Industry Voices
Industry Voices
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.
The conference, sponsored by our IPN strategic partner Pensord and moderated by Tilly McAuliffe from Think Publishing, opened with a presentation from the President of INNOVATION Media, Juan Señor, who took the audience thorough 14 business models for media innovation in the digital age, emphasising the value of the digital content that publishers provide.
Other presentations included Laura Jenner, Product Director of Immediate Media who explained the importance of placing the customer at the heart of product-led thinking and Julian Rose, founder of Chemical Watch, who explored the way market research led to his company’s pivot from a B2B news business to an enterprise membership platform.
A series of round table sessions, which included topics such as Sustainability and Plastic Alternatives, Exit Hacks and Text and Logo tracking with the NLA, was followed by the keynote presentation from Mark Allen, Chairman of the Mark Allen Group. Having built his £50 million family business from scratch, Allen spoke about the ups and downs and the hits and misses on his journey to becoming one of the UK’s most respected characters in independent publishing.
The awards ceremony, hosted by the comedian and actor Jessica Fostekew, followed in the afternoon, with 21 PPA independent publisher accolades awarded to a variety of individuals, teams and publications.
Highlights from the day included TTG Media taking home three awards, including Editor of the Year, Relaunch of the Year and Independent Publishing Company of the Year. Wanderlust Publications were highly commended for Consumer Magazine of the Year and won Digital Innovator of the Year and Team of the Year while the cycling magazine, Rouleur, picked up two awards for Front Cover of the Year and Writer of the Year.
On congratulating the winners at the awards, PPA CEO Barry McIlheney said: “There is so much passion and creativity in this part of the industry, and these awards are for those are really pushing the boundaries and driving the sector forward.”
For a full list of the PPA Independent Publisher Award winners, click here
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