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2011 B2C Directory Publishers Sustainability Report

Produced by the PPA's B2C Directories Environment Group, the PPA's Annual Sustainability Report for B2C Directory Publishers provides an overview of the environmental activities of directory publishers for 2010/2011. The Sustainability Code of Practice was established by the Data Publishers Association (DPA) in 2009. The DPA now forms part of the PPA's Business Media Group.

2012 B2C Directory Publishers Sustainability Report

The Professional Publishers Association B2C Directories Environment Group publishes its 4th Annual Sustainability Report.

2012 Digital Entertainment Survey

Wiggin's annual survey of consumer attitudes to media and devices.

2012 Training Courses Brochure

Information on courses provided by the Dovetail Digital Training Academy.

A Dozen top tips for exhibiting courtesy of White Space Productions

A Quick Guide to YUDU Apps

A quick video guiding you through the features of the YUDU iOS and Android apps.

Adestra Subject Line Analysis report

They are vital to open rates but subject lines are often an afterthought in email marketing. For the first time ever, Adestra have undertaken extensive research to provide industry-specific advice on what works and, just as importantly, what doesn’t.

Air Business Sales Brochure

An overview of the global distribution, fulfilment and integrated subscriptions management services provided by Air Business Group.

Amendment to Heads of Agreement

Amendment to the Heads of Agreement between Defra and PPA on increasing post-consumer magazine recycling

An Essential guide to getting paid

Our six-point guide is a  set of procedures designed to help to help publishers ensure debts owed to them are paid on time and in full.

App Store Optimization

Best Practice Data Collection for Marketers

The quality of your customer data and your organisation’s reputation for integrity depends on its collection at source. This Adestra whitepaper provides direction on maintaining best practice data collection

Best Practice Email Design for Coders

The quality of your customer data and your organisation’s reputation for integrity depends on its collection at source. This Adestra whitepaper provides direction on maintaining best practice data collection

Best Practice Email Design for Marketers

Email design is as important as content when it comes to deliverability. If you’re responsible for creating the look and feel of your campaigns and want to improve your success rate, this Adestra whitepaper will help you sharpen your strategy. It looks at 30 of the most important factors you should consider to create email layouts that increase email response rates.

Best Practice guidelines for the use of oxo-biodegradeable plastic film

Oxo-biodegradable polywrap  is low cost, light weight, flexible, strong, water-proof, transparent, sealable and printable.

Biofore in Action

UPM leads the integration of bio and forest industries into a new, sustainable and innovation-driven future. Our products are made of renewable raw materials and are recyclable.

Birketts act for Binleys in landmark ruling on database infringement

Healthcare information provider, Binley’s, part of the Wilmington Group, has won a landmark decision against a rival company which infringed its database rights.

Bombora Promo

Find out more about Bombora, and what they cand do for you.

Businesses want late payers named and shamed

Businesses wish list

Press releases from our latest research

Canopy Haymarket Press Release January 2013

Carbon Footprint Calculator

The PPA Carbon Calculator allows publishers to analyse the environmental impact of their own supply chain

Case Studies

Case Studies from Digitalpc

Case Studies

FIPP World Magazine Congress at Old Billingsgate.Launch of the LG “Black Label Series” Phone. NOKIA “Innovation Forum Barcelona”. Siemens Management Forum. Insurance Times Awards. The GSMA Awards. CSR 3D Projection Stand Attract.

Case Study Guardian

Case Study Guardian

Case Study PPA

Case Study of PPA Digital Publishing App

Centaur Press Release 2013

Centaur Media completes move to ADvance Audience Development Platform

Centrally Manage your Data Protection Permission

Christian Price

Christian Price joins YUDU as commercial director.

Claims examples for the Hiscox Multimedia Protection policy

As technology, media and telecoms insurance specialists, much of our time is spent keeping on top of these dynamic sectors. We listen to and talk regularly with clients, brokers, lawyers and industry experts to get the insight we need to continually refine our products. You can feel supremely confident our cover is thorough, adaptable, realistic and ultimately more effective.

