Wend Magazine, an Oregon based adventure sports print magazine has recently launched a digital version. Not only that they are giving away the first issue free. They still have the print version if you prefer, but actually a digital subscription is almost half as much.
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Travel Channel Acquires Vagabondish
Breaking news from the travel-publishing industry: Discovery’s Travel Channel has bought over Vagabondish. First it was World Hum, now this — both are great examples of small scale, personal projects making it big because of sheer dedication and quality content. Mike Richard, who created the blog-turned-magazine about 18-months ago, will remain the editor-in-chief and the […]
» Read more...NYC & Italy Travel Writing Classes w/Michael Luongo
Travel Writer and Editor Michael Luongo, who we interviewed at Written Road last April, will be holding several travel writing workshops in the coming months: New York University’s Global Traveler Writing Class When: Saturdays March 8 and March 15, 10am to 4pm Where: New York University How Much: $385 Luongo’s Global Traveler writing class is […]
» Read more...Lonely Planet Expands Pick and Mix; others following suit
Is this the start of things to come? Last August we reported that Lonely Planet began offering certain chapters of their South America guides for download -that can be printed out when needed or viewed on an iPod or Palm – through their Pick & Mix concept. They’ve now expanded since then and added guides […]
» Read more...Matador Travel Merges With Brave New Traveler
Check out my post on Gadling as to why I’m thrilled about this merger! Ian Mackenzie and Tim Patterson from BNT have joined Matdor’s editorial team and I’m really looking forward to seeing more great content. Also, mergers means expansions, which for us translates into more paid writing opportunities at Matador! They did a great […]
» Read more...End Of Year Travel-Writing Contest
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got some time to unwind. I certainly did and am having trouble getting back into the swing of things. On that note, here’s something for those who want to do one last productive thing before the end of 2008 (oh my goodness, 2008!!), or start the year […]
» Read more...Want To Be The Next Great Travel-Writer?
Well, here’s an opportunity. Travcoa (a luxury and exotic travel company) and National Geographic Traveler have launched a competition in search of “The Next Great Travel Writer”. So if you are a student in North America, send in a 300-word-essay of a travel story that moved, excited or changed you and you could be on […]
» Read more...2007 Lowell Thomas Award Winners
The results are in for the Society of American Travel Writer’s 2007 Lowell Thomas Awards. This year the record high 1,490 entries submitted for categories such as Travel Jourmalist of the Year and Article on Marine Travel were judged by the faculty of the Missouri School of Journalism. Several friends of Written Road won out […]
» Read more...BBC buys Lonely Planet
Big news for whoever missed it. Yesterday, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) purchased the world’s largest guidebook publisher Lonely Planet. The deal is reportedly worth $200 million and founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler will retain a 25 percent stake in the company. With book sales sagging and the company not doing as well as it […]
» Read more...Interviews
Sorry it’s been awhile. I’ve been drowning in work and having things to do for my brother’s wedding, which was last Saturday, so I haven’t had a chance to post. Very quick…I just want to let everyone know that there is now an Interviews tab at the top of the page now which I hope […]
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