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The first MediaTel Group Forum, in association with YouGov, took place last week and focused upon the consumer magazines sector. The concept of the forum is to follow up some of the topics raised at previous MediaTel Group seminars and provide an overview of some of the key issues facing the industry.Attendees (in alphabetical order):Phil… Continue reading MediaTel Group Forum Takes A Closer Look At Consumer Magazine Sector

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers reported an overall drop in readership in March, of 3% year on year.Tthe Daily Record showed a very impressive upturn in readers year on year, of around 9%, while the Daily Mail was also up.There were some relatively large declines though, with the Independent down by around 13.5% year… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2008

The winners of the PPA editorial and publishing excellence awards have been announced at last week’s ceremony at Grosvenor House, hosted by impressionist John Culshaw.Grazia magazine, Legal Week and Asos.com came out with top prizes in their individual categories.Bauer’s Grazia was named COMAG consumer magazine of the year, with judges praising it for being “unique”… Continue reading Winners Revealed In PPA Awards For Editorial And Publishing Excellence

IPC’s woman&home has named Zoë Levey, former promotions director on Conde Nast’s Vanity Fair, as their new head of marketing following an internal move by Faith Hill.Levey has a strong background in glossy magazines, including seven years at Natmags, where she worked on several titles such as Harpers & Queen and Esquire.She said: “This is… Continue reading woman&home Appoints New Head Of Marketing

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers suffered a downturn in circulation of almost 1% year on year in April, according to the latest ABC data.Only two daily titles managed to buck the downward trend on display, with the Sun boosting its circulation by almost 3% year on year.There was a relatively large decline for the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2008

The Evening Standard saw its circulation dip by 1% from March to April, a real term decline of almost 3,000 copies.Its circulation now stands at just under 282,000.Freesheet thelondonpaper remained relatively static in April, with a circulation of almost 501,000 copies.Rival title London Lite was up by around 6,500 copies on March, taking its total… Continue reading Evening Standard Sees Circulation Dip

Dennis Communications has signed a one year deal with online poker operator PKR to produce a quarterly PKR print magazine for their players.A six-figure sum was negotiated for the deal that will see PKR distributed free of charge to an international selection of PKR customers as a premium benefit of playing at PKR.com, and is… Continue reading Dennis Signs Customer Magazine Deal With Poker Website

The results of a new survey reveal that 86% of editors around the world believe that integrated print and online newsrooms will become the norm, and 83% believe journalists will be expected to be able to produce content for all media within five years.The 2008 edition of the Newsroom Barometer, an annual survey of editors… Continue reading Integrated Print And Online Newsrooms To Become The Norm

MediaTel Group has launched Press+ – a significant extension to its heavily used press information system within MediaTel.co.uk, the media information system used by over 140 media companies, including all the top 20 media agencies and major media owners.The launch is the culmination of an 18-month, £500,000 investment in the product, which was a b2b… Continue reading MediaTel Group Launches Press+

The Times is to launch a prepaid payment card, following on from the ones offered by the Daily Mirror and the Sun.The Times MasterCard prepaid card and ‘eccount’ is being launched by Tuxedo Money Solutions, which has provided similar cards for the News Of The World and the Sun, said a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.The service… Continue reading Times To Launch Prepaid Payment Card