Marketforce Coronavirus News Update
The Coronavirus outbreak is an evolving situation and changing daily. In highly affected countries people are reducing time spent in public and crowed areas including travel outlets. Travel points will be most affected with less people travelling. On the flipside, people are going to supermarkets to stockpile on groceries so there may be some short terms spikes in sales in a few retail channels. This report includes sales analysis based on short and long term impact to the magazine industry.
Net-A-Porter Launches New Podcast Series
Net-A-Porter announces the launch of Pieces of Me: My Life in 7 Garments, a weekly podcast series created by Porter.
Ultima Creates Insight Partnership with ECG
Ultima Media, a B2B automotive media business, through its business intelligence (BI) arm ‘AUTOMOTIVE from ULTIMAMEDIA’ has established an insight and intelligence partnership with The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG).
New Editor for Therapy Today
Sally Brown has been appointed Editor of Therapy Today, the magazine of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Professional Pensions Unveils New-Look Monthly Magazine
Professional Pensions, Incisive Media’s brand for UK trustees and pension professionals, has relaunched its magazine as a monthly with new editorial features and more in-depth analysis.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) & ABC Reporting
How your circulation may be affected.
Coronavirus: Government Support for Business Announced in the Budget
In the Budget on March 11, the Chancellor announced a package of measures to provide support for public services, individuals and businesses to ensure the impact of COVID-19 is minimised.
The Printing Charity Renews its Funding of NCTJ's Journalism Diversity Fund
The Printing Charity, one of the funding partners of the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF), has renewed its financial support for 2020.
Stylist Magazine Marks 500th Anniversary Issue With Launch On Readly
Stylist extends audience footprint by going digital on Readly's digital magazine platform.
New Sustainable Look for Hood Magazine
Hood has announced it will be changing its look in support of the country’s growing sustainability agenda.
PPA Welcomes Budget Announcement on Zero-rating of Digital Publications
In the Budget on March 11, Chancellor to the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP announced that from December 1 2020 digital publications, including magazines, journals, books and newspapers will be zero-rated for VAT, in the same way as print publications.
Andy Greening | Digital Manager | The River Group
Winner of Best Branded Podcast at the Publisher Podcast Awards was The River Group's audio creation for Holland & Barrett, Healthy For Men. We spoke with its producer, Andy Greening, about the secret behind this success and the podcast he has recently produced for The River Group, Content Talks.
Radio Times Names New Joint-Editors
Tom Loxley and Shem Law have been named Joint-Editors of Radio Times.
Public Health Information Regarding Coronavirus
For reference, the best way to keep abreast of the latest public health information regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) is at: www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
Guest Blog: How to create a faster editorial workflow
A faster editorial workflow means more time for quality content – here are four key ways to achieve it.
Hearst Live Announces Women's Health Line-up and Partnerships
Hearst has announced the return of its Women's Health Live festival for 2020.