'There's only one IPC Media' - it's the magazine publisher's new song

They're singing a new slogan in the London headquarters of the UK's leading magazine publisher: "There's only one IPC."IPC Media's chief executive Marcus Rich has announced an internal restructure that does away with the company's current divisions (connect, inspire and southbank, since you asked) in favour of creating "one IPC.""One IPC means that where we create successful revenue enhancing strategies for one brand, or in one market, we immediately look to scale that thinking and develop it across other brands and markets. It means that where we see well-proven efficiencies in one part of the business, we instigate that learning across other parts of the portfolio. And clients and agency partners will have a single point of access for IPC's valuable audiences and brands." Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Leather to be published by Amazon Encore

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 26/07/2011 - 08:50 Stephen Leather's bestselling ebooks The Basement and Once Bitten are to be republished under Amazon.co.uk's Encore programme. He will join other indie writers such as Joe Konrath who have been picked by the initiative, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NOOK for iPad To Offer More Than 175 Digital Magazines

In an attempt to be everywhere readers are, Barnes & Noble is updating its NOOK for iPad app to offer digital periodicals to consumers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fast Chat: Google Gets a Magazine

Why is Google making a magazine? Think Quarterly really came to be out of the insight that, at Google, we use research and analysis from inside Google and outside to inform our own decision-making and products. And we realized that a lot of our partners wanted access to the same kinds of... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2011-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indigo fires Canadian publishers' anger over changing terms

Written By: M J Deschamps in Ottawa Publication Date: Fri, 22/07/2011 - 15:02 Canadian publishers have attacked the decision by Indigo Books & Music, the country's biggest bookshop chain, to stock fewer books and evaluate returns on a shorter time frame. They claim it is putting extra... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion to publish Where's Asterix?

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 22/07/2011 - 14:05 Asterix the Gaul is the latest character to get Where's Wally?-style treatment, with the publication of Where's Asterix? (hb, £8.99) coming from Orion, the series' UK licensor, in September. The book has already been... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes Media Makes Minority Investment in Startup of Ex-Fortune Editors

Forbes Media has struck a strategic partnership with Techonomy Media, a new media business founded last year by former Fortune magazine editors and writers David Kirkpatrick, Peter Petre and Brent Schlender. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast, Other Publishers Look to Standardize Audience Metrics In Digital Editions

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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BREAKING: Schofield Media Shutters U.S. Operations

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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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F + W Media Acquires The Writers Store

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Natmag poaches Grazia publisher Ella Dolphin for Cosmo

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Time Magazine Rolls Out Print/Digital Subscriptions -- And Puts Up Another Web Pay Wall

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[ AllThingsD | 2011-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Association plans second digital survey

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont launches new teen magazine 'We Love Pop'

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[ Media Week | 2011-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reports: Reader’s Digest, Wenner Media Up For Sale

Reader's Digest Association is on the block, seeking a price of around $1 billion, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, which says the company may sell off piece by piece rather than as a whole. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AllThingsD | 2011-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-textbooks are destroying the old publishing business model

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[ Betanews | 2011-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury to publish Armistice poetry collection

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 15/07/2011 - 14:29 Ebury is hoping to have unearthed the talents of a new generation of war poets as it publishes a collection of verses, selected by a panel including poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, to coincide with Armistice Day. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Children's publishing "haemorrhaging talent"

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Choose and Apply Social Media Tools

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[ Folio Magazine | 2011-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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