Comment on 2013 Budget

Competitive Pulp Business

UPM's report on supply and demand patterns in the global pulp supply chain and opportunities for strategic expansion.

Creating profitable new business in biofuels

UPM report charting the trends and opportunities to create profitable new business in biofuels.

Cunard Cruise Line

Cunard Cruise Line approached YUDU about developing an iPhone and iPad app for its portfolio of cruises and fleet of luxury ships.

Data Piracy Enforcement of Database Rights

Birketts and Binley's presentation to the PPA on data piracy and the enforcement of database rights

Database Services - Protection & Enforcement

Birketts have devised and implemented a specialist data piracy enforcement regime, developed over a number of years of working closely with high profile data publishers, including the Wilmington Group Plc.

Defra VPRA Post Consumer Recycling Report 2008

In the autumn of 2005, PPA entered into a Voluntary Producer Responsibility Agreement (VPRA) with Defra to increase post-consumer magazine recycling. PPA has agreed to increase recycling rates to 50% by the end 2007, 60% by the end 2010 and 70% by 2013.

Determining Exhibitor ROI

In line with BPA Worldwide’s ongoing commitment of providing maximum assurance of attendance data accuracy at face-to-face events—the global auditor of media undertook a research study to measure the perceived value of independent event audits and how they are utilized when marketers are deciding to exhibit at any given business-to-business event.

Digital Comic Apps to restore the readers love for comics

Digital Publishing Plans and Trends A Rush to Mobile Platforms

Yudu's insights and analysis on the trends in publishing and the rapid emergence of multiple mobile platforms.

Distribution Audit Services Newspaper Publishing

One of the leading local newspaper publishers in the UK with over 200 weekly newspapers, over 12 daily paid=for titles and also in the business of publishin magazines and trade publications. In addition the client operates a network of web sites

Dolly Partons Imagination Library

Air Business manage communicating across time zones to meet the requirements of US-based charity client with complex fulfilment requirements as books are despatched in a strict order depending on the age of the child.

Dovetail and Adestra Email Benchmarking report

Findings from the 2011 Email Benchmarking Report, providing insight into email volume and content type as well as trends in data and performance.

E-Book Report

YUDU Media has compiled a whitepaper to provide an overview of the key research, facts and figures in the e-book market. The report provides insight and analysis into some of the most recent developments.

Email Marketing Industry Census 2012

The largest annual survey of email marketers in the UK, the Email Marketing Industry Census produced by Econsultancy and sponsored by Adestra, highlights important areas that are neglected in making the email marketing channel produce better results and raise revenues.

Event Apps – Gimmick or Powerful tool?

Event apps have been around for a few years now but many organisers are still unsure how or indeed if they could enhance their event. Are they just an extra expense do they improve attendee engagement and help generate revenue?

Gauging Audience Reach

BPA Worldwide President and CEO Glenn Hansen presents a video case study on the multi-platform audit it carried out to gauge audience reach for RBI title Hotel and Caterer.

Good Figures dont need padding

A case study of how the UAE successfully tackled resistance to circulation auditing

Granta completes migration to ADvance platform

Granta Magazine, known for its’ publication of vital new writings and launching the careers of many great novelists & writers, has completed its’ move to Abacus e-Media’s ADvance audience development platform.

Growth based on efficient platform

UPM strategy report on growth in foreign markets and business opportunities in emerging markets.

Growth in competitive low-emission energy

UPM's report highlighting the changes in the European energy markets and business opportunities for low-emission energy.

How mobile is changing email and what publishers need to do about it...

The mobile channel has produced a culture of information on-demand. We can now view our emails as and when they come through on our smart phones. The question is though has this necessarily made us more responsive as an audience? In truth it seems the opposite. We view an email as it arrives on our smart phone, think about it for a second and then move onto the next one. But what about the publishing sector in particular? What should publishers do to increase email engagement and responsiveness?

How SMART are your engagement tactics

Join us as we demonstrate how you can align tools and process to create S.M.A.R.T tactics: Subscription lifecycle messaging, Mobile optimization, Attribution, Retargeting and Timeliness. These tactics will increase your marketing effectiveness, drive more subscriptions and renewals and help you achieve market leadership. We will be drawing on insights from our award-winning work with the Financial Times, Incisive Media, News International, Reuters, The Evening Standard, The Independent and others.

