Magazines 24/7: Google Day NY

Magazine Publishers of America just announced on Friday that we’ll be partnering with Google to have a companion conference to “Magazines 24/7:  Navigating the New Reality.”  It’s called – simply – “Magazines 24/7: Google Day NY” and it will be held May 14 in the company’s New York offices on 9^th Ave.    They’ve got great space for a large meeting…and of course, there’s the wonderful Google cafeteria.  Google team leaders will discuss digital strategies for magazine publishers to improve websites and build audiences. Topics include:  how to maximize revenue with your website; growing your digital audience; and new opportunities for selling subscriptions online.  We’ll announce more specifics on the May 14 event in the coming weeks, but it’s free to the first 200 people from MPA-member companies who sign up for the March 3 “Magazines 24/7” conference.  

Attendees to last October’s American Magazine Conference in San Francisco may recall the great afternoon we spent at Google’s Mountain View headquarters.  There, two hundred magazine executives heard comments from a number of Google leaders, such as CEO and Chairman of the Board Eric Schmidt (pictured, above), VP of People Operations Laszlo Bock, and YouTube Head of Client Solutions and Ad Programs Jamie Byrne, among others. The attendees also heard from another Silicon Valley executive, Twitter Chairman and Chief Product Officer Evan Williams. The discussion focused on the many ways magazine executives can use new technologies to further their brand reach as well as to bring in more revenue.