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Rumours were circulating 10days ago, re “MBM” magazine, & its future, or lack of one. Now subscribers have been informed of its imminent demise

The changes within the pharmaceutical industry show no signs of abating as financial pressures – whether from the decline of the traditional blockbuster or the rise of cost-containment measures – press down on companies.

The i2i Events Group has expanded its education event portfolio with the launch of the Asia Leadership Summit in Singapore this December

Revenue was up 9.4% to £78.3m (2013: £71.5m) and headline profit befoore tax was up 26.4% to £4.4m (2013: £3.5m)

Group revenues for the period were up 6% at £90.0m (2013: £85.0m) and Adjusted EBITA¹ increased 11% to £18.7m (2013: £16.9m)

Roy Greenslade reviews the redesign of the FT: I must say that I like the look of the “refreshed” Financial Times

It’s the end of an era for both Apple fans and print publishing as Macworld kills its print edition

IDG Communications put a major reorganization plan into effect earlier today, resulting in layoffs, the end of print for Macworld and the creation of a new division

Lionel Barber: “We’ve thought very hard about the future of print and we’ve drawn one or two big conclusions. First of all, anybody who said post-dotcom boom that print is dead is wrong.”

Lionel Barber: “We’ve thought very hard about the future of print and we’ve drawn one or two big conclusions. First of all, anybody who said post-dotcom boom that print is dead is wrong.”

This month, UK magazine publisher Future will be offering everyone who buys one of its print magazines the chance to download its digital counterpart for free

This month, UK magazine publisher Future will be offering everyone who buys one of its print magazines the chance to download its digital counterpart for free

Guardian News and Media (GNM) has unveiled the beta version of a tiered membership scheme offering access to events and other perks aimed at building a third revenue stream to complement the cover sales, print and digital advertising that currently make up the bulk of its revenue, while also tying a core of readers closer to the Guardian brand

Like the music industry, the Guardian has realized that the value in media isn’t in selling access to a specific product or unit of content, but in creating a deep relationship with readers and fans who want access

There are times when you wonder whether traditional publishers actually “get” digital at all. They embrace programmatic trading and then worry about falling CPMS, they extoll the virtues of native and then flood their pages with low-rent clickbait. And then they start to give away digital content again

There are times when you wonder whether traditional publishers actually “get” digital at all. They embrace programmatic trading and then worry about falling CPMS, they extoll the virtues of native and then flood their pages with low-rent clickbait. And then they start to give away digital content again

I’m glad it isn’t only me, but today I’ve seen just a glimpse of the reaction to yesterday’s news. Twitter, which raised $1.8bn in a float just under a year ago, announced yesterday that it’s looking to raise a further $1.5bn through two bonds — one for five years, the other for seven.

Mobile programmatic (on both smartphones and tablets) has also taken off in Europe. Spend on smartphones increased 894% year-over-year and spend on tablets increased 973%

Many newspaper bosses still think traditional journalism represents the unique strength that will, somehow, secure their digital future.

It looks like Twitter is preparing to do some early Christmas shopping. Marking its first debt offering, the microblogging giant is selling $1.3 billion in convertible bonds, which will likely go to future investments and acquisitions. For the full story read MediaPost