8 posts and columns on John Squires

Time Inc. Veteran John Squires Lands at Digital Bookstore

in Media on April 13, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

Longtime Time Inc. executive John Squires, last seen running the magazine industry’s version of Hulu, has a new gig: He’s at Akademos, a Connecticut-based company that runs digital bookstores for small and mid-sized colleges.

“Hulu for Magazines” Gets a CEO: Good Luck, Morgan Guenther!

in Media on June 15, 2010 at 6:46 am PT

Remember Next Issue Media, the “Hulu for Magazines” joint venture that was supposed to help the big publishers negotiate with the likes of Apple and Amazon in the e-reader market? Now it has a CEO, who has a very tough job.

Now’s the Time, Finally: Publishers Announce Their “Hulu for Magazines.” Next Up: Building It.

in Media on December 8, 2009 at 6:01 am PT

You’ve been reading about it for a couple of months and now it’s finally official: The magazine industry is forming its own joint venture to control distribution of digital products that don’t yet exist.

Publishers Like Time Inc.’s “Hulu for Magazines” Pitch. What Will Apple and Amazon Say?

in Media on October 2, 2009 at 6:32 am PT

Time Inc. has spent the past few months convincing other publishers to join a new joint venture aimed at a market that doesn’t really exist yet–magazine-like publications to be delivered via e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s rumored tablet. Publishers like the idea. What will Apple and Amazon say?
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Time Inc. Pines for a Kindle Killer–If Someone Else Builds It

in Media on September 10, 2009 at 3:35 pm PT

Is Time Inc. building a Kindle Killer? Nope. A report suggests that Time Inc. wants to get into the hardware business and produce its own e-reader. That’s something other publishers, like Hearst and News Corp., are actually doing or have at least mulled. But multiple sources familiar with the Time Warner unit’s thinking say that’s not the case here.
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Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore: Let’s Put the Digital “Genie Back in the Bottle” [UPDATED]

in Media on June 16, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

Poor John Squires. The Time Inc. SVP seems like an affable fellow. So what has he done to deserve this impossible task–figuring out a digital strategy for Time Warner’s publishing unit? Or, to put it in Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore’s words, figuring out “how to put the genie back in the bottle”?
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Time Inc. Wonders What You’ll Pay For on the Web

in Media on March 19, 2009 at 5:10 am PT

Time Inc. is happy to boast about its online audience, but it’s also acknowledging that Web advertising alone may not be enough these days. So it’s going to start charging readers — or at least start thinking about the notion.

Holiday Cheer From Time Inc.: Layoffs (Nearly) Done

in Media on December 9, 2008 at 1:48 pm PT

In late 2008, this is what passes for good news: The lengthy layoffs at Time Warner’s publishing unit are just about over, says Executive Vice President John Squires in a conversation MediaMemo had with him. Before anyone drowns in holiday cheer, a Time Inc. executive I double-checked with stressed that Squires had qualified his statement a couple different ways. Noted. But in late 2008, this qualifies as good news.