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• Condé Nast to merge US and UK editions of Condé Nast Traveller

  Condé Nast today announced a new partnership between the company’s US and UK Condé Nast Traveller teams to create one editorial platform in 2019. The media company will integrate its editorial and commercial capabilities across print and digital. 

  Published 15 August 2018 Industry News
• As we begin building towards DIS2019, read the DIS2018 special report

  Each year the sessions at the DIS (Digital Innovators’ Summit) address many of the key issues that are focusing the minds of execs in the publishing industry.

  Published 13 August 2018 Insight News
• TI Media out to close the gender engagement gap in auto advertising and content

  Women influence auto purchases, yet most feel alienated by car companies. TI Media has set out to change this. 

  Published 13 August 2018 Features
• The Mr. Magazine™ interview: NewBeauty Magazine, a relaunch that highlights editorial integrity and authority

  “It’s a huge population and a very affluent audience. They actually have more spendable income and more money. In the beauty space, it’s completely underserved, so when you think about it, to me, it’s an amazing opportunity to speak to women who are hungry to have this kind of information. No one is really intelligently speaking to them, so that is a strong business reason.” - Agnes Chapski on why Baby Boomers and Gen Xer’s are so important to NewBeauty

  Published 08 August 2018 Features
• How a change in tone and voice shaped Meredith's Shape magazine's evolution

  Meredith's Shape magazine spent the last year thinking over and creating its own evolution. Shape, which is published 10 times a year, reaches a rate base of 2.5 million and an audience of 14 million across platforms, focuses on healthy living for the 21st century woman. The magazine, which was launched in 1981, underwent a redesign which touched on every aspect of the brand – from its content, to design, fonts, advertisers and voice. The new look debuted April 17 on newsstands with the May issue which featured actress Kate Mara on the cover.

  Published 01 August 2018 Features
• The secret to Burda’s success - in conversation with new FIPP Board member Alfred Heintze

  Turnover at Hubert Burda Media Holding grew by 150 per cent over the past twenty years at a time when many legacy publishers have battled to keep their businesses afloat. New FIPP Board member and COO of Burda International, Alfred Heintze, reflects on some of the drivers behind the companies’ success and explains why ‘money for value’ should be the new motto for publishers. 

  Published 30 July 2018 Features
• How Rolling Stone is expanding its events strategy

  Penske Media, founded in 2003, has made significant investments over the years in over 18 trade and consumer brands including Variety, WWD, Robb Report, Deadline, Beauty Inc. and HollywoodLife among others. In December, the company announced a strategic investment in Wenner Media, and with it, a controlling stake in the iconic music and culture bible Rolling Stone. 

  Published 16 July 2018 Features
• Chart of the week: Digital news subscriptions are a potent revenue generator

  As a media company, building a sustainable digital business model relying on monthly subscriptions for a long time seemed like a fantasy.

  Published 16 July 2018 Insight News
• Peter Houston talks: No jobs at the farmers’ market

  A UK Government investigation into the sustainability of ‘high-quality journalism’ has released a rather depressing snapshot of the state of regional newspapers across the country.

  Published 16 July 2018 Opinion
• [Video] ALT.dk on the value of SEO in publishing

  Search engine optimisation has increasingly been left behind by publishers in recent years, in favour of more glamorous social strategies. But as Sara Wilkins, digital editor of ALT.dk at Egmont Publishing explains in this exclusive video interview for FIPP, there's still value in SEO. 

  Published 12 July 2018 Features