Condé Nast appoints Oren Katzeff president of Condé Nast Entertainment

MPA – The Association of Magazine Media in the US announced Where Women Create Work is the 2018 Magazine Launch of the Year.  The award was presented by Samir “Mr. Magazine ™” Husni at the American Magazine Media Conference on February 5.

Bloomberg Media Group CEO, Justin B. Smith, has sent an internal memo to staff praising their achievements in 2018 and targeting further growth during the year ahead.

A leading event industry news publisher has chosen a relative newcomer to provide the technology for their global recognition programme for the use of technology at events for a second year running.

Pam Wasserstein, CEO of New York Media, has announced that David Haskell will succeed Adam Moss as editor-in-chief of the company, overseeing New York Magazine and digital publications Vulture, the Cut, Intelligencer, the Strategist, and Grub Street. 

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.

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. 

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.

“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