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Abigail Blackburn has been appointed editor of IPC Connect’s celebrity weekly title Now.Currently deputy editor of sister-title Woman, Blackburn will lead the 42-strong Now editorial team.Blackburn joined IPC Connect in November 2005 as part of the development team for the 2006 re-launch of Woman.Prior to joining IPC, Abigail worked in a variety of senior roles… Continue reading New Editor For Now

MediaTel Group is hosting a ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar this Thursday, and tickets for this event are selling fast.Panellists include Mike Soutar, chief executive of Shortlist Media; Duncan Edwards, chief executive of The National Magazine Company; media journalist Ray Snoddy; and Caroline McDevitt, managing director of IPC Advertising.The seminar will look at whether publishers… Continue reading ‘Future Of Magazines’ Seminar Takes Place This Thursday

Heat editor-in-chief Mark Frith is leaving Bauer Consumer Media in mid-May, having recently signed a deal with Ebury Press to write a book.Frith’s departure comes after Bauer acquired Emap’s consumer magazine and radio divisions for £1.14 billion (see H Bauer Buys Emap’s Magazine And Radio Divisions).Frith became Heat editor in 2000 and reinvented it as… Continue reading Frith To Step Down As Heat Editor

Customer magazine publisher Archant Life has acquired four new titles to add to its portfolio.The new additions include Compass Magazines, a portfolio of three magazines comprising two monthly letterbox titles and an annual tourist guide, with offices in Bournemouth and Southampton, from Peter Cranham and Colin and Maria Lansley.Archant has also acquired a fourth monthly… Continue reading Archant Life Acquires Four New Titles

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2007, show that all of the top ten paid for regional titles recorded declines in their circulations.Within the free regional newspaper groups category, there was a big increase for Northcliffe Newspapers Group, up by around 21.5%, or 502,000 copies year on year.Paid Regional Newspaper GroupsNone of… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2007

The Daily Sport is undergoing a relaunch from Monday which will give it a lads’ mag outlook.The relaunch will eventually see the paper get a new cover and a fresh news layout as well as extended football coverage, which are intended to give it the feel of magazines such as Nuts and Zoo.The first phase… Continue reading Daily Sport Gets Revamp

Dennis Publishing has launched a customer publishing arm, Dennis Communications.Headed up by Tim Farthing as commercial director, Dennis Communications will focus on producing and delivering print and digital customer magazines.James Tye, CEO at Dennis Publishing, said: “Dennis Communications will take customer publishing into the 21st Century. Launching Dennis Communications is yet another way Dennis Publishing… Continue reading Dennis Launches Customer Publishing Arm

The Financial Times is to launch a social networking service for media and technology executives.The FT Media and Technology Executive Membership Forum is being launched with the aim of enabling senior executives to “maintain contact with peers and luminaries operating within the digital, new media, mobile and telecoms sectors”.Forum members will receive complimentary passes for… Continue reading FT Launches Networking Website for Senior Executives

Caroline McDevitt , managing director of IPC Advertising, has been confirmed to sit on the panel at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar to be held in March.McDevitt has held the position since early 2006, having joined IPC in 2005 as director of group advertising. She also took on the position of chair of… Continue reading IPC’s McDevitt Confirmed For ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’

From tomorrow, publishers will be able to report both their print circulation and website unique user figures on a monthly basis for the first time in a new single report from the ABC.The new Multi-platform Monthly Report will detail month on month and year on year figures for both on and offline properties. In addition,… Continue reading Publishers To Be Able To Report Monthly Print And Web Figures