How to Make Money from Digital Editions

This whitepaper from Yudu looks at seven key ways to make digital editions pay both on a day-to-day operating basis and on a yearly net profit basis.

Industry Specific Business Intelligence

The client is the leading supplier of market intelligence and data to the construction industry. The company tracks every construction project underway in the UK from small residential to large public sector undertakings.

Informa Direct Mail Project

Helping Informa accelerate the processing of large mail volumes on a daily basis, handling associated queries and billing.

It is Time for Digital Magazine Ads to Engage with Readers

Joining up the customer service dots

The latest Dovetail Subscriber Service Survey was the biggest yet, with over 125,000 active magazine subscribers taking part, making it one of the largest customer service surveys in any industry. Julian Thorne summarises the key findings.

Lists Verification and Database Building

The client is a large UK media comapny that has been in business over the last 50 years convering every aspect of consumer, business and customer media.

MagazineCloner celebrates over 1000 branded magazine apps live on iOS

LONDON, May 29th, 2013 – MagazineCloner, the UK’s leading multi-platform digital publishing company, today announced that they have reached the milestone of 1000 branded magazines apps live on iOS/ the Apple App Store since the launch of the company in early 2010.

Magplus Future of Corporate Communications

This seminar is designed to showcase the latest developments in the corporate communications marketplace and give you an insight as to how to plan and implement the optimum option for your business need.

Magplus Time Out Chicago Case Study

Time Out Chicago expands to mobile with Mag+ A case study on publishing a weekly iPad edition

Mail Options Official Distribution Partner for Publishing & Media Expo 2013

Mail Options Official Distribution Partner 2013 Publishing & Media Expo 2013

Makings of a cash generative paper business

UPM's report charts the demand for graphic paper in Europe and regional differences in paper use.

Mapping a Multi-Channel World

Print might still be the platform of choice for a majority of magazine subscribers, but the trend towards digital, writes Dovetail Managing Director Julian Thorne, is gathering pace.

Measuring the recycling rate of UK Magazines 2009

The post consumer magazine recycling rates for 2008 are presented in this report and based on a survey of recovered paper materials streams carried out between June and July 2009.

News

Magzter is the number 1 app on the Apple Store in Asia!

News Propeller Mobile Jan 2013

News - Jan 2013

Oppolis joins PPA and is shortlisted for award

We're please to announce we are now an Associate Members of the PPA (The Professional Publishers Association).

Oppolis works with Cardiff University

Cardiff University Teaches Digital Publishing with GoPublish

Oxo-biodegradable plastic film labelling

Oxohydrobiodegradable plastic film is low cost, light weight, flexible, strong, water-proof, transparent, sealable and printable

Paperman NatMags2010

The National Magazine Company’s production director Andy Parslow is using Paperman’s technology to improve the accuracy and efficacy of the publisher’s paper management

Partworks Finishing and Subscriber Mailings

Key to success was: Scheduling, communication links with client suppliers and staff; Team work, commitment, dedication and willingness to succeed.

Paywall Strategies

Insight and intelligence from TheMediaBriefing’s Paywalls Strategies 2012 conference, February 23, for RBS media banking clients and TheMediaBriefing’s newsletter subscribers

Peter Black explains the BPA Worldwide Brand Report

Peter Black, Senior Vice President of Business Development, talks about the new BPA Brand Report and what it means to both media owners, as well as advertisers and media buyers

PPA Keed to Know 30-6

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

PPA N2K 15 to 21 February 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

PPA N2K 15 to 21 March 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 10 to 16

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 12 to 18 April

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 17 to 30

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 19 to 25 April

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 22 March to 4 April

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 26 April to 2 May

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 5 to 11 April

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members

PPA Need to Know 7 to 13

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Pre-populating qualification forms

In line with BPA Worldwide’s ongoing commitment to proactive responses to changing markets and needs within the media industry—while safeguarding our core mission of providing media buyers and advertisers with maximum assurance of circulation data accuracy—the global auditor of media undertook a research study to measure the effectiveness of pre-populating qualification questionnaires with demographic that had previously been supplied by subscribers.

