Hearst UK launches new Women’s Health Live Festival

The River Group has announced that it is launching Maven Communications - a UK PR and communications agency. Maven is jointly owned by River and Lisa Taylor, of Well Hello success.

HRH The Duke of Sussex took over National Geographic's Instagram account on Monday, September 20. 

Six months after its US launch Apple’s digital news and magazine subscription service, Apple News+, has arrived in the UK. The new service gives users access to more than 150 publications for a single monthly fee. The move, an attempt to build a Spotify or Netflix for magazine/newspaper content, includes access to publications such as The Times and The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan UK, Elle UK, Esquire UK, FourFourTwo, Empire and Hello! as well as a number of US magazines and newspapers.

Bauer Media Group is launching 29 titles on Apple’s News+ in the UK and Australia. This new collaboration follows the rollout of five BMG titles in the USA on News+ in March this year. 

While magazine media has shifted to focus on reader revenue streams over the last 18 months or so, the landscape is still fraught with questions and uncertainties. No surprise then that subscriptions have been top of mind for media this year; the subject has been discussed at INMA's Subscription Summit, and snapshotted by FIPP's Global Digital Subscription Snapshot. 

The last few years have witnessed a renaissance in media focused startups. Powered by initiatives like Artificial Intelligence and blockchain, the new breed of companies have sought to answer some of the key issues that have dogged media and publishing companies for the past decade. How can they scale the amount of content they produce? How can they increase the number of people paying for it? And how best to harness social media to target new consumers and turn them into regular followers - and maybe even paying customers? Here, then, are ten new-ish companies that have all made great strides in their attempt to simplify the world of media.

Thomas Deléchat is Deputy Head of the Digital Factory of Ringier Axel Springer. Here we catch up with him a year after being awarded a Highly Commended FIPP Rising Star. Keep on reading to find out what he's been up to, his recently acquired skills and why he thinks that video and article views are an overrated term in the media industry.

After surpassing advertising earnings nearly 15 years ago, subscriptions remain the top source of revenue for the television industry in the UK, according to Ofcom estimates. Growth in this arena remains strong and consistent, though online profit is accelerating at a breakneck pace.

In the fast-changing publishing world, every business is looking to innovate. But getting it wrong can cost money and leave you trailing behind the competition. In advance of a major session on innovation at the forthcoming FIPP World Media Congress, a selection of experts, including speakers Martha Stone Williams and Robin Govik, offer tips for harnessing innovation in your business.