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As not only a print, but also a street-sold publication, The Big Issue faced serious challenges when the global coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown hit the UK. Here, Managing Director, Russell Blackman, talks us through how the publication responded.

[Sponsored by UPM Communication Papers] The urgency of climate change is clearly on people’s minds. Increased media coverage has helped stoke public awareness, while the clear need to strengthen the global response to this threat has led to the signing of the Paris Agreement¹, which aims, among others, to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C. 

The way industries respond to a crisis determines how they will respond to a disaster in the future. The impact of Covid-19 on publishing has brought with it an existential crisis for many. It has also brought innovation and resilience.

In the latest FIPP Insider webinar, author and communications Consultant, Andy Bounds, looks at how you can communicate virtually, brilliantly, in a lockdown world.

As publishers face up to the existential threat posed by Covid-19, the last thing it needs is a self-inflicted wound. Yet, many working in distribution and the inflight sector fear that’s exactly what will happen unless there’s a concerted effort in the industry to debunk the myth that printed magazines are coronavirus super-spreaders.

Meredith Corporation's Food & Wine will host its first-ever Food & Wine Classic at Home virtual event on Thursday, 23 July beginning at 4pm EDT at foodandwine.com/ClassicAtHome and featuring all-star talent including Martha Stewart, Jacques Pépin, Ayesha Curry, JJ Johnson, Stephanie Izard and Kwame Onwuachi.

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[Sponsored by UPM Communication Papers] The urgency of climate change is clearly on people’s minds. Increased media coverage has helped stoke public awareness, while the clear need to strengthen the global response to this threat has led to the signing of the Paris Agreement¹, which aims, among others, to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C. 

As not only a print, but also a street-sold publication, The Big Issue faced serious challenges when the global coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown hit the UK. Here, Managing Director, Russell Blackman, talks us through how the publication responded.