David S. Johnson, SVP Corporate Development at Meredith Corporation, will join a panel discussion at the forthcoming 42nd FIPP World Media Congress on the topic of media ownership. Here, he sets out Meredith’s approach to a changing market, and the corporation’s plans around acquisition and ownership.

Here we catch up with journalist and author Tasnim Nazeer, a year after receiving one of the Highly Commended Awards at the FIPP Rising Stars in Media 2018. Keep reading to find out more about her respect for war reporters, what's the industry slang she finds overrated and the one skill every journalist should acquire if the plan is to join a newsroom.

There is only one week left to save US $300 with our last exclusive offer on delegate tickets for the FIPP World Media Congress before final rates apply.

Hearst UK is partnering with Procter & Gamble in a body confidence campaign after its largest ever research piece revealed how negatively women think about their bodies.

In an increasingly tech-driven industry, the decision of whether to buy or build systems and platforms is complex. Christoph Schmitz, interim CTO at Norway’s Aller Media and who will speak on the tech landscape at the forthcoming FIPP World Media Congress, explains some of the complexities and challenges publishers face.

Meredith’s Liz Vaccariello, editor-in-chief of Parents Magazine at Meredith Corporation in the US, explains how her team uses innovation to better engage with audiences through print products – and how a ‘digital mindset’ is improving the print magazine.

Thinking about starting a podcast? Well, there are currently around 700,000 active podcasts and more than 29 million episodes for people to download. So the competition is pretty fierce. Yet don’t let the numbers put you off. As media companies have demonstrated time and time again there is a still a huge appetite among consumers and professionals for well produced imaginative podcasts delivered by engaging and articulate presenters.

There is only one week left to save US $300 with our last exclusive offer on delegate tickets for the FIPP World Media Congress before final rates apply.

Join FIPP, Prisma, Paris Match and others, for free in Paris.

We are launching the 13^th DIS (Digital Innovators’ Summit) with a special offer saving you €800 on final ticket rates. DIS2020 takes place on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 March in Berlin, Germany.

Hollywood’s storytelling roots have intertwined with technology to become the largest video and VR hub in the world. In turn new social media influencers, who have larger and more loyal followings than traditional celebrities, are acting like publishers and attracting bigger and bigger ad budgets.

Colleagues from at least 30 countries around the world will be at the FIPP World Media Congress in Las Vegas from 12-14 November 2019. Imagine the insights (and even business!) you can come away with from different parts of the world if you attend and engage and share experiences with your international counterparts?

At the 42^nd FIPP World Media Congress, Las Vegas, 12-14 November, a number of speakers will shine a spotlight on the future of magazines. Below is a taste of what you can expect, from a specific magazine media perspective to insights from other industry segments.

Cosmopolitan South Africa’s August cover star will be part of an exciting line-up of media and brand experts who will discuss the secrets of successful collaboration in spotlighting brands in magazine media at this month’s FIPP Insider events in South Africa.

David S. Johnson, SVP Corporate Development at Meredith Corporation, will join a panel discussion at the forthcoming 42nd FIPP World Media Congress on the topic of media ownership. Here, he sets out Meredith’s approach to a changing market, and the corporation’s plans around acquisition and ownership.

In an increasingly tech-driven industry, the decision of whether to buy or build systems and platforms is complex. Christoph Schmitz, interim CTO at Norway’s Aller Media and who will speak on the tech landscape at the forthcoming FIPP World Media Congress, explains some of the complexities and challenges publishers face.

Meredith’s Liz Vaccariello, editor-in-chief of Parents Magazine at Meredith Corporation in the US, explains how her team uses innovation to better engage with audiences through print products – and how a ‘digital mindset’ is improving the print magazine.

Thinking about starting a podcast? Well, there are currently around 700,000 active podcasts and more than 29 million episodes for people to download. So the competition is pretty fierce. Yet don’t let the numbers put you off. As media companies have demonstrated time and time again there is a still a huge appetite among consumers and professionals for well produced imaginative podcasts delivered by engaging and articulate presenters.

Having launched both Wallpaper* and Monocle, Tyler Brûlé is widely considered one of the most influential media innovators of his generation. Since its inception, the Monocle brand has grown into a unique global media entity that successfully combines print, web, retail and broadcast components.

History tends to suggest that once the plug has been pulled on a print magazine brand, no matter how iconic its, it is the end of the road, or if they are lucky an afterlife as a digital or web version. Charlotte Ricca outlines the unlikely revival of The Face, and asks whether we might see other magazine brands return.

Leadership coach and acclaimed author Kevin Lawrence will share the key messages of his highly-praised book “Your Oxygen Mask First” at this year’s FIPP World Congress. Here, he explains why the pressures of organisational and personal change are so pertinent to the publishing sector.

Newspaper and magazine platform PressReader has announced its acquisition of News360. News360's technology analyses and attributes content from any given news story to more than a million distinct audience interests, and reaches more than 100M unique readers every month through its News360 app.

News apps are few and far between on the smartphones of people under the age of 35, according to a recent study by the Reuters Institute.

Two recent surveys on how consumers respond to brands’ advertising in close proximity to extreme or dangerous content highlight the financial risk to those who ignore brand safety guidelines when it comes to advertising. It also discovered that consumers define brand safety more broadly than expected, including issues such as ad-related piracy, malware and even fake news.

View and download the speaker presentations from the FIPP Insider events in South Africa, 21 and 22 August 2019.

The deadline for the FIPP Insight Awards has been extended to end of day, Friday 6 September, to allow for the summer holiday catch-up.

The time people spend with print newspapers and magazines has dwindled, with media attention being dominated by the internet in 2019. That trend will only increase over the next two years, according to Zenith Media Consumption Report.

On average global internet users spent 2 hours and 23 minutes on social media per day, though trends differed widely by country. In around half of the markets that Global Web Index surveyed, social media use had shrunk or plateaued in Q1 2019 when compared with 2018 figures.

Halfway into 2019, news publishers continue to push their digital subscription numbers up with dynamic paywalls and targeted marketing to attract and retain subscribers, according to FIPP's July 2019 Global Digital Subscriptions Snapshot.