• Friday Five - January 6th

    Welcome back to Friday Five, your go-to source for the latest industry trends and news! This week, we talk about The Atlantic’s new dynamic paywall, Amazon ending kindle publishing for periodicals, …
    Jan 6, 2023
  • Friday Five - December 23rd

    Welcome to the last Friday Five of 2022! We’re closing the year with news about Penske Media, Crain Communication, problems at The Washington Post, and Amazon introducing Inspire to its app. Penske …
    Dec 23, 2022
  • Dec 21, 2022
  • Publishing Trends of 2022

    Since my last Publishing Trends post in 2020, many of the trends described then continue in spite of the COVID disruption. Digital subscription growth, print decline, publisher struggles with GAFA/ …
    Dec 20, 2022
  • Friday Five - December 9th

    Start your weekend off right with the latest issue of Friday Five! In this edition, we review the Washington Post’s new feature “Newsprint”, a partnership between the New England Journal of Medicine …
    Dec 8, 2022
  • Dec 7, 2022
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EAUG 2025: European Users Convene in Antwerp, Belgium

Oct 21, 2025
AdvantageCS's annual European Advantage Users Group (EAUG) meeting was held …

Reflections from the Fall Conference Season: STM and the Frankfurt Book Fair

Oct 17, 2025
The past week was a dynamic and inspiring time for the global publishing …

Announcing Dan Heffernan's Retirement & Leadership Changes at AdvantageCS

Oct 9, 2025
After 37 years at AdvantageCS, with half of those years served as our Vice …