The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) has announced Tim Pollard, group digital editorial director at Bauer Media, as the 2022 chair. He succeeds Hattie Brett, editor of Grazia and will be supported by vice-chairs Deborah Joseph, European editorial director, Glamour, and Jaimie Kaffash, editor of Pulse. Together they lead the committee of 15 leading British magazine editors and editorial directors whoContinue reading “Magazines can prosper, says new BSME chair”
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Why Future is forging ahead
Last week I interviewed Chris Convey, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Future’s B2B portfolio, who led on its core acquisition’s strategy. In the past few years, following a restructure, Future plc has seen phenomenal growth from acquisitions and through an expansion of their current portfolio. But why has this media giant now forgedContinue reading “Why Future is forging ahead”
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Why your title should adopt 360-degree feature packages
Recently I presented a paper to delegates at the AJE Magazine Conference at Edinburgh Napier on why 360-degree features are core skills for tomorrow’s journalists. When writing my book, Business Strategies for Magazine Publishing, I found that surprisingly, some editors still publish their print articles online verbatim. But I believe in order to thrive, magazineContinue reading “Why your title should adopt 360-degree feature packages”
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Take a strategic approach to advertising
My experience on the changes in advertising sales over the last decade has resulted in this latest article, How magazines can take a strategic approach to advertising, published in WNIP. Researching this feature took me back to earlier in my career when the core magazine revenue came from copy sales and advertising. So much hasContinue reading “Take a strategic approach to advertising”
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Guest lecture at Napier
Below is a video of my lecture to Masters students on the International Journalism for Media Professionals and also those taking MSc Publishing at Edinburgh Napier University. The theme was how to develop a successful magazine concept. Here are my five essential takeaways from the session: Spend time developing an in-depth business plan Don’t skimpContinue reading “Guest lecture at Napier”
