That said, the obvious "big news" was that Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman was seated at the big table (No. 4) at Newhouse's right side. (Portfolio super-publisher David Carey was assigned to table No. 7 which was apparently devoid of any heavy-hitting Condûˋ Nasters.) Is this really a sign that the often-criticized editor still has Newhouse's support, or was it a move to save face since all of us gossipy media spectators are watching?
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Dennis Turned Down ãHundreds of Millionsã for The WeekBill Mickey
Felix Dennis has a little more work to do yet on his weekly news compilation The Week. He tells David Carr that he'll be expanding the magazine into more markets and has fended off some significant offers. "Cross my heart and hope to die, I have already been offered hundreds of millions of dollars for it."
Even after selling off Maxim, Stuff and music magazine Blender to Quadrangle-backed Kent Brownridge in mid-2007, Dennis declined to sell his one remaining U.S. title, noting that he expects it to become a sizable franchise. "I will throw The Week onto no pile until it becomes a half a billion or billion-dollar franchise. The Week is my baby," he says.
The North American version of the magazine has a circulation of about 500,000; the British version is the original; and Carr writes that an eastern version of the magazine will soon be released, supported by a five-person edit team in Australia and one-man bureaus in Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand.
Just as The Week is Dennis' across-the-bow shot at the sagging newsweekly market, the magazine's lean staff structure is his answer to bulging mastheads. "The American magazine industry has been massively overstaffed for years and years. It is one of the most inefficient businesses in the history of the world. And you know what? The chickens are coming home to roost."
'Me First, Me First': Dealing with the Digital LogjamMatt Kinsman
Web site relaunches, job boards, social networks, Webinars, podcasts, videocasts, etc. Most magazine publishers are scrambling to ramp up their online offerings as fast as they can. However, in the rush to ramp up online, management and the major disciplines (sales, editorial and circulation) often take for granted that whatãs being built can be done quickly and easily, and overload the online and IT staffs with ãme firstã requests. ãPeople think online is easy, that standards and guidelines can be gotten around, that things can be done far quicker than they actually can with fewer people, none of which is true,ã says the online manager at one b-to-b publisher. ãYes, you can launch a Web site easier and more cost-effectively than a new magazine but it still takes the same business practices behind the scenesãcontent planning, business planning, budgeting. A lot of those things tend to get ignored online."
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First off, I have not seen the new Amazon Kindle in person. (Note to self: send nasty note to Discover tech editor after finishing this blog entry.) From the pictures, though, the thing looks like a fantastically expensive Speak & Spell.
The reviews from tech geeks, however, have been generally positive, and the first run sold out on Amazon in five days.
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Ink on paper also works better for beautiful photography. The collective weight of the fall fashion magazines shows that advertisers clearly agree.
Finally, magazines are more portable than even the lightest laptop. Anyone who has used a laptop on their actual lap can attest that it quickly gets uncomfortable.
The Kindle points out the shakiness of the first and third legs of the proverbial stool. The Kindle is lightweight, easy on the eyes and presumably doesn't burn your lap. The wireless connection provides access to scores of books or magazines, anywhere, at any time.
Sure it's $400, but you have to believe that a $99 version with color photos will be on Amazon by Christmas 2009. With the way ink and paper prices have been going, that might not be a bad thing.More...
Give Karl Rove a BlogDylan Stableford
As part of its pre-election push, Newsweek recently announced the addition of ex-White House senior advisor Karl Rove as a columnist, his glossy appointment coming a day after the magazine named Markos Moulitsas, founder of the popular liberal politics blog and tradeshow Daily Kos. Good move by editor Jon Meacham: a right-wing pundit to balance Markos' lefty politics. But why waste two outspoken personalities on the print magazine?
Here's an idea: Give ãem both Newsweek-branded blogs and have them face off before, during and after debates and conventions, allowing readers to join the conversation via comments. (Some media people still consider "comments" to be a risky wasteland of the delusional and the deluted, but I guarantee lightly-monitored comment-thread can frame such a debate in a much more civilized way than, say, cable.)More...
You Get What You Pay ForJohn J. Palumbo
I have often said that anyone with basic Mac skills and the ability to pay a printer thinks they can be a player in the magazine publishing business these days. Most city & regional publications are having their markets diluted with freely distributed, rack-in-the-drugstore-vestibule publications. To a certain extent we are the victim's of our own success. Robust growth of the regional magazine business has resulted on healthy looking books in many markets and frequently forays into the bridal and shelter book markets by local publishers. Hence "the entrepreneurs" have been lured by the apparent riches they see in the four-color glossy pages of regionals.
