FT and UBM built environment titles release own ‘audience’ figures

Posted by Andrew Pugh on 10 February 2012 at 15:26
Tags: B2B Magazines, Journalism, Media Metrics

The Financial Times now reaches a global audience of 2.2 million, according to figures released by the newspaper today.

The figures were compiled using the FT’s own metric – the Average Daily Global Audience (ADGA) - a combination of print, online, mobile and tablet access to the FT.

In November 2011 FT.com daily had on average 900,000 unique users, a  36 per cent year-on-year increase, while the number of mobile users rose 66 per cent between May to November 2011 and the number of people accessing the FT on tablets rose 71 per cent during the same period.

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Former BBC exec says one code of conduct needed for all journalists: print, broadcast and online

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 6 February 2012 at 12:56
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers

Former BBC executive Blair Jenkins has suggested all journalists -working across print, broadcast and online - should sign up to the same code of conduct.

The Editors’ Code currently primarily applies to print publications and their websites, though it can apply to website-only publications on a voluntary basis. (more…)

Bloomberg launches twice-yearly luxury lifestyle mag

Posted by William Turvill on 3 February 2012 at 11:40
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business

Bloomberg Markets has announced it will release a spin-off lifestyle magazine distributed with its March 2012 edition.

Set to be distributed to all subscribers, Bloomberg Pursuits is the company’s first luxury lifestyle publication and will be published twice a year. (more…)

PTC New Talent Awards: full list of winners

Posted by William Turvill on 2 February 2012 at 12:17
Tags: B2B Magazines, Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, Media Business, awards

Property Week’s Nick Johnstone was awarded a double honour at the Periodicals Training Council’s 2012 New Talent Awards.

As well as picking up the new business deatures journalist of the year award, Johnstone also won the biggest prize on offer, the Grand Prix.

Shortlist.com’s Tom Cullen, was named new editor of the year, and Amy Grier, of Shortlist’s sister title Stylist, won new consumer journalist of the year. (more…)

How Twitter’s new ‘censorship’ policy could be a journalists’ goldmine

Posted by Cleland Thom on 1 February 2012 at 09:10
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Journalism Technology, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers

Twitter’s decision  to introduce a new “censorship policy” could prove to be a blessing in disguise to enterprising journalists.

The US-based social network has decided “to reactively withhold” content from users on a country-by-country basis.

It says the change will enable it to “enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression”.

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Former Loaded editor Scott Manson joins luxury publisher

Posted by William Turvill on 31 January 2012 at 10:18
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business, People

Luxury magazine publisher Aston Greenlake has appointed Scott Manson, formerly editor of Loaded magazine, as its new editor-in-chief.

Manson, who took over at British Airways title High Life after leaving Loaded, joins with a brief to launch new magazine titles in the luxury market. (more…)

Good Housekeeping launches iPad app

Posted by William Turvill on 27 January 2012 at 10:27
Tags: Magazines, Media Business

Good Housekeeping has launched its own iPad app to enable readers to interact with the magazine on a new platform.

Cakes and Bakes, available to buy on iTunes, was developed entirely by the magazine, and features 35 simple baking recipes.

Good Housekeeping, published by Hearst Magazines UK, has pledged to its readers that more apps will likely follow.

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Emap appoints new chief executive of Insight division

Posted by William Turvill on 26 January 2012 at 09:58
Tags: B2B Magazines, Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business

Emap has announced the appointment of a new chief executive of its Insight division.

Stephen Wilson, who previously worked at Thomson Reuters for more than ten years, will join the media group on 9 April.

Part of the wider Emap company, Insight’s products – which include eight websites - provide reports, news, data and analysis across the retail, fashion, automotive, built environment, political and media industries.

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Interactive edition of Nuts magazine accessed 200,000 times in first week

Posted by William Turvill on 26 January 2012 at 09:47
Tags: Magazines, Media Business

Nuts magazine has revealed that its first interactive edition, released via the smartphone app Blippar this month, was sold to 15,000 users within seven days of being released.

The men’s weekly, which reported a year-on-year circulation dip of 22.5 per cent in August 2011, also claimed users “blipped” (or interacted) with the content 13 times on average.

Released on 3 January, the Interactive issue, which included over 20 pieces of additional editorial content not featured in the print copy, cost £1.80 and was accessed by users more than 200,000 times within a week.

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Archant awards: full list of winners

Posted by William Turvill on 24 January 2012 at 10:30
Tags: Journalism, Magazines, People, Regional Newspapers, awards

Archant’s group design editor Steve Bodycomb was named Editorial Person of the Year at the company’s annual internal awards ceremeony on Friday.

