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TiVo is finally clicking the green"thumbs up" button for its shareholders again. The digital video recorder pioneer ended its fiscal third quarter with 117,000 more subscribers than it started with -- its first gain in four years.

The citizens of Red State America are hopping mad, and they're doing something about it: buying magazines. Titles for gun lovers, hunters, conservatives and Nascar fans were among the fastest-growing publications in the first half of 2010.

Some independent publishers are turning to creative subscription models for its customers, offering series of books by mail to increase revenue and keep costs down. And for some publishers, the gambit is paying off, in small ways.

UPDATE: TIME magazine just went on sale for $15 for a year-long subscription. Price is good Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2009 only! Magazines are one of my favorite gifts because the recipient gets a monthly reminder of you! Right now Amazon is having a huge magazine sale with tons of mags under $5 and...

In most parts of the country it's finally starting to feel like spring again, making the outdoors enjoyable for all kinds of activities, including door-to-door sales. The Ohio Attorney General recently released the number of complaints that it received regarding door-to-door sales in 2008, and...

Magazines are done! Magazines are over! It's the apocalyptic cry we hear every day in the media world, but don't want to believe. Last year 525 magazines folded, and 2009 has already seen the loss of 47 titles, from Domino to Playgirl. Magazine ad sales were down 12% last year, and getting worse at...

Just after I wrote about automating your savings and retirement to make more money in 2009 I found out about a cool new feature from Wesabe called the Cutback Tool. The Cutback Tool helps users save money by analyzing their automated expenses and identifying areas that can be cut. Wesabe is a money...

Everyone has the list: the list of what we can and can not live without. And in these days of $4 gas (it's nearing $5 already where I live in Southern California, by the way), we're all dusting off these lists to see where we can cut costs.I recently discovered an obvious category I can cut out of...