Publishing

Southernprint to produce Hello Kitty magazine for Egmont

Egmont Publishing Group has signed a deal with Wyndeham Group subsidiary Southernprint after it won the first UK publishing contract for <i>Hello Kitty</i> magazine.

The Sun in UK newspaper first with augmented reality poster

<i>The Sun</I> is today (27 July) distributing the UK's first augmented reality poster associated with a national newspaper to mark the beginning of the Olympics.

Rupert Murdoch quits as News International director

News Corporation has announced that Murdoch stepped down from a number of its UK and US boards on Saturday 21 July.

We Love Pop magazine celebrates a successful first year

<i>We Love Pop</I> magazine is celebrating the first anniversary of its launch as the third-highest circulating magazine in its market.

MPG Books Group confirms £4m equipment spend

Bodmin-headquartered MPG's capital investment programme includes a Timsons' T-Print System and an HP B2 Indigo 10000, both destined for MPG Biddles.

Telegraph features first-ever front page MemoStick

WRH Marketing has teamed up with The Daily Telegraph to place its first ever MemoStick advert on the front of a UK national newspaper.

Johnston Press implements six-month pay freeze

Johnston Press UK staff were informed on Friday (13 July) that all pay reviews were cancelled for 2012.

Cross-media event will focus on ROI

More than 100 exhibitors and a raft of high-profile speakers will address delegates at the event at London's Business Design Centre on 3-4 September.

News International pays 30m to end Johnston Press contract

News International has paid 30m to Johnston Press in an agreement to terminate its long-term printing contract.

BGP prints 1.5m River Cottage booklets for Telegraph

BGP has printed 1.5m copies of two booklets featuring 40 vegetarian recipes from celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for Telegraph Media Group, for inclusion in this weekend's newspapers.