A few weeks ago, the Swedish Publishing Association (Sveriges Tidskrifter) asked FIPP CEO James Hewes about his predictions for the year ahead. Here’s what he said:

Following what judges described as the most competitive year since FIPP and UPM’s Rising Stars Awards started in 2015, the Rising Stars winners were announced last night at the FIPP Insider event in London. In addition, three companies were awarded for the high standard of their entries this year. 

A UK collaboration between Dennis, Immediate, Bauer and Haymarket has picked up the top award at the 2018 FIPP Insight Awards presented at FIPP Insider London on 12 December 2018. Gold award winners included Sanoma Media Netherlands, MPA - the US Association of Magazine Media and Magnetic, UK. 

From titles changing hands at accelerating speed as media companies race to consolidate and capture larger audiences within their focus markets, innovating to adapt to the demands of new platforms and diving into AI - these were some of the major publishing industry trends identified by by James Hewes, president and CEO of FIPP at the FIPP Insider event in London today. 

Vogue’s third Fashion Festival in Paris was a showcase of how the title not only monetises from events but also boosts brand awareness.

The publication of a once-off Micky lifestyle magazine in Germany with a cover mount Mickey Mouse shaped bottle opener to celebrate the iconic Walt Disney cartoon character’s 90th birthday is a classic example of a successful publication that can only truly work in print, says editor Christian Kallenberg of magazine consulting group, We Like Mags.

The last decade has been a fascinating one for women's mainstream media. Established titles have undertaken the shift from print to digital and in some instances have pioneered new ways of engaging their audiences.

The media industry has recently lost two well admired leaders.

Less than 24 hours remain for you to book your DIS2019 (Digital Innovators’ Summit) tickets at our discounted pre-agenda rate, offering savings of €600/ticket.

With only 3 days remaining to the end of our exclusive pre-agenda discount offer (save €600/ticket), we can today reveal the draft agenda for DIS2019 (innovators-summit.com).

Announcing the addition of several new speakers to the DIS2019 line-up. In 2019, DIS (Digital Innovators’ Summit), the annual media innovation event first established in 2007, takes place on 25-26 March in Berlin, Germany. Pre-agenda tickets with discounts worth several hundred euros are currently on sale – but for a limited period remaining.

If you are a rising star in global media or have ground-breaking media research deserving of accolades, then this is your chance with FIPP and UPM’s Rising Stars Awards and FIPP Insight Awards. Entries for the 2018 edition of both awards are now open and the new deadline is Friday 9 November.

This is your last chance to beat the house, taking advantage of our very best FIPP World Media Congress 2019 offer. The offer ends tonight.

Only one day remains to take advantage of most special of offers to join us at the 42^nd FIPP World Media Congress in Las Vegas, the USA on 12-14 November 2019.

A few weeks ago, the Swedish Publishing Association (Sveriges Tidskrifter) asked FIPP CEO James Hewes about his predictions for the year ahead. Here’s what he said:

From titles changing hands at accelerating speed as media companies race to consolidate and capture larger audiences within their focus markets, innovating to adapt to the demands of new platforms and diving into AI - these were some of the major publishing industry trends identified by by James Hewes, president and CEO of FIPP at the FIPP Insider event in London today. 

The publication of a once-off Micky lifestyle magazine in Germany with a cover mount Mickey Mouse shaped bottle opener to celebrate the iconic Walt Disney cartoon character’s 90th birthday is a classic example of a successful publication that can only truly work in print, says editor Christian Kallenberg of magazine consulting group, We Like Mags.

Vogue’s third Fashion Festival in Paris was a showcase of how the title not only monetises from events but also boosts brand awareness.

In the year since new CEO Dan Hickey helmed suburban Milwaukee-based Kalmbach Media, he has been focused on the rapid transformation of the company from a traditional print publisher into a provider of high-quality media and related services for modern enthusiast audiences.  

The last decade has been a fascinating one for women's mainstream media. Established titles have undertaken the shift from print to digital and in some instances have pioneered new ways of engaging their audiences.

The Site magazine is an independent magazine focusing on architecture and urbanism in Canada. It has editors, contributors, stockists, and subscribers in Canada, the US, Australia, Europe and India.

Ringier has acquired a minority interest in the Berlin start-up Bot Labs, which was founded in January 2018 by Hubert Burda Media together with Ingo Rübe, the former CTO of the national publishing company at Burda. Bot Labs develops blockchain-based technological innovations for companies and offers cooperative models.

In a statement released today by Jonathan Newhouse, Steve Newhouse and the Condé Nast board, the company announced it will be restructuring into one global company. 

Meredith Corporation announced an agreement to sell the Fortune media brand for $150m cash to Fortune Media Group Holdings, wholly owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in 2018.

Meredith has completed the sale of the Time media brand to Marc and Lynne Benioff for USD $190 million. In a release dated November 1, the American media and marketing company announced the completion of the sale, which was first announced September 16, 2018. 

A UK collaboration between Dennis, Immediate, Bauer and Haymarket has picked up the top award at the 2018 FIPP Insight Awards presented at FIPP Insider London on 12 December 2018. Gold award winners included Sanoma Media Netherlands, MPA - the US Association of Magazine Media and Magnetic, UK. 

This year has seen a dramatic increase in the financial importance of native advertising. For the third year in a row, we’re proud to present the findings of our annual global study, in cooperation with the Native Advertising Institute covering native advertising trends in the magazine industry. 

This week, Victoria Turk, senior editor at Wired UK talks about all the work they're doing on their brand extensions, from their flagship Wired Live event to the Wired World Special 2019 and their weekly podcast.

Despite the scandals Facebook has been entangled with over the past 12 months, the world’s largest social network remains a popular source of news for Americans, far ahead of any other social network.

Sparked by reports uncovering the systematic spreading of false information on the internet to influence elections and fuelled by US President Trump’s distrust and hatred of the media, the debate over “fake news” and misinformation has been one of the most important issues of the past year.

This week we hear from Jeff Kofman, founder and CEO of Trint, about the dark abyss of transcription, whether Google and Facebook are serious about funding journalism and the good the bad and the ugly of social media.

Online publishing is a tricky thing. No matter how good their content is, many publishers feel like they’re at the mercy of Google and Facebook, because all it takes is a tiny change to their algorithms for publishers to lose half their traffic overnight.

At UPM Communication Papers we have a long history of demonstrating responsibility for the environment. But few people know that our sustainability agenda extends to also include a commitment to taking care of people and society throughout the value chain whilst simultaneously creating value for our customers through delivering products with high sustainability credentials. 

Forty-four per cent of the world’s news consumers get their news primarily via the smartphone, Reuters Institute states in its 2018 Digital News Report. But although technology has changed the distribution of news dramatically, the stories are still told in the same way as they were 100 years ago.

They say that being a CEO is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. It’s particularly difficult when their organisation is facing, or in the midst of, disruption – a word that’s overused, yes, but also one that fits the bill because it epitomises the intensity of confusion, panic, and distraction that comes with massive technical and social changes.