December 2008

Friday19December2008

PPA Awards 2009 - open for entry in January

Entry for The PPA Awards 2009 will open on Thursday 8 January 2009.

Thursday18December2008

IPC Media has appointed Evelyn Webster as Chief Executive

Evelyn, who is currently managing director of IPC Connect, will take up the new position from 1 January 2009 reporting into Sylvia Auton, who remains Chairman of IPC Media Ltd and Executive Vice President at Time Inc.

Thursday18December2008

Magazines drive digital influencers according to study

A new research study published in the US has shown that traditional media, including magazines, are still considered important by digital influencers as a source of information and news.

Thursday18December2008

Modernise or decline: postal review reveals its recommendations for Royal Mail

'Modernise or decline,' that is the message at the centre of the Government’s independent review of the postal market, the findings of which were finally announced on Tuesday, 16 December by the chairman of the review panel, Richard Hooper.

Thursday18December2008

Online Communities are "pure business preservation" for publishers

Online Communities are "pure business preservation" for publishers, said FT Alphaville Editor Paul Murphy, speaking at AOP’s forum on developing communities online, held earlier this month.

Thursday18December2008

PPA Legal event: Free media -  making it pay

PPA in collaboration with the law firm, Olswang, is hosting a seminar on how to make free media pay.

Thursday18December2008

PPA members call for response to parliamentary press inquiry

PPA is to respond to the latest culture, media and sport committee inquiry into self-regulation of the press, privacy and libel. The inquiry, prompted by successful legal actions against a few of the newspapers that reported on the McCann case, covers a range of issues.