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• Tom Rowland, VP international at Meredith Corporation, on challenges in content licensing

  For prominent publishers who boast large and successful magazine brands, licensing content is often a core part of their revenue generation strategy. However, as the type of content those brands create has evolved, so has the nature of the deals.

  Published 18 February 2019 Features
• New EIC Jacqueline Gifford on evolving and growing Travel+Leisure

  In November, Jacqueline Gifford was promoted to editor-in-chief of Travel + Leisure at Meredith. Previously, she was Travel + Leisure's travel director, and has held various positions since 2013 when she joined the Meredith brand. Gifford succeeds Nathan Lump who left Travel + Leisure in September 2018. 

  Published 04 February 2019 Features
• Bloomberg CEO sets sights on double digit growth in 2019

  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.

  Published 29 January 2019 Industry News
• FIPP members give their insights into the key media tech trends for 2019

  2018 was a turbulent year for media, and one in which the Facebook-Google duopoly came under increased scrutiny from political bodies around the world. For traditional media owners, 2019 represents a fresh start in taking on new challenges, and we here get the insights of a selection of leading FIPP members from around the world.

  Published 21 January 2019 Features
• World Congress website launches with exclusive Super Early Bird savings

  The website for the 42^nd FIPP World Media Congress in Las Vegas, USA is now live along with our Super Early Bird offer with savings of more than $1,000 per ticket on final rates for individual bookings!

  Published 16 January 2019 FIPP News
• How Thomas Cook resurrected a print magazine that died in 1939

  One of the greatest successes born from the new Thomas Cook Media and Partnerships division within the Thomas Cook travel agency was the rebirth of the printed magazine, The Excursionist, originally founded in 1851. Speaking at FIPP Insider in London, Ed Marr, group head of commercial publishing, media and partnerships at Thomas Cook Group, explained how an integrated multi-channel media offering within the holiday retail company made this possible.

  Published 14 January 2019 Features
• How Italy’s most successful cooking website went multi-platform - all the way to print

  Spinning off a monthly print magazine in 2017 to create an additional revenue stream for Italy’s hugely popular cooking website, Giallo Zafferano, was such a significant success that it sold 2.5 million copies in the first year, says Daniela Cerrato, head of digital product marketing of the Italian magazine division at Mondadori Publishing Group.

  Published 07 January 2019 Features
• FIPP CEO James Hewes on what will (likely) be happening in media in 2019

  A few weeks ago, the Swedish Publishing Association (Sveriges Tidskrifter) asked FIPP CEO James Hewes about his predictions for the year ahead. Here’s what he said:

  Published 17 December 2018 Features
• How Kalmbach Media is tackling reinvention

  In the year since new CEO Dan Hickey helmed suburban Milwaukee-based Kalmbach Media, he has been focused on the rapid transformation of the company from a traditional print publisher into a provider of high-quality media and related services for modern enthusiast audiences.  

  Published 10 December 2018 Features
• How and why politics, social issues and the F word have taken centre stage in mainstream women’s publishing

  The last decade has been a fascinating one for women's mainstream media. Established titles have undertaken the shift from print to digital and in some instances have pioneered new ways of engaging their audiences.

  Published 10 December 2018 Features