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Media journalist Ray Snoddy believes that the magazine industry now has the freedom to plan and invest in launches, in preparation for when the recession ends.Speaking at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar yesterday, Snoddy said the magazine industry is in a good position because “the entire sector is in private hands, which is… Continue reading Snoddy: “Publishers should be planning launches”

ShortList‘s chief executive Mike Soutar rebuffs claims that the publisher is set to launch a new women’s weekly title to rival the likes of Grazia magazine.Speaking about the reports, which are thought to have surfaced a “few weeks ago” and suggested that ShortList Media planned to launch a free celebrity and fashion title aimed at… Continue reading ShortList’s chief exec denies rumours of new mag

Regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press suffered a 28% drop in adjusted pre-tax profits last year, with ad revenue down 36% at the start of 2009.Adjusted pre-tax profits fell from £137.4 million in 2007 to £98.8 million in 2008.The group’s adjusted pre-tax profits do not include non-recurring items such as a non-cash impairment charge of £417.5… Continue reading Johnston Press suffers 28% fall in pre-tax profits

Up to 300 jobs are likely to be cut at local weekly paper owner MEN Media and regional newspaper publisher Observer Standard Media Group.Around 150 jobs are under threat at the Observer Standard Media Group, which currently has the administrators in, after it announced that it is looking for a buyer for nine of its… Continue reading Regional publishers to cut up to 300 jobs

The release of monthly ABC results for some publishers was welcomed by Dominic Williams, head of press at Carat, as part of the ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ panel held by MediaTel Group in London this morning.Williams saw this as a “huge tick”, believing that it showed the ABC “moving in the right direction”, with requests… Continue reading Carat Press Director: “Monthly ABC release is a huge tick”

One of the key areas of debate at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar this morning was the relative value of a subscriber v a newsstand reader and also how a free magazine reader fits into the overall mix.Dominic Williams, press director at Carat, felt that a subscriber should be regarded with more value… Continue reading Magazine Panel: “The hierarchy of a reader”

Carat’s press director Dominic Williams predicts an ad revenue decline of as much as 15%, saying that the industry needs to work harder to maintain revenue.Speaking on the panel at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar this morning, Williams said he expects the market to fall lower than previously forecast – Group M predicted… Continue reading Magazine Seminar Keynote: Press director predicts 15% ad decline this year

Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB has launched an attack on Channel 4, saying it has wasted £270 million on poor investments.In response to Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, which will shape the future of British broadcasting, BSkyB wrote a letter claiming that Channel 4 has wasted millions of pounds on failed business ventures and would still be… Continue reading BSkyB launches attack on Channel 4

Telegraph Media Group has appointed former Absolute Radio commercial director Nick Hewat as its new sales director.Hewat joins TMG after 17 years in radio, which saw him head up agency sales at GCap Media and most recently work at Virgin Radio, which relaunched as Absolute radio after its takeover by Times of India Group.Hewat will… Continue reading Telegraph appoints former Absolute chief Hewat

Northcliffe Media is set to cut up to 95 jobs and close or merge a number of its weekly papers across Essex, Kent and Surrey in a bid to centralise regional production.The publisher issued a statement earlier today to say that they have been forced to restructure to “reduce costs in the current challenging trading… Continue reading Northcliffe Media to slash 95 jobs