PressApp Press Release

New technology - a plugin product that boosts the power of magazine's apps

Private Eye Case Study

Air Business ensuring continuity of the fortnightly delivery of 110,000 copies, of which 10,000 were destined overseas.

Professional Indemnity for Multimedia: Policy Wording

Policy for: what is covered, what is not covered, how much we will pay, your obligations and control of defence

Professional Indemnity Insurance for Multimedia

Summary of cover - giving you an idea of what your Hiscox insurance policy has to offer and the main facts about the cover, without going into the full terms and conditions which can be found in your policy document.

Protecting the Quality of Publishers databases

The driving force behind this requirement to receive free magazines has always been to ensure and enhance the integrity of requests that are obtained via telemarketing efforts. Currently, telerecording is, uncontestably, the best method to ensure the quality of the telecommunications source request and data gathering

Publications out this month

Rapid Media

The Rapid Media app from Yudu first allowed readers the opportunity enjoy their favourite digital editions of the magazines on the iPhone and iPad.

Reach From Citipost

If you're a magazine publisher or distributor and want to improve or increase your controlled-free circulation, Reach is just what you've been looking for! Contact Kim 0203 260 0102 or kmichael@citipost.co.uk for more information on how we do it!

Reading the BPA Brand Report

How to use the BPA brand report to prepare a more effective media schedule

Redactive Print Media

Time is at a premium for everyone in business - but Redactive Media Group's Gary Smith found a way to free up time to launch a new business division, through more efficient paper management

Review of magazine paper assets long term competitiveness

UPM presentation on the planned actions to improve profitability and cost efficiency in magazine paper production.

Rights in Databases

Data is at the heart of many businesses, and none more so than data and directory publishers, for whom databases are the lifeblood of the business. As a key business asset, it is imperative that every effort is made by data publishers to safeguard and protect their databases, which will involve enforcement of their rights in the database against any identified infringer

ROI Calculator

Work out the return on investment of your email marketing. If you don’t like what you see in the results there are many ways that Adestra can help you streamline your email strategy to ensure your budget is well spent.

Salesforce for Publishers

A project to explore how Salesforce can be customised to meet the requirements of publishers.

Selecting the perfect mailing partner

Selecting the perfect mailing partner: KHL Group's production and circulation director, SaaraRootes, explains why the company handles its international magazine mailings through UK company, Mail Options

SMEs stand tall against late payers

Businesses adopt firmer stance against late paying customer and late payment leads to redundancies amongst UK firms

SMEs wary about the future

SMES WARY ABOUT THE FUTURE DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS HEALTH:Just one in three expect their business to expand - Financial health of UK businesses improve - Assset based finance clients outperform other finance users

Snapplify to feature at BlackBerry10 launch

Snapplify, a digital publishing solutions provider, is proud to be selected to demonstrate some of their innovative apps at the official launch of BlackBerry® 10 in South Africa on 30 January 2013

Some notes on the state of the digital magazine industry

Subscriber Service Survey

The Dovetail Subscriber Service Survey helps publishers discover the truth behind subscriber expectations, their satisfaction levels and reasons for subscribing. Plus, we benchmark each titles performance against industry averages.

Taylor and Francis Case Study

Air Business help manage a large number of journals and issues created a high volume of smaller fulfilment jobs and month-end volumes, with data files from various sources at different times.

Technical Overview

Paperman is the UK’s leading online paper management system working with publishers, printers and paper suppliers to help manage paper from mill to magazine. Being online the system can be access worldwide through the internet using a secure login and password combination allowing multiple users to access the same database.

Text View

Whitepaper from Digitalpc: Seven-inch tablets currently occupy 32% of the market, expected to grow rapidly after Christmas sale of new devices. Find out how to make a magazine compatible with any sized tablet.

The Apple iPad Trends and statistics

YUDU looks at Apple’s current and predicted place in the market and finds that, despite increased competition, it will continue its tablet dominance.

