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Conde Nast offers advertisers tablet metrics

Nick Batten — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Conde Nast is to provide advertisers with ad-specific metrics for its UK tablet editions, from June 2012 issues onwards.

Hunt lobbied Cameron on News Corp's behalf

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:35:00 GMT

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt made private representations to prime minister David Cameron on behalf of News Corporation's bid for BSkyB in the weeks before being handed responsibility for the merger, it has emerged.

My Media Week: Charles Courtier

Mike Fletcher — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:54:00 GMT

This week, Charles Courtier, worldwide chief executive for MEC, works on the agency's 10th anniversary celebrations, while also traveling to its Amsterdam office for a quarterly meeting and taking conference calls with both Colgate and AT&T.

Bauer axes Q TV after nearly 12 years to make way for Heat TV

Daniel Farey-Jones — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:20:00 GMT

Bauer Media is set to pull the plug on Q TV after nearly 12 years to make way for the launch of celebrity-led stablemate Heat TV.

Future plans new launch as iPad sales hit £3m

John Reynolds — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:00 GMT

Future Publishing is planning to launch a print magazine to follow up its craft title Mollie Makes, while its iPad sales have now passed the £3m mark, according to chief executive Mark Wood.

Future reports pre-tax loss but digital revenues surge

John Reynolds — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:51:00 GMT

Future, the specialist magazine publisher, has reported a pre-tax loss of £700,000 in the six months to March 2012, but said digital revenues have surged by 37% as it becomes a more digital-centric business.

Media360: The Week's commercial leader talks about adapting to the iPad

Arif Durrani — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT

It's been six months since Dennis Publishing launched an iPad version of its newsweekly, The Week, and the publisher's head of advertising, David Weeks, shares the challenges and learnings so far.

Gardeners' World magazine prepares scratch-and-sniff edition

Nick Batten — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Immediate Media is to publish a special scratch-and-sniff edition of its monthly title Gardeners World on Friday (25 May).

Media360: Printed newspapers have a healthy future says Evening Standard man

John Reynolds — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The London Evening Standard and other printed newspapers have a "healthy life" ahead of them, according to Jon O'Donnell, commercial director at the London title, which this year is expected to turn in a profit after years of heavy losses.

My Media Week: Ellie Edwards

Mike Fletcher — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:30:00 GMT

This week, Ellie Edwards, managing director at WPP performance marketing agency Quisma, catches up on her Sunday supplement reading, gets hiring at the rapidly expanding agency, and steals a go on her husband's iPad 3 birthday gift.