With only two days to go until The PPA Awards entry deadline, we spoke to the Editor of the PPA Magazine Brand of the Year, 2019. Launched in 1897, Country Life has been in publication for over 120 years and this year celebrated a decade of ABC print increases, testament to to the strength of the title's editorial and loyal audience."The best piece of advice I ever received was that you must put the reader first," said Mark Hedges, Editor of Country Life. "A reader is the most precious thing."

Last September, DC Thomson Media launched a new glossy, monthly magazine, aimed at women over 55. This marked the biggest women's magazine launch in over a decade, and it is Ali Kirker who sits at the helm as Editor. Since getting her first job at Jackie magazine when she was 17, Kirker worked across the industry, in both newspapers and magazines, with a little detour into finance, before returning to magazines to edit Platinum.

This week is National Apprenticeship Week, the annual celebration which brings this community together to celebrate the impact of apprenticeships on individuals, employers and the economy. We spoke to Felix Page who is coming to the end of his apprenticeship at Haymarket and the start of his full-time contracted position as a reporter on Car & Accessory Trader (CAT) magazine.

After years of experience working across the magazine industry, from TV Hits, to Company to Good Housekeeping, Victoria White now works to provide commercial content to brands outside of Hearst as Editorial Director of Hearst Content Agency. "Brands are really hungry for content," she tells me, which can include in-store magazines, websites and social channels. "The world of commercial content is incredibly creative and expansive."

Anthem Publishing has unveiled its brand new website www.anthem.co.uk, along with the rebranding of its logo and shop site.

In November this year, TI Media launched a brand new luxury travel product to add to their portfolio, called The Caribou. The Editor, Stephanie Wood, spoke to us about the challenges of launching a new brand and the advantages of knowing your specific audience.  

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The new website for Vegan Food & Living is now live, the first of Anthem Publishing’s brands to undergo a complete overhaul.

Brooks, ON Running, Decathlon and Tikiboo are among the winners of the UK’s running awards, created by Women’s Running magazine. The full results are to be announced at the end of this month, online as well as in the magazine’s biggest ever awards special print issue.

B2B and consumer independent publishers gathered under one roof at etc.venues, 133 Houndsditch last Friday for a morning of presentations followed by an afternoon of awards recognising the very best talent in the UK independent publishing industry.

Anthem Publishing will be donating 10p from every magazine sold throughout October to mental health charity, Bath Mind

This week marks the official tenth birthday of Stylist magazine, and to celebrate, they have partnered with a number of influential women to edit 11 of their issues.

Ahead of their 'gusty women' issue next week, guest edited by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, we spoke to The Stylist Group publishing director, Georgina Holt, about the future of the Stylist brand and her personal journey through the publishing industry.

Over the course of her varied journalistic career, PPA New Talent Award winner, Ellen Stewart, has played a vital role in developing the digital and social platforms at a number of publications. Now the Content Director at PinkNews, Ellen speaks about the importance of LGBTQ+ media in this day and age and why she was drawn to digital and social media.

If there is anyone that truly eats, sleeps and breathes magazines, it is Jeremy Leslie, founder of the magCulture Online Journal, the magCulture shop, author of several books about magazine design and founder of annual magazine conferences in London and New York.

We caught up with Jeremy following his roundtable session, Meet The Indies, at Magfest 2019 to find out a little bit more about how he became such a passionate advocate for editorial design and why magazines are now thriving in this era of niche.

As we close the entries for this years Independent Publisher Awards, we spoke to the CEO of one of our IPN members, Anthem Publishing. 

Since it's launch in 2002, Anthem has developed a body of magazines from music, to baking, to well-being and has picked up a number of PPA IPN Awards. From mohawks to millionaire shortbread, Jon Bickley speaks to us about his profession and his past times.

Long Live Vinyl magazine has launched a search for the UK's favourite independent record shop

Colouring Heaven magazine, the UK adult colouring magazine owned by Anthem Publishing, is releasing its first calendar.