The Art Newspaper Case Study

How Air Business meet the complex fulfilment requirements of the monthly specialist newspaper printed in Italy and distributed to newsstand, bookshops, museums and advertisers.

The Guardian Weekly Case Study

Air Business help to ensure Time-critical international delivery of the well-known news weekly to ensure subscribers were reached within an acceptable time frame.

The Key Points to Building a Successful Email Strategy

Learn how to create emails that stand out from the deluge with these top tips from Adestra. It covers how to entice recipients to open and click your emails and keep them opening and clicking, moving on to initiating and encouraging conversation with recipients.

The Tablet and Time-Sensitive Delivery

Previously printed on Thursday and delivered the following Monday/Tuesday, The Tablet tasked Air Business with bringing delivery forward to Friday in time for church on Sunday.

The Use of Flash Objects in Vistor Tracking

This white paper was commissioned by BPA Worldwide to outline the reasons for the use of Flash Local Shared Objects (LSOs) and present a view of the risks LSOs create from a consumer awareness and privacy perspective.

UK Publishing Email Benchmarking Survey

What challenges do publishers face with their email marketing? How is email affected by the rise of new channels such as social media and mobile? Find out in the Adestra and PPA UK Publishing Email Benchmarking Survey.

UPM Group Presentation 2011

The 2011 review of the UPM global business.

UPM interim report 1 January 31 March 2012

Full interim report by UPM covering the period 1 January – 31 March 2012.

UPM-Kymmene Corporation Annual General Meeting 2012 report

Full report on UPM’s Annual General Meeting in March 2012.

Using the BPA Audited Site Traffic Tool

The BPA Audited Site Traffic Tool allows you to view top-line demographics for hundreds of BPA-audited websites. This three-minute video will show you how to register, access and start running reports now.

V&A Press Release December 2012

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) explores 60 years of British theatre history in an iPad app built and published with Mag+; delivering entertaining, educational, multimedia content to mobile audiences.

VideoBuilder 2012 Video Engagement Study

The 2012 Video Engagement Study, undertaken by technology company Videobuilder, links a failure to provide a steady turnover of fresh video content to declining viewer rates. Publishers who failed to update their video at all over the six months the study was conducted lost almost all of their viewers completely.

Virgin Holidays

The Virgin Holidays Brochure from Yudu app for the iPad and includes over 25 travel destination brochures that allow customers to click through and purchase holidays directly from the app.

What is Eventsforce

eventsforce is the event management software of choice for both large and small businesses, helping them deliver thousands of successful events each year. Our software provides an end-to-end event planning and management solution that is flexible,powerful and completely modular.

Whats new in digital marketing

How to improve your subscription marketing ROI in 2013

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members 11 to 17 January 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members 7 to 13 December

Media Standards Trust responds to Lord Justice Leveson’s report saying it supports proposals for voluntary system of independent regulation backed up by “limited” legislation.

Wiggins Weekly Update 02 August

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 09 August

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 14th December - 3rd January

Wiggins Weekly Update 15 Oct

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 15 Oct

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 15 Oct

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggin's Weekly Update 16 November 2012

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 17 Sept

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 18 to 24 January 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 1st to 7th February 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 26 Oct

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 27 Sept

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 8 to 14 February 2013

Wiggin’s Weekly Update for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update 8th to 14th March 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Wiggins Weekly Update for PPA Members 22 to 28 Feb 2013

Wiggin's Weekly Update Newsletter for PPA Members

Work placements

To an individual, work placement can make a real difference to their appreciation of the skills, knowledge and attitude needed to get that all-important first step on the employment ladder. But for employers, offering work placement (also called work experience) can feel risky and time-consuming.

YUDU Easi-App

Easi-App is an affordable entry-point app solution for magazine publishers; it's a quick, simple, cost-effective way of getting magazine titles onto Newsstand.

YUDU Premier Publishing Platform

Richard CEO of YUDU media discusses the YUDU Premier Publishing Platform. The premier publishing system allows you to upload content, enhance with our pro tools and publish to multiple platforms.