News: December 2010 Archives

Fast News for December 30, 2010

SPD MEDIA MIX is our regular list of publication design, digital, and media news and updates. Please send your links and news items to SPD at mail@spd.org and we'll add them to the Mix.

Fast News for December 23, 2010

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>> Andrew Losowsky of Magtastic Blogsplosion lists his Top 10 magazine covers of 2010....

>> Real Simple has a new iPad app, Real Simple Recipes: No Time to Cook? It includes 850 recipes....

Fast News for December 21, 2010

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>> Rupert Murdoch's new iPad newspaper app, The Daily, is scheduled to launch on January 17....

>> New iPad study shows the most popular activity on the tablets is reading news. Nearly half use it as their primary news source....

>> Apple's iPad 2.0 rumored to debut in April, with front and rear-facing cameras...

>> 2010: The Year in Magazines. A roundup by Magtastic Blogsplosion...

Fast News for December 16, 2010

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>> Ad Age publishes their Top 10 publication covers of 2010....

>> Be sure to vote in the Coverjunkie Most Creative Cover of 2010 poll...

>> Thanks to Magculture for the above two links. Visit the site for the latest updates on magazine and app news and design...

>> Have you upgraded your iPad with the latest OS (4.2.1)? We hadn't, until Joe Zeff tipped us off and showed us how. His handy how-to guide here...

Fast News for December 14, 2010

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>> Nadia Vellam is the new photo editor of WSJ, the Wall Street Journal magazine...

>> Jill Armus is the new creative director of Everyday With Rachel Ray. She was previously the creative director of Prevention...

>> Darhil Crooks is the new creative director of Ebony. He was previously art director at Esquire...

>> Time art director D.W. Pine compiles the magazine's annual Top 10 magazine covers of 2010. Number 1: Eminem on the cover of Rolling Stone...
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Fast News for December 9, 2010

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>> Good news: Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin announces that the company will forgo its annual pre-holiday layoffs this year....

>> The Brenda Starr newspaper comic strip is ending its 70-year run on January 2....

>> New Mac/Life iPad app, The Essential iPhone and iPad Answers Guide. Smart idea....

Fast News for December 7, 2010

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>> George McCalman has left Afar to start his own studio...

>> Former Fortune graphics editor Linda Eckstein has posted her 2005 Print magazine story on the history of Fortune graphics. Lush illustrations, major wow factor....

>> World War 3 Illustrated is having a 30-year retrospective at Exit Art in NYC. The magazine, edited by Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman, features cutting edge political comics, graphics and illlustrations. The opening is tonight from 7-9pm at 475 10th Ave...

>> Magculture reviews the new Project iPad app and although critical, finds some good elements in it...

>> Art director Wilbert Gutierrez has an updated website, with great covers and feature spreads from George, Men's Health, Entertainment Weekly, Muscle & Fitness Hers, and Sly magazine...

Fast News for December 2, 2010

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