The FIPP World Media Congress is going online for the first time in its 95-year-old history, running over four weeks from 2-30 September 2020.

This week ecommerce monetisation specialist Tipser delivered a unique webinar analysing current ecommerce trends. The session included a deep-dive look into the company’s ecommerce strategy work with InStyle magazine. 

Search terms that were trending in the UK in the food category during the heart of lockdown were - surprisingly - not “home delivery” as many would have expected but rather “Heinz”, “Jigsaw”, “Puzzle” and  “Kodak”. Why? Both Heinz and Kodak offered customers puzzles, an answer to lockdown boredom.

One of the most damaging aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak is the psychological impact on people forced to work from home. With the pandemic threatening to stretch out for many more months, managing the mental health of your workforce has become a priority for the publishing industry. 

'Paywalls: How to start your subscription strategy' is a comprehensive report about how media companies can start a subscription monetisation strategy. Focussed on the international publishing industry, the report is an in depth analysis of how to build lasting and profitable relationships with readers.

Vogue Business today announced the launch of The Tech Edit podcast, a weekly podcast series which will explore how technologies and innovations are shaping the future of fashion, luxury and retail. The Tech Edit is hosted by Vogue Business’ Innovation Editor, Maghan McDowell, who is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

The Big Issue magazine launched in 1991 in response to the growing number of rough sleepers on the streets of London, by offering people the opportunity to earn a legitimate income through selling a magazine to the public.

The FIPP World Media Congress is going online for the first time in its 95-year-old history, running over four weeks from 2-30 September 2020.

With advertising taking flight during coronavirus uncertainty, publishers have reported not only up-ticks in subscriptions but in other activities such as e-commerce too.

The post lockdown or intermittent lockdown world will provide a blend of challenges and opportunities for media organisations. Many long-held business assumptions, strategies and product offerings will require re-evaluation and thought. 

Join us for a free webinar with Mather Economics and Atlantic Media, where we will discuss how to use data-driven pricing strategies, and some other tips, to help you grow subscription revenues.

At a time where advertising has taken flight, physical events are a no-go and media around the world under severe pressure, digital subscriptions have become an even more critical consideration in the revenue mix than before.

Join us this Tuesday 28 April for the next webinar in our FIPP Insider series, when we are speaking to PressReader's Nikolay Malyarov, CEO, International and Chief Content Officer, PressReader, and Steve Chapman, VP of Content Partnerships. 

There is real opportunity for innovators to impact every aspect of an organisation. Yet, all too often innovation is considered something only applicable to products and services. In our next informative and engaging FIPP Insider webinar, author and innovation consultant Tom Triumph covers what he describes as the five fundamental pillars of every organisation.

One of the most damaging aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak is the psychological impact on people forced to work from home. With the pandemic threatening to stretch out for many more months, managing the mental health of your workforce has become a priority for the publishing industry. 

In this latest episode of FIPP Insider we take a look at one of biggest challenges in media: paid-for online content. We speak to four start-ups who have developed new ways to reduce friction when making payments.

Within four years of being established, new FIPP member Everlytic grew into the third fastest tech company in Africa, according to Deloitte. Now, ten years into their journey, we asked Everlytic’s Managing Director, JanDirk ‘JD’ Engelbrecht about the company’s growth from start-up to one of the 20 Most Promising African Tech Companies in 2020.

Over the last month, media consumption patterns have peaked. Traffic to news media websites has skyrocketed, and television viewing has increased, according to comScore. Gaming platforms all over the world have seen a spike in traffic with record numbers of players, according to Entertainment Weekly and a Verizon report. And increasing numbers of consumers are turning to radio, a recent Nielsen survey found. “Americans are already spending almost 12 hours each day with media, and that time could grow by 60 per cent among those who stay indoors,” according to Nielsen.

This is a challenging time to be alive. Health concerns, global fear, financial impact… The world as we know it has turned upside-down, and in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies are cutting marketing and communication budgets to save costs. But we’ve got a different take on it that may help you: if long-term survival is your goal, now may be the best time to keep communicating.

Looking beyond the challenges of producing magazines and newspapers under “remotely connected” conditions, media brands worldwide have seen several trends emerging since the Covid-19 pandemic turned an already volatile industry upside down.  

This week ecommerce monetisation specialist Tipser delivered a unique webinar analysing current ecommerce trends. The session included a deep-dive look into the company’s ecommerce strategy work with InStyle magazine. 

Search terms that were trending in the UK in the food category during the heart of lockdown were - surprisingly - not “home delivery” as many would have expected but rather “Heinz”, “Jigsaw”, “Puzzle” and  “Kodak”. Why? Both Heinz and Kodak offered customers puzzles, an answer to lockdown boredom.

The latest FIPP Insider webinar saw FIPP President and CEO, James Hewes, and CEO of World Newsmedia Network, Martha Williams, joined by speakers from Mather Economics and Atlantic Media, in a look at data driven pricing strategies. 

The BBC has released the results of its latest 50:50 Gender Equality Report, which charts the success of the content produced by the BBC and partner organisations in achieving a 50:50 gender balance between male and female on-air contributors. 

FIPP’s webinar Insider series continued last week with the unveiling of the latest Global Digital Subscription Snapshot in partnership with CeleraOne. You can read key takeaways from the webinar – and download the report in full – below. 

Today, FIPP - Connecting Global Media, publishes the first in a series of reports on how the publishing industry is experiencing, responding to and planning to overcome the existential threat posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the latest FIPP Insider webinar, Author and Innovation Consultant, Tom Triumph, covers what he describes as the five fundamental pillars of every organisation. Like all of the webinars in the series, it’s free to re-play, and you can read an overview of the session here.