Other award winners included group digital development manager James Parfitt, who was named  New Media Person of the Year, and Devon Life staff writer Anna Turns, who won Green Person of the Year.

Business and Professional Life magazine and the Royal Ascot Magazine were also honoured.

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Glamour magazine to launch in Brazil

Posted by William Turvill on 23 January 2012 at 10:46
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines

Condé Nast International has revealed it will launch Glamour magazine in Brazil later this year.

The magazine, the UK’s best selling women’s monthly with an ABC sale in the UK of just over 530,000, is set to launch in the South American country in March.

Founded in the US in 1939, Glamour magazine claims a global readership of 31 million across 16 different countries.

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Survey: 59 per cent of newspaper readers say price has put them off

Posted by Jennifer Norton on 20 January 2012 at 09:06
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Newspapers

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) says the results of a consumer survey make an “overwhelming’” case for an Office of Fair Trading review of the newspaper and magazine industry.

The survey, which was carried out by HIM Research and Consulting, asked over 1,400 consumers about their magazine and newspaper habits. (more…)

Police reject photographer’s ‘victimisation’ claims

Posted by Cleland Thom on 19 January 2012 at 14:19
Tags: Journalism, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, People, Photography, press freedom

Greater Manchester Police today rejected suggestions its officers were targeting a magazine photographer who claims he has been assaulted by officers three times while doing his job.

Stuart Littleford, editor of the Government and Public Sector Journal, has filed three complaints against the force, including two in the last four weeks. (more…)

Ummm … what, exactly, is a journalist?

Posted by Cleland Thom on 10 January 2012 at 07:30
Tags: Journalism, Journalism education, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers, press freedom

A libel case in Oregon, US, has highlighted an issue that is already troubling the media in this country – what, exactly, is a journalist?

It used to be clear enough. You got paid badly, worked for a newspaper, magazine or broadcaster and fiddled your expenses. (more…)

Guest blog: Has change just exposed the PCC’s weakness?

Posted by Cleland Thom on 21 December 2011 at 16:00
Tags: Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, Regional Newspapers

I doubt if the changes, announced yesterday, in the way the media presents Press Complaints Commission adjudications prompted spontaneous celebrations from the tabloid critics at the Leveson Inquiry.

Instead, I suspect they were greeted with comments like “too little, too late”.

The changes, announced by the Editors’ Code Committee , mean that from 1 January, editors who breach the code must publish critical PCC adjudications with a prominence that has been agreed in advance with the PCC’s director. (more…)

Sun wins Ofcom appeal against news sites being regulated by video watchdog

Posted by Press Gazette on 21 December 2011 at 13:16
Tags: Journalism, Journalism Technology, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers

The Sun publisher News Group Newspapers has won its appeal against rules which could have seen the video section of its website being monitored by the regulator Authority for Television On-Demand (ATVOD).

The ruling has resulted in ATVOD dropping similar cases against publishers including The Sunday Times, the FT, The Guardian and The Independent. (more…)

PCC says public interest changes won’t undermine source confidentiality

Posted by Cleland Thom on 20 December 2011 at 22:05
Tags: Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers, press freedom

The Press Complaints Commission has assured journalists that new restrictions on researching stories “in the public interest” will not compromise their confidential sources.

Yesterday, the Editors’ Code Committee announced that from January 1, 2012, it will tighten up the way the code’s public interest defence is used. (more…)

Christopher Hitchens tributes: ‘The world has lost one of its most outstanding journalists’ (video)

Posted by Christian Jensen on 16 December 2011 at 10:54
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, People

Tributes are being paid to journalist, polemicist, atheist and left-wing campaigner Christopher Hitchens - who died last night.

Vanity Fair, the magazine where Hitchens was a contributing editor, today produced this video tribute:

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Study compares statements in lads’ magazines to those of rapists

Posted by Press Gazette on 12 December 2011 at 09:07
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines

A new study found people were unable to distinguish between descriptions of women used in lads’ mags and comments made by convicted rapists.

The research, due to be published in the British Journal of Psychology, also revealed most men who took part in the study “identified themselves more with the language expressed by the convicted rapists”. (more…)

Weekend catch-up: The ten biggest UK journalism stories of the week

Posted by Dominic Ponsford on 2 December 2011 at 16:19
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Regional Newspapers

It’s been a busy week for journalism industry-related news - with most of the action going on over at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Leveson Inquiry. Here is a catch-up of what we think have been the 10 most significant stories of the week (click here for all our Leveson coverage): (more…)