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.

The 8th Data & AI for Media Week events in London will inspire magazine media companies to launch and expand their data and AI strategies, by featuring dozens of speakers from the most innovative and data-driven media companies in the world.

The Google Reviews platform is becoming an increasing headache for businesses, who are able to escape trolling on social media but not on the wider web. How has the search giant been able to cultivate such a monopoly over digital reputation? We look at the curious case of Google Reviews. 

Eugene Malashenia, director of business development at Voluum DSP, talks about the growing pains and obstacles in the native advertising industry and what he sees as solutions in the future.

Billionaires are not buying prestigious book publishers or TV channels. What is so special about magazines or newspaper periodicals?

FIPP is seeking out your winning research campaigns to enter the FIPP Insight Awards. Deadline: Monday 5 November 2018. Here for some inspiration is a snapshot of the winning entries from 2017. 

The 8th Data & AI for Media Week events in London will inspire magazine media companies to launch and expand their data and AI strategies, by featuring dozens of speakers from the most innovative and data-driven media companies in the world.

The media industry is facing yet another disruption: This time, a game-changing, tidal wave of artificial intelligence and data-driven processes that are replacing much less efficient ways of driving audience and revenue. Many innovative media companies have chosen to ride the wave of disruption and leverage their audience and trend data to develop revenue-making and cost-saving products and processes.

With only a couple of days to go before our DIS2019 launch offer ends, we can now announce the first 11 speakers confirmed for DIS.

If your company is in the business of targeting millennials particularly interested in business and technology, then chances are you already know a good deal about Cheddar. The live and on-demand video news network that focuses on covering innovative products, technologies and services, launched in the US a couple of years ago with the aim of filling the void of business news for young people. 

You won't want to miss the 8th Big Data & AI for Media conference and idea exchange, taking place on 1-2 November at the Microsoft headquarters in London. 

Converting visitors on news sites to paying customers is today the focus of media houses around the world. By opening up a new digital revenue stream, alongside advertising, total digital revenue can increase. But that requires content that makes readers log in to the site and – preferably – become paying, recurring customers.

Good things come to those who plan ahead. By booking your place for the next DIS (Digital Innovators’ Summit) in March 2019, you will save a whopping €800 per person on final rates. This offer ends soon.

The Google Reviews platform is becoming an increasing headache for businesses, who are able to escape trolling on social media but not on the wider web. How has the search giant been able to cultivate such a monopoly over digital reputation? We look at the curious case of Google Reviews. 

Miraculous growth in reach and income characterised the transformation of Worldwide Media in India from a print magazine publisher to a multi-platform, multi-income stream, media company. Delegates to the recent FIPP Asia conference in Wuhan, China, enjoyed an insight into how this was done in only three years when Deepak Lamba, chief executive officer, shared key aspects of this journey. 

Alan Segal is VP for audience and analytics at CNN Digital in the United States. He will speak at the 8th Data & AI for Media conference in London about how CNN Digital leverages data and AI to understand its audience and drive advertising revenue.

Last month, The Economist announced a new podcast series, “The Secret History of the Future,” in partnership with US-based online magazine Slate. The 10-part audio series is presented by The Economist deputy editor Tom Standage and Slate senior editor Seth Stevenson. 

The establishment of an International Magazine Centre in Edinburgh is fast becoming a reality. Announcing the plans internationally for the first time, centre manager Nikki Simpson explains how this globally unique centre will bring international publishers to Scotland to grow into a hub for publishing expertise. It will also aim to promote a love for magazines and showcase the passion and talent of the publishing industry to consumers.

Pop-Up Magazine is a magazine unlike any other. Launched nine years ago in San Francisco, each issue is performed in front of a live audience with writers, filmmakers, photographers, radio producers, and since 2014, has been on tour across the United States.

InkyPen is a subscription-based service making thousands of comic books available to readers for the price of US$7.99 per month. Ahead of the platform’s launch on the Nintendo Switch this November, FIPP caught up with CEO, Ronan Huggard, to find out more about the model. 

Axel Springer and Purplebricks will set up a joint holding company, that will acquire around 22 per cent of Homeday via the purchase of existing shares and a capital increase. In addition, Axel Springer’s existing stake of four per cent will be transferred to the holding company. Axel Springer and Purplebricks will each hold a 50 per cent stake in the joint holding company.

Global media platform Teads announced an exclusive global partnership with The Economist Group to deliver both outstream video and viewable display across all its media brands.

Meredith Corporation announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Time media brand to Marc and Lynne Benioff for US$190 million in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval and is expected to close within 30 days.

Immediate Media Co today announces an agreement to acquire BBC Good Food - including the digital and live events businesses - from BBC Studios.

Eugene Malashenia, director of business development at Voluum DSP, talks about the growing pains and obstacles in the native advertising industry and what he sees as solutions in the future.

FIPP is seeking out your winning research campaigns to enter the FIPP Insight Awards. Deadline: Monday 5 November 2018. Here for some inspiration is a snapshot of the winning entries from 2017. 

Throughout the past decade, one of the key challenges for content owners and publishers has been how to get people to pay for digital content that they were used to getting for free.

The August 2018 Magazine Media 360° Brand Audience Report shows that total audience has reached 1.8 billion, up +1.5 per cent versus August 2017 for the 112 magazine brands in the analysis.

View and download the speaker presentations from the FIPP Asia international conference, 14-15 September, Wuhan, China.

IAB UK today announced that UK advertisers spent £6.4bn (US$8.42bn) on digital advertising in the first half of 2018, according to the latest results of the IAB UK and PwC Digital AdSpend report.

This week, Julio Bruno, CEO at Time Out Group talks about the brand reaching a milestone 50th birthday, the growth of their different revenue streams, and how they stay true to the Time Out brand across 315 cities. He also explains why the print magazine is still a vital part of the business, and how their unique approach to Time Out Markets is their biggest opportunity next year.

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.

Billionaires are not buying prestigious book publishers or TV channels. What is so special about magazines or newspaper periodicals?

On Monday, Facebook launched Portal, a brand new hardware product designed to facilitate consumer conference calling. But on the back of the company’s biggest ever data breach, criticism of the device has already been high. 

There are many brands using their relationships with customers and marketing budgets as a force for good in the world. Just over the weekend I listened to a Barclays radio advert discussing how to protect yourself from Facebook tracking, and the FMCG space has made excellent inroads to wider societal issues such as supplying clean water, providing education and preventing children from joining gangs.

Lately I’ve read a number of articles about newsrooms working with companies to grow engagement with readers by including audiences in the creation process. One article in particular caught my attention because it took a devil’s advocate stance on the issue stating, rather forcefully, that there was no proof that engagement leads to any tangible value and that people who believe it does are basing their opinion on gut instincts, not fact.

If you’re sitting on the fence over whether you should offer a digital edition for your publication, check out an important lesson The Toronto Star learned when they decided to offer their ePaper Edition as a standalone product earlier this year, after just bundling it for years with their print edition. 

The 2016/17 rush to [subscription] reader revenue as the sole income source continues to baffle me given paywalls’ less than stellar results in the past decade. But be that as it may, 2018/19 looks to be heading towards more of the same.