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Maureen Duffy, the out-going Newspaper Marketing Agency (NMA) boss, is to become UK chief executive officer at TNS.

I am not big on research…well unless it’s the sort of robust sampling research used by some of my favourite mags on what’s hot and what’s not in the style stakes.

Apple’s new Newsstand service “is just starting to have an impact” on the magazine industry, according to the panel at MediaTel Group’s Future of Consumer Magazines event this morning.

The concept of a publishing company has to change, according to Gill Hudson, editor in chief, Reader’s Digest.

There is another walking, breathing, potential solution to at least some of the problems of the local publishing industry and he is called Sir Ray Tindle. Tindle Newspapers, famously started after the war with Sir Ray’s £300 demob payment, has always seemed particular – one man’s vision.

The daily national newspaper market saw circulation figures drop once again in October – down by -1.2% PoP and -6.6% YoY overall.

Why isn’t there a trading system to bridge the gap between agencies and publishers, asked News International’s Patricia Kill at MediaTel Group’s ‘Why Aren’t We All Trading Electronically?’ event at Specific Media on Wednesday.

… admit that he knew there was a culture of illegality in parts of News International but decided to do as little as possible about it. That way leads straight to the dock. The alternative is only marginally less unpleasant – admit to incompetence!

News Corporation has reported a 7% increase in revenue for Q1 to nearly $8 billion.

Raymond Snoddy says the game has just begun – it’s up to everyone in the newspaper and magazine industries to try to design the best possible mixture of carrots and sticks to ensure that self-regulation of the press survives…