Perpetual Access Licences available for BFI’s Sight & Sound

Libraries around the world can now purchase Perpetual Access licences to the complete archive of Sight & Sound, the monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute, stretching back to 1932. Perpetual Access licences are purchased through the Exact Editions platform for a one-time fee and guarantee a library access to the archive and upcoming issues from the title in perpetuity, backed up by not-for-profit preservation archive Portico.

Sight & Sound is an international film magazine that … Keep Reading

AI and Magazines: Time to Impact

Sight and Sound — the early issues

One convenient way of keeping a weather eye on developments in Artifical Intelligence is to follow the feed from Marshall Kirkpatrick’s AI Time to Impact. This daily stream of alerts sends its followers brief editorial summaries and links to hot news across the whole field of AI, in business and enterprise, academia, government and regulation, chips and code. Usually, Marshall will add some estimate of the time-reference of the breakthrough, story, milestone, … Keep Reading

Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine: A History

Resurgence & Ecologist magazine addresses the environmental, social, and spiritual challenges and opportunities of our time. This is a magazine with a unique history, a joint mission to recognise the environmental crises we all face brought two separate publications – Resurgence magazine and The Ecologist journal – together in 2012 at a time when global concern and campaigning around climate change had reached a new high.

Today on Earth Day, we take a closer look at the magazine’s trailblazing … Keep Reading

Celebrating World Art Day

April 15 marks World Art Day: an occasion described by UNESCO as “a celebration to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art”.

It’s no coincidence the event falls on April 15th — this, after all, was the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, a symbol of art’s expressiveness and boundless potential.

As a company which prides itself on the presentation and preservation of magazine archives spanning centuries, World Art Day marks an excellent opportunity to consider the importance of art magazines, … Keep Reading

Publisher Guide: Growing And Retaining Institutional Subscriptions

Publishers are finding that it has become increasingly important to offer subscriptions to a wider range of markets as the online publishing world becomes more saturated with new magazine titles. In recent years, one key area of revenue growth for magazine publishers has become the institutional market, but figuring out how to target and convert this group to subscribers can require a whole new business strategy.

Whether a magazine features articles about science, history, art or politics, academic researchers, students, … Keep Reading