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Bauer Media’s men’s lifestyle magazine Arena is being “suspended” in a move which could see the loss of 12 jobs.A four-week staff consultation has begun, which could lead to redundancies in editorial and advertising. The April issue, out next Thursday, will be the last.The magazine, which launched in 1986, had a circulation of 29,374 according… Continue reading Bauer Media’s Arena to close after 22 years

The National Magazine Company is set to cut its UK workforce by 15%, around 100 jobs, in a bit to reduce costs as the economic downturn continues.The magazine publisher, which is home to 20 titles including Good Housekeeping and Esquire, said the redundancies will affect all areas of its UK business, including both editorial and… Continue reading NatMags to slash 15% of UK workforce

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2008, show that the Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper is Britain’s top regional title.In the top ten regional newspaper groups, Northcliffe Media Group – Free titles remains well ahead of other regional publishers, with more than 2.6 million copies.Regional Newspaper GroupsJust two of the top ten… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2008

Trinity Mirror has made 1,200 people redundant and closed 27 newspaper titles since the start of last year, the company said today.The national and regional newspaper publisher was forced to close 27 titles over the course of last year and sell another four newspapers, and has not been able to rule out the possibility of… Continue reading Trinity Mirror cuts 1,200 jobs in 14 months

Trinity Mirror is set to cut 70 journalists, almost a third of its editorial staff, from its Glasgow-based Scottish newspapers, including the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.As part of a radical shakeup at the publisher, editorial operations for Trinity Mirror’s Glasgow papers will be integrated, with the Daily Record editor appointed to the newly created… Continue reading Trinity Mirror set to make 70 redundancies

Redwood has signed a new contract with IT service company Fujitsu Services to launch a quarterly customer magazine and website to target the chief information officer (CIO) community.The first edition of the magazine, I, global intelligence for the CIO, will launch in April 2009 and will be delivered direct to CIOs across 10 European countries.Redwood… Continue reading Redwood to launch Fujitsu CIO magazine

Future is set to launch its second new title this year – a monthly magazine for triathletes called Triathlon Plus – following the launch of The Knitter last month.The magazine, which will hit the shelves on April 7 with a cover price of £3.99 and pagination of 148, will be produced in Bath and edited… Continue reading Future unveils second new magazine of the year

Egmont is launching a dedicated in-house customer publishing business, called CanDo, to provide bespoke book publishing for brands.The seven-strong CanDo team, will report to Gillian Laskier, group sales director at Egmont, building on earlier projects such as the Mr Men/Little Miss ‘free for every reader’ book promotion with the Mirror newspaper and on-pack offers such… Continue reading Egmont UK launches customer publishing business

Condé Nast appears to have started a new LOVE affair with the launch of Katie Grand’s much-anticipated ‘fashion and fame’ glossy title…LOVE, a brand new magazine that promises “edgy and experimental” editorial, hit the shelves earlier this week – carefully planned to fall in line with London Fashion Week – but in times of economic… Continue reading Condé Nast’s new LOVE

Daily Newspaper MarketThe NRS figures for January to December 2008 show that Britain’s national newspaper market was down 2.3% overall year on year.There were big readership increases for the Financial Times and the Guardian in the Quality sector, however, while the Times was also up.In the Popular sector, the Daily Record recorded a readership increase… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: Jan – Dec 2008