Publishing

IPC teams with Boku to offer mobile payment for mag subscriptions

IPC Media has partnered with mobile payment platform Boku to allow readers to subscribe to its print titles via text, in a bid to revitalise interest in magazines amongst the young "mobile-first"...

Magazine ABCs show net circulation increase in first half of 2014

Average net magazine circulation in the UK increased by 1.2% to 33.4m in the first six months of 2014, despite a mixed performance by some of publishing's biggest brands.

Accounting for more adventurous tastes

Historically report and accounts (R&A) brochures used to be drab affairs consisting of a cover bearing a company logo and little else, followed by numerous pages of impenetrable numbers. Colour was...

Johnston Press confident on strategy following 'solid' first half

Johnston Press chief executive Ashley Highfield said he was confident in the firm's ability to return to top line revenue growth and reverse the decline in operating profit following the publication...

Egmont awarded three major publishing deals

Egmont has been awarded three major publishing deals for books based on mobile games Doodle Jump and Temple Run and a magazine based on children's picture book Dinosaur Roar!

Make hay while the sun shines

The schools are out, the roads are clear and the sun has officially got his hat, shades and SPF 50 on.

Content agency stablemate may offer new start for Polestar

The acquisition of River Group by Sun European Partners, owners of Polestar since April 2011, could be the start of a new chapter for the UK’s largest magazine printer.

Around the world in 8 prints

Print is constantly being challenged to push the boundaries of what’s possible to ensure that it maintains its key position in the marketing mix. As the following examples from the past 12 months...

Business inspection: Serving a chic and unique client base

To make the most of its specialist talents Pressision has branched out into fashion.

Immediate Media in £24m Future titles swoop

Immediate Media has acquired Future's Sports and Craft titles, which have an audited print circulation of more than 250,000 a month, in a deal valued at up to £24m.