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Sly Bailey: facing wrath of Trinity Mirror shareholders at AGM

Trinity Mirror hit by double-digit fall in ad revenues

Trinity Mirror, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, is expecting a double-digit fall in year-on-year advertising revenues in May, as the publisher's outgoing chief executive Sly Bailey is expected to face further protest from shareholders at today's annual general meeting.

 
 

PPA Conference: Content is king says MediaCom's Bozeat

Luke Bozeat, managing partner at MediaCom told Media Week brands will continue to be the key driving force in funding magazine content.

 

Mediabrands promotes Harris to key digital role

IPG Mediabrands has appointed James Harris to the newly created role of managing director of digital across its EMEA/G14 region.

 

News Corp profits rise 37% despite $63m hacking scandal charge

News Corporation has reported income before taxes of $1.28bn (£793.4m), a year-on-year increase of 37%, despite an ad revenue decline at its British newspapers, the absence of the News of the World and $63m (£39m) in costs relating to the hacking scandal.

 

JCDecaux's revenue rises 6.6% boosted by UK transport division

JCDecaux's global revenues grew 6.6% year on year in Q1 2012, while in the UK its transport division reported double-digit revenue growth, street furniture revenue was "broadly flat" and billboards reported a "modest decline".

 

PPA Conference: Tim Brooks on The Times 'paywall failure' and Mail's 'world success'

News International's experiment with a non-penetrable paywall around websites for The Times and Sunday Times has been a failure, while the rise of Mail Online has been the "world success story", according to former Guardian leader, Tim Brooks.

 

PPA Conference: Stylist editor reveals how free title competes in challenging market

It would be a big surprise if one of the major publishers were to follow Stylist magazine and launch a mainstream free women's title, according to Lisa Smosarski, editor of Stylist, who believes such a move would be a "big step".

 

PPA Conference: Digital takes up 80% of our time, says Hearst's Dolphin

Although print accounts for 80% of Hearst's revenues, the publisher is spending 80% of its time on the "huge potential" of digital, according to Ella Dolphin, publishing director of Hearst Magazines UK's young women's group.

 

PPA Conference: Tablets are a 'means for survival', says Future chief

Mark Wood, chief executive, Future Publishing, speaks to Media Week about readers' increasing preference for paying for content on a tablet, rather than on a website.

 

PPA Conference: Tim Brooks on the new found optimism for professional publishers

Tim Brooks, the former managing director of Guardian News & Media, identifies a new sense of optimism setting into the publishing industry, after two years of concern amid sweeping change.

 

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