Adding to the woes of reputable publishers is the fact that many of these neophyte entrepreneurs routinely and glaringly ignore all the MPA rules regarding editorial integrity on their pages. Our sales folks are routinely queried by advertisers conditioned by these publications- looking for free editorial ink as a thank you for their advertising commitments. The fact that these publications are four color glossies seems to lure some of the less knowledgeable local advertisers like a moth to a flame.
Emmis Communications has taken a leadership role in the city and regional publishing business by commissioning multiple studies in the markets where they own magazines to determine the "recallability" of these free rack and forced distribution publications. In every case the "other" non-audited publications are not even on the radar screen when it comes to recall and effectiveness of content-both advertising and editorial-in swaying the recipients buying habits.
The first question all of us need to ask advertisers when confronted with this merging completion is "Do you really know who is looking at your ad?"
Second one: "Do you think they are really spending time looking at it?"More...
Publishing in the (Long) Shadow of New YorkKate Tomlinson
The publishing world may seem gloomy in Magazine Central, but out here in what many New York print types view as the hinterland, I'm thankful to be a regional magazine publisher. For one thing, people still do read magazines, especially the ones that cover topics they have a passion for and -- laugh if you will -- our readers have a passion for all things Jersey. I think Dan Brogan, my fellow regional publisher from Denver (5280), gave the best explanation of the strength of our category when he called city and regionals enthusiast magazines for a particular place. Our readers really do want to know where to go, where to eat, and, let me not forget, who the best doctors are.
Our pink sheet is clean, but I am thankful that our advertisers don't read pink sheets. Yes, they look at the first page, and I am hearing more about "accountability," but the tempests at ABC that increasingly pit advertisers and agencies against publishers haven't crossed the Hudson Ocean (err, I mean River).
I hear a lot about national advertisers moving their advertising from print to the web and other new media, but I am thankful that our advertisers haven't joined the stampede-yet. They are experimenting with new media, but haven't allowed themselves to forget that it's all about results rather than following the fashions, which is good for print. Judging from some of the comments I heard at the City and Regional Magazine Association conference in September, local advertisers in some areas are starting to shift dollars to the web, but we have some time to craft our own web strategies to take advantage of the transition.
Operating a business in the New York Metro has its downsides-and that's a rant for another day-but there are some things to be thankful for, such as the incredible talent pool that Magazine Central represents. About half our staff members have gotten their training at one of the large, national magazines in our backyard.
Publishing a magazine outside NYC gives me much to be thankful for, and, if anyone can come up with a way for a magazine to make serious money on the Web, I'll be grateful for many Thanksgivings to come.More...
Playboyãs Search for Americaãs Sexiest Sportscaster Hits Rock-BottomDylan Stableford
Playboy magazine is hosting its second "America's Sexiest Sportscaster" poll, which closes today. A typically chauvinistic move setting women's journalism back 15 years. (Sports Illustrated, for some reason, called it "the season's second most-discussed poll.") The whole thing makes about as much sense as Miss Landmine 2008 (a real competition-seriously).
That said, I guarantee most of the nominees spent Thanksgiving lobbying their families to vote.
The winner, by the way, will be announced November 28.More...
Worst Anniversary Party Ever? Atlantic Monthly Celebrates 150th in New YorkDylan Stableford
The Atlantic Monthly celebrated its 150th anniversary with a party in New York earlier this month. It picked the scholarly Kimmel Center at New York University as the venue. The venue had a stage. Instead of, say, using the stage for a panel or discussion, it served for the bulk of the evening as an awkward VIP area, where the important guests like Arianna Huffington, Moby and Mayor Bloomberg partied while 600 or so readers (a.k.a N.I.P.s) were forced to watch. Itãs admirable that David Bradley and a magazine like the Atlantic would want to include its readers. But not like this, man. Give everyone access, find another venue or throw two partiesãone for the V.I.P.s and one for the rest of the dregs.
Gawker has the damning video ãÎMore...
Why Does Burkle Want American Media?Dylan Stableford
Slate's Mickey Kaus has a nice extrapolation on what's behind Ron Burkle's pursuit of American Media Inc.:
Soon he'll presumably have the power to kill any scandalous story in the Enquirer or Star that might hurt his friends (the Clintons). And he'll have the power to run the stories that will hurt his enemies. And for those who might help the Clintons now (by, say, splitting the anti-Hillary vote) but hurt them later--well, he'll be able to choose the timing of any further exposes. ... Look at it from the point of view of the aptly-named David Pecker, head of AMI: If you assume Burkle wants AMI's publications in order to gain political influence, when is the time at which Burkle would pay the maximum price? Right before the campaign starts in earnest. In fact, you might pinpoint Pecker's maximum leverage as coming a couple of months before the Iowa caucuses.
