Guest Blog: How to Manage Subscription Anxiety
Tom Gale, Senior Optimisation Manager at House of Kaizen, provides his thoughts on the way forward for performance marketers / brands to manage subscription anxiety and prevent customer churn during these difficult times.
Time Out Group to Provide Curated Content to Apple Maps
Time Out Group, comprising two divisions, Time Out Media and Time Out Market will be providing curated content to Apple Maps through a new feature announced at WWDC today and coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac later this year.
Heat Magazine Launches Beauty Box with Glossy Box
To celebrate summer, heat has joined forces with monthly beauty box subscription brand GLOSSYBOX to launch the heat Summer Box.
Gold Key Media Receives Support from Government
Last week, Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, visited the Gold Key Media warehouse to meet MD Chris Horn and support the distribution GKM are providing to frontline NHS staff in conjunction with Project Wingman.
Polly Curtis Appointed Managing Director of PA Media
PA Media Group, the news and information business, has appointed Polly Curtis as Managing Director of its flagship brand, PA Media (PA), the national news agency for the UK and Ireland.
Condé Nast Traveller Appoints Juliet Kinsman as Sustainability Editor
Melinda Stevens, Editor in Chief of Condé Nast Traveller UK & Conde Nast Traveler US, has announced the appointment of Juliet Kinsman as Sustainability Editor, Conde Nast Traveller UK. Juliet is a sustainable luxury travel writer, author, broadcaster, consultant and Founder of Bouteco.co, and will bring her extensive expertise to her role at the brand
UK Government provides further halt to business evictions and more support for high street firms
A new code provides support to shops and local firms planning their future recovery with their landlord.
PPA urges review as Scottish Government Confirms Business Rates Relief will not apply to Magazine Publishers
This week, Scottish Government confirmed that legislation passed to extend the scope of the business rate holiday to include “news publishing” businesses will be defined in a narrow fashion, restricting relief exclusively to newspaper publishers.
Guest Blog: 5 Actionable Tips to Epic Reader Engagement for Publishers
The world of digital publishing has continued to be extremely competitive. Ultimately, today’s most successful publishers are investing more in reader engagement than on reader acquisition.
ASA announcement on Scam Ad Alert trial
The ASA is announcing the introduction of a UK Scam Ad Alert system in conjunction with the world’s biggest digital advertising and social media platforms, including Facebook and Google. This follows the completion of a successful three month trial of the initiative.
Lisa Smosarski | Editor-in-Chief | Stylist, The Stylist Group
From the very start of her career, Lisa Smosarski learnt that to be a successful Editor is to "live or die by how well we know our audience." Having taken on the editorship of a number of iconic magazines, namely Smash Hits when she was 25, she is now the Editor-in-Chief of the incredibly popular Stylist magazine, which caters to 'Women Who Want More From Their World.' In this interview, Smosarski reflects on these last few months, the digital innovation that has taken place within The Stylist Group with the introduction of the app and when they hope the beloved print magazine will be returning.
Time Out Partners With Uber Eats
Time Out London partners with Uber Eats as part of Time Out’s Love Local campaign.
Guest Blog: Job Retention Scheme – The Flexible Furlough Revealed by Wiggin
*UPDATED ARTICLE
On 12 June 2020, the Government finally published full details of how its new concept of ‘flexible furloughing’ will work from 1 July until 31 October 2020. If you are planning to utilise the scheme during this period, you may want to take a deep breath and be prepared for some serious head scratching – they have not made it easy.
New Research from Oxford Economics Projects a "Cultural Catastrophe" in Creative Industries
The Creative Industries Federation has today warned of a “cultural catastrophe” as newly commissioned research from Oxford Economics reveals that the UK’s creative industries are on the brink of devastation.
PPA calls for extension of Business Rates Relief
Last week, PPA repeated our call for the extension of the business rates relief scheme to include publishers. Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis we have called for government to extend the scope of the business rate holiday for hospitality, retail and leisure business to include publishers.
Collingwood Advisory Completes 'Growth Amid Uncertainty Survey'
Collingwood Advisory has completed a survey of Founders and CEOs of independent media businesses worldwide to understand their challenges, and priorities through the Covid-19 pandemic.