4 posts and columns on Better Homes and Gardens

Time to Go: Time Warner Set to Swap Out Magazine Boss Ann Moore

in Media on August 5, 2010 at 4:27 am PT

Former Meredith Corp. CEO Jack Griffin is moving from Iowa to midtown Manhattan to run the world’s largest magazine company.

Location, Location, (Geo-)Location: BoomTown Talks Digital Real Estate

in News on July 15, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

Here’s an interesting video interview I did earlier this week with Sherry Chris for the Better Homes and Gardens blog on the impact of digital technology on the real estate industry in the age of consumer empowerment and ubiquitous information availability. It took place at the Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco, where about 1,500 real estate professionals gathered to talk apps, cloud computing, tablet computers and more.

Mixed Signals From Meredith: Ad Sales Are Less Bad, but Still Lousy

in Media on October 29, 2009 at 6:28 am PT

So now that the economy is officially growing again, when will marketers start spending again? It can’t happen soon enough for ad-supported companies (and their employees). Today’s unpleasant news: Magazine heavyweight Meredith says things are getting better, but they’re still worse than last year, which was pretty bad to begin with.
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Magazine Giant Meredith: Our Ads Are Lousy, Too

in Media on October 29, 2008 at 5:48 am PT

Why is Time Inc. planning on shedding six percent of its staff? The new numbers released by the magazine publisher behind titles like Ladies’ Home Journal offer a grim clue: Ad revenues are down 18 percent in the last year, and the next quarter looks equally bad.