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Beware ãCarbon Neutralã Paper ClaimsFrank Locantore
I don't believe in "carbon neutrality."
It is not a helpful concept-some would argue it is deceptive-and there is no clear or agreed upon definition. Publishers who want to be environmentally responsible stewards should view claims of "carbon neutral" paper with suspicion. Such paper most likely doesn't offer any environmental benefit and can be a marketing risk.
A recent report from the Sustainable Forest Product Industry (SFPI) working group makes the claim that "carbon neutrality" can be achieved by burning tree parts, or "biomass," to generate energy for paper mills. SFPI acknowledges that burning trees releases carbon into the atmosphere, but through convoluted logic argue that this is OK, because the trees sucked up the carbon from the atmosphere in the first place. Tree burning merely "recycles" the carbon, SFPI happily concludes.
This is not CO2 neutral. In fact, tree burning is double whammy for the environment: not only does the tree stop absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, it now contributes carbon to the atmosphere. Perhaps burning trees for energy produces fewer CO2 emissions when compared to the burning of fossil fuels. But "fewer" is not the same as "neutral." In the best case "carbon neutral" may mean more efficient energy production. In the worst case it is just an exercise in semantics.
The reality behind the semantic is that tree burning emits a greenhouse gas, CO2, into our atmosphere.
So beware of paper suppliers who pitch "carbon neutral" paper. Using this paper would be an environmental and marketing mistake since such paper would not protect the environment nor communities and may endanger the publication's image and marketability.
Read Larry Light's CMO Strategy piece and view the three-minute video of Seventh Generation's president Jeffrey Hollender in Advertising Age that encourages companies to adopt sustainable practices but also warning them about participating in hollow marketing claims.
Here are the companies that are part of the SFPI working group that produced this report:
Grupo Portucel Soporcel
International Paper
MetsûÊliitto Group
Nippon Paper Group
Norske Skog
Oji Paper
SCG Paper
Suzano Papel e Celulose
Stora Enso
I told you my bias in my very first blog. What might be bias of these pulp and paper manufacturers?
For more on the Magazine PAPER Project, click here.More...
Green Paper for People and PlanetFrank Locantore
Are you a magazine publisher that uses environmentally and socially-responsible paper, or you would like to learn how?
Here's why you should read this blog:
- There are opportunities for magazines to gain rewards and recognition for their environmental publishing practices through awards like the Aveda Environmental Awards (deadline Nov 30, 2007, click here for the application).
- There are special bookstore promotions at Barnes and Noble and Hastings Books and this month, January and April 2008, and
- There will be information about topical environmental issues relevant to magazine publishing, helpful tools and resources, and the opportunity to engage in dialogue on this blog about your questions and concerns.
- Since this blog is about "Green" publishing practices for magazines and since I work for the non profit, Co-op America directing our Magazine PAPER Project, it probably will not surprise anyone to learn that I have a bias.
So to honor full disclosure, I believe:
- That making paper is like magic and those that disagree probably have not visited a paper mill.
- That paper is an essential product for the well-being of communities and cultures by providing a medium for expanding knowledge and hygiene.
- That as population grows worldwide, it would be hard to avoid using more paper.
- That manufacturing paper with the greatest degree of care is essential so that we don't harm communities, human health, or the environment.
- That in an ideal world, the manufacturing of paper could actually be a force for healing environmental problems;
- That the key pillars of reaching this vision include: use reduction, maximized recycled content use, credible forest certification, clean production processes, and consideration of social impacts.
- That the best manner in which to work towards this vision is through a multi-stakeholder environment that includes the paper industry, governments, end-users, merchants, businesses, and NGOs; and
- That responsible environmental stewardship is good for business.
I am fortunate to share many of these beliefs with colleagues that also work in the non-profit world for responsible paper use. In 2002 we all came together and authored A Common Vision for Transforming the Paper Industry: Striving For Environmental and Social Sustainability, and then started a network of non profits working on these issues called the Environmental Paper Network (EPN).
And, I'll promise that this blog will be a forum for respectful discussion. We may not agree always - or even often - but, we should always be talking to each other because the problems and impacts on our society are too great for us not to work together.
Look for my post tomorrow on why magazine publishers should be wary of "carbon-neutral" claims.
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Topics: Health Costs, Medicare, Medicaid, Politics
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News outlets report that pressure is diminishing as the federal government's "red ink" recedes, leaving Democrats far less likely to consider major changes and trims to Medicare that Republicans view as the building block for any such agreement.
