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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.

Europe instructs Google to offer search dominance remedies

Sarah Shearman — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:28:00 GMT

Google has been given a "matter of weeks" by the European Commission to offer remedies to concerns about its dominance of the search market "for the benefit of competition and innovation in the sector".

MAGAZINE ABCs: Style at Home builds momentum in homes sector

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:38:00 GMT

IPC Media's May 2011 launch, Style at Home, has achieved a 36.6% period-on-period increase in its second set of ABCs, while Kelsey Publishing's GoodHomes reported the highest year-on-year rise.

Trend report: how are newspapers monetising tablets?

Mike Fletcher — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:03:00 GMT

The rise of tablets has offered newspapers a new and exciting challenge that some are already making good commercial inroads with. Mike Fletcher takes a look at what some of those newspapers are currently doing and what they intend to do in the immediate future.

Future confirms 10% of UK workforce will go

Rich Sutcliffe — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:48:00 GMT

Specialist publisher Future has confirmed about 100 of its 1000 UK workforce face redundancy, following this morning's interim statement announcing a restructure of the business.

Forbes places social media at heart of business

Arif Durrani — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:30:00 GMT

Mike Perlis, chief executive of Forbes Media, believes the business brand has unlocked a new form of "truly social media" to finally challenge the adage that publishers have to swap print dollars for web dimes.

My Media Week: Stephen Miron

Hayley Pinkerfield — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:10:00 GMT

From Johnny and Lisa at breakfast, lunch with Mark Craze and evenings with the Duchess of Cornwall, it's not a dull week for Stephen Miron, Global Group CEO.

MAGAZINE ABCs: Bauer's Zoo crashes 14% in failing lads' sector

Mark Banham — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:52:00 GMT

Bauer Consumer Media will be licking its wounds today as its weekly magazine Zoo tumbled 14.1%, losing 11,416 copies over the last six months of 2010, as the zeitgeist in men's taste shifts further from the age of the lad.

Can Simon Kelner steer The Independent back to black?

Harriet Dennys — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:15:00 GMT

Simon Kelner, editor-in-chief of The Independent, tells Harriet Dennys how he hopes i, the paper's "cheeky younger brother", will help Independent Newspapers make a profit for the first time since the 1980s

60 Second Spot: Meg Pickard, head of social media development, Guardian News & Media

Harriet Dennys — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:36:00 GMT

Meg Pickard, GN&M's social media expert, tells Harriet Dennys why Guardian readers are like a Bolivian tribe, and why social media is not killing off traditional news brands