David Renard - Author of The Last Magazine, a visual anthology of the stylepress and a commentary on the future of printed periodicals. He co-created Stare, a publishing and advertising agency, more than seven years ago, producing magazines that included Stare and Critic Eye. This led to the creation of Netcirculation, the largest nationwide distribution network for high-end boutique fashion, art, photography, and design titles. From 1994 to 1998, he worked at Gartner Group, the foremost provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry, advising executives and board directors of Fortune 500 companies regarding the impact of technological innovations on the financial industry, and spearheading a new European subsidiary that developed research-driven decision support tools.

Press - “According to David Renard, author of The Last Magazine, in the next 25 years, only 10% of the European and American paper-based magazine industry will remain, kept alive by ‘connoisseurs, aficionados and aging Luddites’. The rest of us will embrace the publishing revolution.” - Helen Jones, The Guardian, Feb 12, 2007

“If, like me, you share author David Renard’s love of independent magazines then this book is unreservedly recommended. If you need a little persuasion to open yet another book about magazines, then think again. The Last Magazine is a very ambitious and timely book.” - Jeremy Leslie, BusinessWeek.com, Mar 7, 2007