“That’s what I thought. I’m ready for this. And I was excited. I had spent five years in digital; I was excited to be able to return to the media I had fallen in love with, which was print. That was the thing that defined my decision to become a magazine person in the first place. I had been a maniacal print obsessive for my whole childhood. And spending those years in digital really helped me have perspective on consumers and consumer behaviour.” - Kate Lewis, chief content officer, Hearst Magazines

As increasing numbers of news and magazine media publishers around the world look to reader revenue strategies for sustainable business growth, retention has taken on new importance across the magazine media landscape. 

Loyal podcast listeners will stomach a few more advertisements to support their favourite show, a study by Westwood One found. Advertisers have successfully incorporated their products into podcast programming, yet podcasts’ ability to translate that willingness by listeners into substantial revenue still lies further down the road for the medium.

The international magazine industry routinely sees big advances, large transformative strategies and exponential growth. But, changes don't always have to be big - small changes, like pebbles tossed in a lake, can have ripple effects.

In December, FIPP and UPM announced the winners of the fourth annual Rising Star Awards. Amongst the accolades was the Special Jury Award, given to nine year old editor, Charlie Robinson, of Inside Out Publications. 

MPA, the US Association of Magazine Media, was presented with a gold and a silver award from the FIPP Insight Awards.

The acceptance of the need to turn data into valuable information has reached a tipping point and will accelerate in the next three years, writes Thomas Howie, COO of events software platform Evessio.

MPA, the US Association of Magazine Media, was presented with a gold and a silver award from the FIPP Insight Awards.

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Launched in 2007, DIS (Digital Innovators’ Summit) is a premium international media innovation bringing together delegates, speakers and sponsors from around the world.

“That’s what I thought. I’m ready for this. And I was excited. I had spent five years in digital; I was excited to be able to return to the media I had fallen in love with, which was print. That was the thing that defined my decision to become a magazine person in the first place. I had been a maniacal print obsessive for my whole childhood. And spending those years in digital really helped me have perspective on consumers and consumer behaviour.” - Kate Lewis, chief content officer, Hearst Magazines

As increasing numbers of news and magazine media publishers around the world look to reader revenue strategies for sustainable business growth, retention has taken on new importance across the magazine media landscape. 

The international magazine industry routinely sees big advances, large transformative strategies and exponential growth. But, changes don't always have to be big - small changes, like pebbles tossed in a lake, can have ripple effects.

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Meredith announced a new business unit focused on innovation and product development called Meredith Innovation Group, encompassing Meredith Product Studio, Meredith Voice Network, and Meredith Smart Codes. 

Collaboration in the magazine and news media industries has hit a high point this year, internally and externally, across regions and borders.

In November, Jacqueline Gifford was promoted to editor-in-chief of Travel + Leisure at Meredith. Previously, she was Travel + Leisure's travel director, and has held various positions since 2013 when she joined the Meredith brand. Gifford succeeds Nathan Lump who left Travel + Leisure in September 2018. 

It’s hard to believe but the first month of 2019 has already elapsed, and the media industry got off to a headline-making start across multiple sectors. Here, we look at some of the key media tech trends from January.

Loyal podcast listeners will stomach a few more advertisements to support their favourite show, a study by Westwood One found. Advertisers have successfully incorporated their products into podcast programming, yet podcasts’ ability to translate that willingness by listeners into substantial revenue still lies further down the road for the medium.

More than 90 experts representing leading international media companies from 14 countries met in Berlin from February 6 to 7, 2019, at the invitation of Axel Springer for the sixth International Paid Content Summit. 

On this week’s episode of Media Voices, the team brave Snowmageddon to interview Digiday editor-in-chief Brian Morrissey, about publishing economics and sustainability, how B2B is cool, and the value of being really honest about change.

The United Kingdom was able to drum up the most social media ad revenue in 2018, according to analysis and forecasts by Statista’s Digital Market Outlook. The UK brought in about US$2.8 billion in revenue solely from advertising on social networks, excluding revenue generated from membership-subscriptions or premium fees.

[Sponsored] The global megatrends that are driving the need for sustainable development are population growth, urbanisation, climate change, digitalisation, and non-renewable resource depletion. The publishing industry is not immune to these. In fact, as a prime user of natural resources, responsible publishers today are increasingly asking what their role should be to meet sustainability challenges and with it achieve maximum positive impact.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming business practices and the labour market across all industries, upending how leaders look at structural issues within their companies. While AI is often associated with the tech and finance sector, media has and will continue to incorporate artificial intelligence into every facet of the industry in the coming years.

On this week's episode of Media Voices, the founder of Film Stories magazine Simon Brew talks the dos and don'ts of a crowdfunding campaign, the potential of independent magazines, and the importance of giving new voices a chance to be heard.

The acceptance of the need to turn data into valuable information has reached a tipping point and will accelerate in the next three years, writes Thomas Howie, COO of events software platform Evessio.

Rumours of the death of print media have been greatly exaggerated. While online publications have been experiencing tremendous growth in recent years, the fact is that 58 per cent of subscribers still describe themselves as primarily print-oriented, and 60-80 per cent of publisher revenues are still generated from print. It’s true that the majority of print-first subscribers are older, but that doesn’t mean younger audiences won’t pay for print. They will, and they do.