The Washington Post: As Red Ink Recedes, Pressure Fades For Budget Deal
In the meantime, Republicans face a listless summer, with little appetite for compromise but no leverage to shape an agreement. Without that leverage, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday, there is no point in opening formal budget negotiations between the House and the Senate, because Democrats have no reason to consider the kind of far-reaching changes to Medicare and the U.S. tax code that Republicans see as fundamental building blocks of a deal (Montgomery and Goldfarb, 5/7).
The Associated Press/Washington Post: As Deficit Bargain Remains Elusive, Pessimism Abounds At Annual Fiscal 'Summit'
But barely 100 days into President Barack Obama's second term — supposedly a time of peak possibility in a divided capital city — a bipartisan squad of Washington's budget big shots was decidedly downbeat on the chances of following up January's big tax increase on the wealthy with a follow-up deal. "A 'grand bargain' implies you're going to fix the problem, but when you have the majority party in Washington unwilling to embrace the kinds of reforms that make Medicare solvent or make Social Security solvent ... I don't see a grand bargain happening," said House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a frequent attendee at Peterson's event (5/7).
The Wall Street Journal: Ryan Sees No 'Grand Bargain' On Budget
A top House Republican lawmaker said he didn't think that a "grand bargain" on a broad deficit-reduction agreement would be reached in the near term, casting new doubts on the chances for such a deal. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) said that he thought the parties were too far apart on the question of overhauling major entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid, saying this would prevent a major deal from being concluded (Boles, 5/7).
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The Best $50 We've Ever Spent at an Airport: Vegas' Amex Centurion Lounge
An empty airport can be a very loud place. Moving walkways squeak, the soundsystem blares with a soundtrack of Rihanna and Nickelback, a carpet cleaner steers his roaring machine ever nearer and, in the particular case of Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, slot machines on low volume still ring, ting, beep and buzz.
During a 10-hour overnight layover at LAS this last weekend, we were faced with a dilemma: pay a Friday night room rate (plus resort fee and taxi) at a Vegas hotel or suck it up and hunker down for the night on the floor at the airport. Partying was outwe'd just flown in from Hong Kong and our greatest desire was only for warm food and a few hours of horizontal-ness.
After settling for an Auntie Anne's pretzel dinner, we sauntered around the terminal on sleeping zone reconnaissance and, somewhere near the start of the D gates, we spotted our salvation in the form of a stark white wall and two doors of lapis lazuli blue. The American Express Centurion Lounge!
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Oktoberfest Celebrations at Airports Across the USA
One of the biggest festivals of the year is now underway in Germany but, if you're stuck at home in the nifty fifty, there are still a few spots to celebrate Oktoberfest—even at the airport.
For example, we know that Lufthansa is all in when it comes to the seasonal celebration, and this continues at the airport as well. Senator and Business Lounges around the world, including those in the US (New York-JFK, Newark-Liberty, and Washington-Dulles, Detroit).
The lounge staff might not be in traditional dress like some of the cabin crew, but a few Oktoberfest treats will be added to the food and beverage selection.
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Inside the New Oneworld International Business Lounge at LAX
Freshly opened back in June, the new International Business Lounge within the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport is the result of a combined effort from Oneworld alliance partners Qantas, British Airways, and Cathay Pacific. Located on level 5, it can accommodate up to 400 people and is open from 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Earlier this month, we swung through to take a look around during an 8-hour layover from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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How Japanese Airline Lounges Always Pour Perfect Beers
Airline lounges are more than just comfy sofas, free wifi, and delicious food. Many lounges (mostly outside the United States) pull out all the stops when it comes to amenities for the relaxation of their frequent flyers, including in the beverage department.
Recent stops in both Japan Airline's Sakura Lounge at Tokyo-Narita and ANA's International lounge at Tokyo-Haneda had us decompressing in a thoughtful and welcoming space with plenty options for fill our bellies and imbibing at the self-pour bar. While there isn't a bartender to mix your drink for you, there is a unique server in the form of a special beer machine placed just next to the vodka, gin and whiskey.
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Iberia Hopes Your Nose Notices a New In-Flight Scent
Nothing is worse than sniffing an unexpected scent when traveling in the confinement of an airplane's cabin, but a couple airlines have decided to romance passengers through their noses with a signature cabin scent. They're not installing some kind of air purification system or planning on cracking a window; this scent is pure eau de airline, and British Airways was the first to experiment with the concept back in 2011.
New for 2014, BA's partner airline Iberia plans to do the same with a brand new customized scent. It'll be known as Mediterraneo, and will boast accents of lemon, citrus blossoms, vanilla, rose, and jasmine—among other hints.
