FIPP celebrates 100 years with Centenary Congress magazine
To mark its centenary, FIPP has published 100 Years of Magazines, a collector’s item publication celebrating the evolution of magazines over the last 100 years. Featuring industry success stories and expert opinions from across the globe, the 200-page-plus magazine will only be available to delegates attending this week’s FIPP World Media Congress in Madrid, while a digital version will be accessed by FIPP members worldwide in the next days.
“What better way to celebrate the very essence of ‘the magazine’ than, well, with a magazine?” FIPP CEO Alastair Lewis points out in the publication’s Welcome message.
“What you’re reading isn’t some dusty history lesson or a dry account of FIPP’s last century. This is the story of our industry. It’s a vibrant celebration of something that started as ink on paper and has evolved into the multi-platform, immersive experience it is today – digital, live, audio, video, AR, in-person and more.
“You’ll see massive overnight successes and tales of sheer perseverance, of overcoming the odds, and the relentless will to make it happen. This is what FIPP has always been about.”
Flicking through the ages, starting with the 1920s, the publication looks at how the magazine medium came of age, before chronicling its golden period of influence from the 1960s-1980s and exploring the era of disruption and reinvention from the 1990s-2020s.
FIPP members also share some stunning front pages from 100 years of magazine making; there’s a celebration of a century of FIPP congresses as well as profiles of industry stalwarts like The New Yorker, The Scots Magazine, National Geographic and The Radio Times.
The Centenary Congress magazine not only looks backwards, but forwards – exploring, amongst other things, the enduring appeal of print, the key to future sustainability, and whether Gen Z can help save magazine media.
The publication also features expert opinion pieces by Thinking’s Jacqui Barrett, industry veteran Bo Sacks, co-founder of Media Voice, Peter Houston and Andres Rodríguez, President & Owner, SpainMedia.
According to Yulia Boyle, Chair of the FIPP Board, the Centenary Congress magazine and the FIPP World Media Congress underline how the publishing industry is reinventing its ‘menu’.
“Some FIPP members are brilliantly reminding readers what premium print can do when it is scarce, crafted, and anchored in trusted journalism,” she writes in the magazine. “Others are turning stories into live experiences that grow community. Across borders, FIPP trades playbooks so our members can succeed faster – together.”
Paper for the print edition has been kindly sponsored by UPM Papers and the digital edition will be available with thanks to PressReader.
