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What Is Prevention?

What Is Prevention?

Prevention, as a word, is very prevalently used in our world today. Firemen use it. Politicians use it. Even doctors use it. That wasn’t necessarily the case back in 1950 when my grandfather launched Prevention magazine. “That’s a stupid name for a magazine,” my father told him. Whatever the 1950s equivalent was of “F*#k off” […]

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The Future of Magazine Media—10 Ideas That Could Rock Our World

The Future of Magazine Media—10 Ideas That Could Rock Our World

Yesterday afternoon, I represented my company at the annual American Magazine Media Conference. Some of you may know me as a blogger, M.O.M (mean old mom), or recipe writer, but I’m also the CEO of Rodale Inc., the publisher of magazines like Prevention, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Running Times, Bicycling, and Organic Gardening […]

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Coming Soon: Rodale’s Organic Life

Coming Soon: Rodale’s Organic Life

Dearest Reader, When Organic Farming and Gardening magazine was launched in May 1942, the global chemical revolution was just beginning to claim conventional agriculture as its own. Only a few voices warned of the dangers—to our health, to our environment, and to our future. J.I. Rodale, the founder of the American organic movement and Organic […]

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My Top 10 Favorite Magazines

My Top 10 Favorite Magazines

Last week was the annual American Magazine Conference, where the titans of the industry get together and commiserate about whatever crises face us—which are perpetual and ongoing. And with the incessant tribal drumbeat of the online/digital world, it’s hard to remember sometimes that magazines are still loved. By people, at least. And it got me […]

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Magazines Won't Die, But Here Is Why I Love the Internet

Magazines Won’t Die, But Here Is Why I Love the Internet

Last week I wrote about why I believe magazines won’t die. And it’s still true. But ironically, writing that made me love the Internet even more. Here’s why: Within minutes of posting, I had a nice email from the editor of Garden and Gun magazine. Then, four other blogs picked up my post. I checked […]

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Why Magazines Won't Die

Why Magazines Won’t Die

I spend more time than most thinking about whether or not magazines will live or die, since my family and I own a few of them. I’ve been to conferences about whether or not they will survive. I am barraged by consultants trying to convince me magazines are on the verge of death, and therefore […]

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