Back cover (left) and front cover (right). 📸 Jesse Leon.



The Publish Press Newspaper: Volume 2



The Publish Press is back in print with creator inverviews, product spotlights, and an in-depth look at how creators are taking over Hollywood.
 2024
Client: The Publish Press, Colun and Samir

Editors-in-chief: Colin Rosenblum, Samir Chaudry
Managing Editor: Kinsey Grant
Writing, Reporting: Nathan Graber-Lipperman, Hannah Doyle
Design,  Illustrations: Moy Zhong
Original Photography: Jesse Leon, Taiga Fukuyama
Design Contributions: Chris Schwaar

🎬 The Year Creators Went Hollywood

Our cover story. Inside the past, present, and future of the entertainment industry’s collision course with YouTube, as told by those building the airplane as they fly it. Our cover — inspired by “Where’s Waldo” — is chock-full of Easter eggs highlighting career moments and memes for each creator depicted (aka I put my chronically online Gen Z-ness to good use!)


Newspaper spreads

 📸 Jesse Leon

Spot Illustrations

With characters inspired by “Where’s Waldo” and chapter headers referencing movie title cards between scenes and locations


Promo Video

Promo video ft. Colin and Samir, Nate Graber-Lipperman, Hannah Doyle, and Rhett and Link and Stevie. 🎥 Taiga Fukuyama, Jesse Leon.




📰 An Inside Look


Snippets of more pages in the zine.

Listen to Cleo Abram and Johnny Harris’ conversation here. See the works of creators featured in the Artist Spotlight in motion here.
Web version of our artist spotlight spread
Web version of our artist spotlight spread
Web version of our artist spotlight spread

📍 The Drop

We set up a secret drop at The Lighthouse, brought the mailbox to VidCon 2024, and mailed stickered tubes to creators. We also made it in MagCulture (!!!)

Our writer Nate (second from left) with John Green (third from left), papers in hands, on the way to their VidCon panel. 📸 Jesse Leon.
Taiga with the paper box at VidCon. 📸 Jesse Leon.
Colt Kirwan and Tejas Huller open their paper.
The Try Guys and cast of 2nd Try react to their mailed-in paper.
Peep us in MagCulture! “Generously illustrated” indeed.
Our writer Hannah (center) meeting readers at The Lighthouse. 📸 Jesse Leon.
Nate (left) presenting our paper at The Lighthouse. 📸 Jesse Leon.
Readers who popped into our pre-release at The Lighthouse got papers in tubes and shirts by Chris Schwaar. 📸 Jesse Leon.
Nate (right) handing out papers at VidCon panels. 📸 Jesse Leon.

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