Shares in Merlin Entertainments, the owner of Alton Towers and Madame Tussauds, leapt 9.5% on the group’s stock market debut. The offer price had been set at 315p per share, but the stock rose quickly to 345p
HarperCollins, one of the world-leading “big 5” publishers, recently announced that they will begin selling eBooks direct to consumers
Twitter floated at $26 spikes at $50 before slipping to $45 all in the space of 2 hours
Twitter floated at $26 spikes at $50 before slipping to $45 all in the space of 2 hours
In an IMS Reed Elsevier today reported that positive underlying growth trends were maintained across all major business areas in the first nine months of 2013 with revenue growth of 3% on a like for like basis.
Havas reported Q3 2013 revenue growth of 1.2% on a like for like basis, which was at the bottom of the range of performances by the world’s largest agencies
Women’s Health, the UK’s fastest-growing women’s glossy magazine is increasing to a monthly frequency from 2014
Informa Exhibitions today officially launches its new event, Cross Media Production, which will take place from 25-27 March 2014. Co-located alongside Ipex 2014, Cross Media Production is a dedicated production and pre-media event that focusses on the effective implementation of cross media communication strategies across multiple platforms
UBM replaces Pearson in Goldman Sachs’s media sector ‘conviction buy list’. Heavyweight broker Goldman Sachs reckons the quality of media assets is improving, but that has not stopped it downgrading sector behemoths Pearson (LON:PSON) and Informa (LON:INF)
Hearst Magazines UK, the UK’s largest digital publisher, has unveiled research that shows magazine readers consume digital editions in a similar way to print editions, but have much higher expectations of interactivity
When the iPad first presented publishers with a platform well-suited to consuming digital magazines, many made the mistake of assuming selling digital editions would be just like selling print mags, but without the paper
Hearst Magazines UK has today confirmed plans to close Zest with immediate effect. The last issue of Zest (January 2014) will publish on 5th December
Group revenue for Q1 2013 was marginally up on the same period in 2012 as expected
The number of publishers becoming insolvent has jumped 42% over the last year. 98 publishers went bust in the last year,* up from 69 the year before, according to research by Wilkins Kennedy, the Top-25 accountancy firm
Metro’s publisher DMG Media is to compete with The London Evening Standard for homeward commuters by publishing a Metro evening tablet edition at 5pm every weekday from today
Metro’s publisher DMG Media is to compete with The London Evening Standard for homeward commuters by publishing a Metro evening tablet edition at 5pm every weekday from today
We continue to concentrate on the execution of our “Quickening the Pace” strategy, focusing on earnings per share growth, by investing in and strengthening our core businesses, in particular driving organic growth and adding value to our key brands through continuous innovation
The New York Times is seeing continued growth in subscription revenue thanks to its paywall, but at the same time its advertising revenue is still falling, both in print and online
Imagine Publishing will launch World Of Animals, a totally new wildlife magazine set to transform the global print and digital newsstand
UBM announced earlier today that the inaugural Aerotropolis Europe, Middle East and Africa Conference and Exhibition (AEMEA) will take place in Manchester, UK 8-10 July 2014
