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Online evolution continuing in mortgage publishing...

In an email dated 2-19-08, Anthony Garritano, editor of Mortgage Technology Magazine, said of the print edition of Mortgage Technology magazine, "...there will be fewer of them and they'll be geared around prominent industry trade shows." Citing printing costs, SourceMedia will make the monthly magazine available for download from their Web site. http://www.mortgage-technology.com/ Commentary: I'm looking forward to more articles available online. Information can be shared faster and likely more subjects covered. With publishers favoring online at the expense of print, you will see fewer in depth, long-form articles addressing trends and strategy.

A few updates on online publishing for the financial industry...

It seems everyone in financial publishing is looking to do more with their online products, which I find amazingly interesting (one publisher laughed when I told him I get excited about this stuff). Here are a few developments of note (in no particular order): * American Banker now offers ABTV for free, whereas the newspaper's online service has been for paid subscribers. Please visit http://www.americanbanker.com/pagedisplay.html?pagename=ABTV * ABA Banking Journal has revamped their website and has made the magazine available in a digital format. There is a NEW PRODUCT section, which is actually a very rare feature in bank publishing (more magazines require end user testimonials before they will write about new products/services). Please visit http://www.ababj.com/index.php * Our friends at Zackin Publications has an online blog/portal for real estate finance professionals called MortgageOrb. Please visit http://www.mortgageorb.com/ * Data and physical security seems to be ge...