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IPC has unveiled its glossy magazine’s new-look website womanandhome.com with a new design, new advertising format and “a more glamorous look and feel”.The new website, which is tailored to its affluent 40-plus audience, offers easier navigation and more content across its main channels – food, hair and beauty, diet and wellbeing, and fashion.Womanandhome.com also has… Continue reading woman&home website unveils new look

In a wide-ranging address on the future media landscape, Richard Eyre (a director of Guardian Media Group) painted a gloomy picture for the future of print at yesterday’s Annual ISBA conference in London.“Inside 18 months, the first titles will become online only.” This will include some nationals, Eyre added. “Newspapers are kidding themselves if they… Continue reading Eyre: Expect first nationals to close within 18 months

The men’s magazine market took a blow yesterday with the news that Bauer Media’s Arena is to cease printing after 22 years.Although the latest ABC figures – for July to December 2008 – show that its circulation was up 16.5% year on year, its total was less than 30,000 copies.Arena was launched in 1986 by… Continue reading The rise and fall of Arena

The chief executives of the UK’s top regional newspaper groups have joined forces to pressure the government into relaxing merger restrictions.According to a report in the Financial Times, the Local Media Alliance came into being in January and then held a secret meeting at Claridge’s with communications minister Lord Carter on February 2.The seven executives… Continue reading Regional newspaper groups form alliance

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