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Discover Magazine sold - print science media valuations plummet

Discover Magazine sold - print science media valuations plummet

Aug 06 2010 | comment(s)

Discover Magazine, both print and online, has been sold to Kalmbach Publishing, which owns publications like Astronomy, Trains and Birder's World.

Price: $7 million, says MediaWeek, for a company with 700,000 print subscribers and $14 million in annual revenue.   
Scientopia - former Scienceblogs writers get communal

Scientopia - former Scienceblogs writers get communal

Aug 06 2010 | comment(s)

Know why BetaMax didn't beat out VCRs even though it was better in every way?   The same reason more people have PCs than Apples.   Strangling the technology with one provider keeps the market small and when a flexible alternative comes out, people flock to it.
ADA gets Hershey's as a sponsor - are we missing the revenue trend?

ADA gets Hershey's as a sponsor - are we missing the revenue trend?

Jul 30 2010 | comment(s)

Hershey Teams Up With ADA - the American Dietetic Association - says the press release.   The Hershey Center for Health&Nutrition® sponsoring an advocacy group devoted to dietary health workers?  Sure, why not?  Hershey's says they want to make us all healthier...
by working with industry sponsors to include registered dietitians in the development of policies and products; sharing science-based information and new research with ADA members; and enabling ADA to reach millions of consumers with healthy-eating messages.
Newsweek agrees on Pepsigate at Scienceblogs - all institutional blogs were the problem

Newsweek agrees on Pepsigate at Scienceblogs - all institutional blogs were the problem

Jul 26 2010 | comment(s)

In Symbol Stacks And Science Communication In The Scienceblogs Pepsigate Scandal I mentioned something that was unpopular with the bloggerati in science but obvious to those of us outside the relatively small confines of the science blogging clique; Pepsi was not the problem, it was simply the tipping point.   Institutional blogs were not really any better for science believability and that had been a minor focus starting in 2008 but became a real trend there in 2010.  I wrote:
Genetic Testing Companies Busted By Undercover Patients - But Which?

Genetic Testing Companies Busted By Undercover Patients - But Which?

Jul 22 2010 | comment(s)

It was bound to happen.  Something which should be used for good can also be used for malice.   Allison Aubrey, writing on NPR, discusses the results of an undercover investigation by the GAO which says patients are getting blatantly ridiculous advice.

One guys says he can repair DNA damage.  One says their supplements can cure all kinds of diseases.  Sheesh.
Get 'em while they're hot - Eyjafjallajökull volcano stamp made from volcanic ash

Get 'em while they're hot - Eyjafjallajökull volcano stamp made from volcanic ash

Jul 22 2010 | comment(s)

The Iceland Post Office has given the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano its own stamp.  Acccording to the World Stamp News