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Delta Brings In New Bits and Bites To The Sky Club
When it comes to airline lounges, things here in the U.S. are leaps and bounds behind what's being offered internationally. However, one major carrier's digs are getting a modest facelift, as Delta Sky Club has launched changes to its services. .
Delta's airport lounges have always offered up complimentary snacks and beverages—even the alcoholic ones—but the latest upgrade and improvement is focused on the food. Please don't expect waiter service, entrees, or tasting menus, but just last week the free bits and bites received little bit of an upgrade.
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Can a Gelato Bar Entice Travelers to Book Business Class?
Flying can be exhausting, even if your itinerary involves lie-flat seats in the front of the plane. As such, you can imagine our jubilation when we passed by a low freezer case filled with creamy gelato goodness during some downtime in Qantas' Business Class lounge at Sydney International.
Along with the standard free-pouring champagne, hot dinner and bountiful desserts, the Red Roo's lounge serves up the icy treat for passengers traveling on international flights in Business Class (or holding Oneworld Sapphire status). Ice cream is a lovely little luxury, perfect to be present in a lounge for a level of luxury travel.
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Inside the Air Canada Maple Leaf International Lounge at Toronto's Pearson Airport
As a major Air Canada hub, Toronto-Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is well outfitted with lounges for the airline's premium travelers. Aside from a Maple Leaf lounge for domestic Canadian flights and another dedicated to Transborder (Canada-USA) travel, YYZ boasts a spacious International Maple Leaf Lounge located in Terminal 1, Concourse F.
Elite Air Canada flyers and those holding Business Class tickets are privy to the free WiFi, modern and comfortable seating, complimentary hot food, snacks, beverages, and alcohol (including all the ingredients for a great Bloody Mary), plus private shower rooms.
Since Air Canada is proud of their status as one of the founding members of the Star Alliance, you can also bet that elite travelers on other Star Alliance international flights (and holders of Star Alliance Gold status) will be welcomed into the classy digs.
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Alaska Airlines' Pancake Machine Brings Breakfast Buzz to US Airports
There seems to be a little bit of buzz coming out of the Alaska Airlines Board Room, and it all has to do with a little bit of breakfast. Like plenty of airport and airline lounges the folks at Alaska Airlines put out a little bit of a morning spread, but here there's also a little bit of breakfast technology hard at work.
The lounge's pancake machine is well known, and after making its debut at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the contraption has also found a home in Anchorage, Los Angeles, and Portland as well. You'll need to access the Alaska Airlines Board Room to check things out, and thankfully they're offering $10 off a day pass through the end of the month—that's just $35 for the day.
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Surprisingly Yummy Airline Meals: Eggs Royale in the Qantas First Lounge
We have all had a terrible meal on a flight before. In fact, we have shown you some of the sadder trays slid in front of us. With this new series of amazing airline meals, we can revel in the airline culinary delights and give kudos to the airlines that got it right.
It's true--this yummy airline meal wasn't technically eaten on a plane, but rather in the Qantas International First Class Lounge at Sydney-Kingsford Smith airport. That said, it was too good not to report on, several years after the lounge opened to much fanfare.
While some of the furniture could use a spruce up, we still make extra time when our travels take us through here, and the food has been - and is - right up there when it comes to why we do. The waiter-served restaurant, overseen by Neil Perry, actually lives up to its claims of serving restaurant-quality food. The Eggs Royale we had were delicious, and with a tea and orange juice the perfect way to start our day and ready ourselves for a long-haul flight.
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San Diego's Newest Airline Lounge Welcomes One and All for Peace and Quiet
Your travels to and through San Diego just got that much better, as there's a new airport lounge now doing its thing at the airport. Airspace Lounge is a pay-to-play rest and relaxation zone for any and all travelers, so there's no need to be a frequent flyer or hold some kind of special credit card to gain entry—although those with an American Express Platinum Card can visit for free.
The new lounge does its thing between Terminal 2 East and West at San Diego International Airport, and its location should be convenient for those traveling with as many as 12 different airlines.
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Here's Your Chance to Sit in a British Airways Concorde Seat
The chances of any of us that didn't fly Concorde back in the day to experience what it was like to fly Mach 2 on the iconic plane are slim to none. Supersonic travel shows no signs of resurgence, and even if it were coming back, we doubt the original Concorde would be part of it.
While you can see a stationery Concorde in a number of places, there is one airport plenty of travelers pass through where you can still sit in a Concorde seat, even if it is before you get on a plane and take off. We're referring to London's Heathrow Airport or, more specifically, British Airways' appropriately named Terminal 5 flagship lounge, the Concorde Room.