Revista Rotas& Sabores
The new publication of Edicenter, from the Angolan Executive Group, launched the Rotas & Sabores magazine. The magazine is bimonthly and bilingual and its main themes are tourism and leisure.
The Angolan Executive Group is on the market for over 20 years and is active in the fields of audiovisual, print and digital medium. Opened its branch in Lisbon in 1998
Source: Briefing
The newspaper ‘Libération’ may end up on your paper version. The headline of the newspaper, on February 8, journalists dispute the owners ‘ plans to transform the ‘ Libé ‘ on a social network , and its headquarters in a space for culture and debate . It reads: “We are a newspaper , not a restaurant , not a social network , not a cultural space, not a television studio , not a bar , not an incubator for start-up … ”
This editorial was the response of workers in the Parisian daily plans of the owners to try to resolve a serious financial crisis (loss of over one million euros in 2013 , accumulated debt of six million ) and sales (down over 15 % in first 11 months of last year , and below 100 thousand copies in November ) that affect this title established in 1973 by the philosopher Jean -Paul Sartre as a newspaper fighting Maoist left without shareholders or advertising , and they celebrated 40 years of life in 2013 .
Sources: The Guardian ; Diário de Notícias
The two designers, Vasco Colombo and Rachel Porto, have just launched a new project: Mente magazine. The magazine is quarterly and free reading, is intended to culturally interested public, and intended, according to the designers, provide a different and interesting experience taking advantage of multimedia support, since it will be released exclusively for iPad.
The first issue will be dedicated to creators in the fields of fashion, literature, music, design, illustration and dance.
Source: Briefing
It was launched in Brazil Huffington Post. The Brazilian version comes with the name Brazil Post, an innovation compared to other foreign editions, as they keep the name Huffington.
According to the founder of the portal, Ariana Hiffington “Brazil is the perfect place for the Huffington Post extend your platform,” because it “Brazilians are sociable by nature, on the net and elsewhere.”
Brazil is the tenth country in which the Huffington Post is present.
Source: Briefing
The return of the U.S. magazine Newsweek has been postponed again. The magazine, which ceased to circulate in late 2012, just postpone their return until at least next March, 7.
The magazine’s editor, Jim Impoco, referred to the Advertising Age that “editorial is ready, but the production is being awaited.” The new print edition will have 100 thousand copies to subscribers and will be sold at newsstands, bookstores and airports.
Source: Meios e Publicidade
The last edition of Jornal Sénior was launched in the past 15 January, nine months after commenced business.
In declarations to the national newspaper “Público”, Mário Zambujal, director of Jornal Sénior, explain that “is a question of financial sustainability”, stating that would be needed more two or three years for the project become viable.
Was a biweekly periodicity newspaper and had the cover price of 95 cents.
Source: Briefing
The weekly newspaper “Expresso” will launch by the end of the first half of 2014, a daily digital edition to subscribers.
According to Ricardo Costa, director of Expresso newspaper print edition, “the launch of a daily edition is one of the greatest transformations in the history of the newspaper, either for writing or for newspaper readers.” He adds that this digital edition is “an absolutely necessary transformation to the future of the newspaper and journalism has always done and that we will finish without losing our starting values: independence, credibility, innovation and freedom.”
The direction of this daily digital edition of the “Expresso” will be carried out by Pedro Santos Guerreiro, former director of Jornal de Negócios
Source: Expresso
Will be launched in the first half of this year the digital newspaper “The Observer“. Under the authority of the Social Democrats Alexandre Relvas e António Carrapatoso, this digital newspaper, from the editorial point of view, “defends the representative democracy, the market economy, such an open and global society”, according to the website. The guarantee is a newspaper “Independent”, “fruit of a new media group 100% Portuguese.”
David Dinis, until then political editor in the weekly newspaper “Sol”, take the direction of “The Observer”.
Source: Jornal de Negócios
‘Word Post’ is the new journalistic project of Arianna Huffington, owner of the Huffington Post, and the billionaire Nicolas Berggruen, that will be launched in January.
The ‘Word Post’ will be an online journal, with international editions and will have as collaborators influents personalities in our society, such as, Tony Blair, Bill Gates or Eric Schmidt. The main idea is to give a global vision of topical issues, adding contributions from “heads of the state and big business men, such as unemployed in Spain or a student from Brazil”, as highlighter the owner, during the presentation of the project.
The website will replace the international webpage of Huffington Post.
Source: The Guardian
As of December 27th 2013, the spanish daily ‘La Gaceta’ ceased its print edition, keeping the newspaper in an online version.
Breaking sales and changes in the direction of the newspaper have dictaded the closure of ‘La Gaceta’, who belongs to Intereconomía Group.
The print edition of ‘La Gaceta’ has been closed
Source: El Confidencial