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Book SynopsisOffers a unique glimpse inside the industry and reveals how executives and content creators are remaking their roles, their audiences, and their products at this critical historic juncture.
Trade Review"A timely, well-researched account of recent shifts in the women's magazine industry and the impact of these changes on publishers and consumers. Duffy's book offers an engaging analysis of the ways in which magazine producers have been compelled to engage with new media platforms in the quest to maintain profitability."
--Anna Gough-Yates, author of Understanding Women's Magazines: Publishing, Markets and Readerships in Late-Twentieth Century Britain
"A remarkable case study of an industry in flux, Duffy's well-researched book would be an asset to any course on magazine media in general and on women's magazines in particular."--
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"
Remake, Remodel offers a compelling look at the ways in which a shifting media landscape is provoking structural changes in labor organization, content development, and professional identity within the women's magazine industry."--
Journal of American Culture "
Remake, Remodel is not intended as a harsh attack on new media's participatory culture, but it aims (and succeeds) in presenting "a more nuanced view" of the magazine industry. . . . An excellent resource for both scholars and teachers."--
Journal of Magazine & New Media Research"A cutting-edge study at the forefront of new conceptualizations and practices in the magazine industry. Duffy insightfully charts the dilemmas and complexities the magazine faces as it strives to define itself in the face of changes in technology and political economy in media and advertising."--Matthew P. McAllister, coeditor of
The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture"Brooke Erin Duffy offers a timely, well-researched account of recent shifts in the women's magazine industry and the impact of these changes on publishers and consumers. Her book offers an engaging analysis of the ways in which magazine producers have been compelled to engage with new media platforms in the quest to maintain profitability."--Anna Gough-Yates, author of
Understanding Women's Magazines: Publishing, Markets, and Readerships in Late-Twentieth Century Britain
