European press publishers welcome the focus of this year’s World Intellectual Property Day on small businesses. The diversity and pluralism of the press in Europe has been historically built and relies on small and medium-sized publishers.

National Literacy Trust have launched the Reading Champions Challenge, which challenges students to create their own magazine quiz and discover how magazines are planned, written and published by partner, Immediate Media.

Across EMAP, eight titles took part in the 50:50 Challenge in March. 57% featured 50% women representation in their content - up from 25% reaching 50:50 when they first joined the project.

PPA 30 Under 30, the annual awards recognising the top rising stars under the age of 30 working in Consumer Magazine and Business Media,is now open for entries.

The shortlist for this year’s PPA Awards has been revealed highlighting the huge amount of talent across the industry.

Even as more people turn to digital media sources for their news, social media still presents a massive opportunity for publishers to grow, nurture and retain new and existing readers.

Industry charity NewstrAid is inviting everyone in the news trade to take part in 5kMay, a fundraising initiative to help raise money for colleagues facing hardship.

Immediate Media has announced that its live events businesses, River Street Events and Upper Street Events, have been rebranded as Immediate Live.

Taboola and Dennis Publishing reach a decade in partnership and sign a multi-year contract renewal. Dennis will use Taboola's products including Feed, Explore More and Audience Exchange to drive engagement and revenue across multiple sites and sectors.

LOYAL has launched a new journalism tool to unlock the power of publishers’ archives with one click.

WoodWing has hired Amanda van der Leest-Rasch to the newly-created role of Chief Technology Officer. As well as building out the core solutions of WoodWing Studio and WoodWing Assets, van der Leest-Rasch will focus on growing the software development team, looking at potential acquisitions to complement WoodWing’s Content Orchestration positioning, and enhancing its cloud-based solutions.

US magazine BirdWatching has launched brand new digital subscription options for individuals and institutions through the Exact Editions platform. Subscriptions feature fully-searchable access to a growing modern archive of back issues that can be browsed seamlessly across web, iOS and Android devices.

Following the success of Bauer Media’s first round of the Government Kickstart programme, where thirty 16-24-year-olds were employed across the business, Bauer Media will be expanding the scheme and welcoming a second round of applicants.

Gavin Miller, Managing Director Ultima Media, a global b2b media, content and events business is to step back as MD and move to a consulting role to launch his own new strategic and cost management business, focused on ‘the business of marketing transformation in the age of Net Zero’.

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The Government has announced the launch of the Digital Markets Unit, a tough new regulator to help make sure tech giants cannot exploit their market dominance, crowd out competition and stifle innovation online.