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• Medium’s Scott Lamb on building relationships with readers

  Scott Lamb explains Medium’s publishing strength and the centrality of building relationships between readers and editorial entities. He also looks back at his time at BuzzFeed and offers his views on how venture-backed media entities, like BuzzFeed and Vice, might evolve in the future.

  Published 24 February 2020 Features
• [Report] Social Media in the Middle East: 2019 in review

  "Social Media in the Middle East: 2019 in review" covers the latest stories, trends and research in social media usage from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The report is authored by Professor Damian Radcliffe, and PhD student Hadil Abuhmaid, at the University of Oregon.

  Published 24 February 2020 Insight News
• FIPP launches FIPP Insider podcast

  FIPP has today launched a new podcast, filled with news, insights, and opinions from around the media world. The first season will feature four episodes, each hosting different voices from across the industry.  

  Published 24 February 2020 Features
• Axel Springer establishes international sales unit

  As of March 1, 2020, Axel Springer will establish an international sales unit to market its more than 70 international media brands across countries and brands.

  Published 24 February 2020 Industry News
• FIPP members PressReader and Dow Jones enter into licensing agreement

  All-you-can-read newspaper and magazine platform PressReader announced a new licensing deal with Dow Jones and its flagship Wall Street Journal brand. 

  Published 24 February 2020 Industry News
• Wayfair Europe, Dorel Home and Hearst launch CosmoLiving collection

  Furniture and décor online destination Wayfair has launched CosmoLiving by Cosmopolitan in the UK, in a brand licensing partnership with Hearst and Dorel, brokered by IMG. 

  Published 24 February 2020 Industry News
• Erica Anderson, Executive Producer Vox Media on building multiple media channels

  One of the big concerns that publishers have had in recent years is keeping staff away from the lure of the big tech platforms. Yet, for a number of reasons, there does appear now to be a trend of talent heading in the opposite direction.

  Published 24 February 2020 Features
• Condé Nast Entertainment launches a network of brand studios

  Condé Nast Entertainment announced the launch of a portfolio-wide network of studios, beginning with The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Wired and GQ.

  Published 18 February 2020 Industry News
• NYT wins the Paid Content Award 2020 during Seventh International Paid Content Summit at Axel Springer

  Around 90 experts from leading international media houses accepted Axel Springer’s invitation to attend the seventh International Paid Content Summit in Berlin on February 12 and 13, 2020. At the two-day event, industry experts talked about their experiences with the implementation and optimisation of digital pay models.

  Published 18 February 2020 Industry News
• [Long read] Condé Nast, Hearst, Mondadori and more on the skills media professionals need to survive 2020

  A FIPP article from October 2019 discussed the rise in strategists, chief people herders, ninjas, rockstars and viral meme makers. These changes in role titles are reflective of the shifts in the industry. As the media industry changes, people are also changing their skillsets to remain competitive. Here, FIPP members Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith Corporation, Editorial Perfil, Mondadori and The River Group list the definitive skills to survive in the media industry in 2020 and beyond.

  Published 17 February 2020 Features