What is it about daily newspapers? Falling circulations and advertising have broken business models that cannot be mended even by booming digital audiences. But you wouldn’t guess it.
The FT is a leader in crossing over from print — digital subscribers now make up 70 percent of its paying audience, a number that keeps growing
Reed Elsevier plans to change its name to RELX Group and to simplify its corporate structure by combining the assets below its UK and Dutch parent companies into a single group entity for the first time
Rodale has been testing out numerous revenue-generating brand extensions in recent years, from an ecommerce site to branded foods. Today, the publisher of titles like Women’s Health and Runner’s World is officially debuting Rodale U, a new platform offering paid online courses. – See more at: FIPP.Com
Private equity owners Apax snub a takeover approach from Hellman & Friedman to pursue a stock market listing of the UK’s biggest online marketplace for new and used cars
Publicis Groupe announced today the acquisition of the South Africa-based company Epic Communications, the country’s leading independent integrated strategic communications agency
Hobsons, the world’s leader in connecting learning to life, today announced the acquisition of Starfish Retention Solutions, the leading provider of student success and advising systems for higher education institutions
It was announced yesterday that Arrow Electronics has purchased Hearst publishing’s United Technical Publications, which includes 16 engineering web sites, e-newsletters, inventory access tools and databases. The deal gives Arrow a powerful electronics B2B content marketing platform to reach a claimed 1 million engineering professionals worldwide. Trade magazine Electronic Products is part of the deal.
NME staff are understood to have been told that discussions have been held with promoters and partners about the prospect of the magazine going free
UBM Asia will be organising the first Business4Better China (B4B China), a non-profit event for establishing community partnership projects, from 15 – 16 July 2015 at Shanghai KIC Conference Center, China.
When it comes to digital-to-print developments, commentators often refer to internet pureplays entering the world of print – Net-a-Porter with Porter, Airbnb with Pineapple, and so on
French advertising holding company Havas achieved 3.5 percent organic sales growth on revenue of 551 million euros in the fourth quarter, finishing a strong year driven by new contract wins and strength in Britain and emerging markets
Alex Northcott sets up new media database for PRs four months after selling his former business for up to £200m. Alex Northcott, who founded Gorkana in March 2003, has launched Roxhill Media with two other former staff of the digital PR jobs and media industry information company
The march of native advertising continued this week, as Forbes dispensed with another traditional taboo. It put a native ad on the cover of its print edition for the March 2, 2015 issue, due out on newsstands on Monday.
WPP research and data unit Kantar continues to restructure around strategic alliances giving it a better footing in the global audience measurement marketplace
Publicis Groupe reported that consolidated revenue grew 4.3% to $9.625 billion in 2014, driven by stronger fourth-quarter organic growth of 3.2%
Once the takeover has been completed, the joint venture will be called ITEMF Expo AO. Comtrans and Autotrans are important events in Russia for commercial vehicles, buses and special vehicles.
Following a successful Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) in Milan, with over 2,000 exhibitors and over 35,000 visitors, Reed Exhibitions has announced two new events this year. Reed are launching MCE Asia in Singapore and MCE Saudi in Riyadh later this year
Montgomery Group has announced the purchase of international event for professionals in aid and development, AidEx, from Centaur Media
The Mission Marketing Group plc, the marketing communications and advertising group, has announced the acquisition of Edinburgh-based The Weather Digital and Print Communications Limited
