Archived news for May 2006
Orange Business Solutions online ad campaign launched
30 May 2006
Orange Business Solutions has uncovered an online advertising campaign to promote its Business Advance plan.
The campaign, created by digital agency Underwired, is the first work to go live since Underwired won the three-way pitch in April 2006.
DCF agenda examines public sector information
25 May 2006
A meeting of the Digital Content Forum’s Government Information group taking place tomorrow (26 May) will focus on public sector information (PSI) and its re-use.
Editors and Government look to the power of healthcare journals
25 May 2006
The editors of The Lancet, The British Medical Journal, Doctor, GP, Pulse, The Practitioner, Hospital Doctor and Prescriber are to speak at an event bringing together the UK’s leading medical and professional healthcare journal editors, writers and publishers as well as representatives from general practice, consultancy, nursing, pharmacy and NHS management.
PPA invited to host FIPP Congress in 2009
25 May 2006
PPA has been invited to host the 2009 FIPP international congress in 2009. The 1,000 delegate event, which ran last year in New York and next year will be in Beijing, is the largest international event bringing magazine publishers together in alternate years from around the globe. It was last held in London in 1989.
Emap reports revenues up 9 per cent
25 May 2006
Emap plc has announced its results for the year ended 31 March 2006. Pre-tax profits rose 9 per cent to £223m and the dividend was raised by 20 per cent.
PPA Business & Professional to conduct media effectiveness research
18 May 2006
PPA Business & Professional is to carry out a research project to prove media effectiveness, its first since 2002.
Printed magazines remain essential, says Royal Mail research
18 May 2006
Online and printed media provide the optimal mix of news and information for business, but readers cannot envisage a future without hard copy magazines, according to new research commissioned by Royal Mail.
United Business Media appoints new CEO of CMPMedica
17 May 2006
United Business Media has announced that Henry Elkington has been appointed chief executive officer of CMPMedica, UBM’s healthcare division. Elkington takes up his position with immediate effect.
United Business Media sells non-core UK publications
15 May 2006
United Business Media plc has announced that CMPi, UBM's UK and European professional media business, has sold a number of publications for a total cash consideration of £14.6m.
William Reed and CMP scoop top Food and Drink awards
15 May 2006
William Reed Publishing won four prizes at the Britvic Business Food & Drink Journalist of the Year Awards 2006 on Friday (12 May). The best writers in the industry were rewarded for their talents at the awards, now in their fifth year.
TechTarget partners with Reed Business Information to add content for UK IT decision-makers
15 May 2006
IT media company TechTarget has signed an agreement with Reed Business Information UK (RBI-UK) to bring TechTarget’s targeted IT news, editorial features, expert advice and white papers to users of RBI's ComputerWeekly.com the number-one site for IT professionals and decision makers in the United Kingdom.
Only one week left to register for B2B marketing awards 2006
12 May 2006
The B2B Marketing Awards have been relaunched for 2006, including new categories, a fresh look and a new venue for the gala dinner.
"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" delegates urged
11 May 2006
Although publishers should be "very excited about new platforms" they should be careful "not to throw the baby out with the bathwater" according to Brian Segal, president and CEO of Rogers Publishing in Canada, addressing delegates at the final session of the FIPP business magazine and professional conference last week (Wednesday 3 May.)
Excellence in business food and drink journalism to be awarded
11 May 2006
The fifth business food and drink journalist awards, designed to promote and reward excellence in business food and drink journalism, will run on 12 May 2006.
CRM technology is dead – long live marcoms
11 May 2006
The second in a series of Great B2B Marketing Debates at Claridges focused on a controversial subject: ‘CRM technology is dead – long live marcoms’ with Jaakko Alanko, managing director at McCann Erickson Business Communications (pictured) arguing that CRM technology should be left behind in favour of marcoms, whereas Nick Hewson, managing director at Hewson Group argued that CRM technology should be used across the board.
Register interest in the B2B Marketing Awards by 19 May
08 May 2006
PPA is calling on delegates to enter the B2B Marketing Awards, run in association with PPA Business & Professional and incorporating the annual Business Advertising Excellence Awards.
Heseltine urges publishers to adapt to new cross-platform, global markets
04 May 2006
Magazines 2006 keynote speaker Lord Heseltine, chairman and founder of Haymarket Group, speaking on the second day of Magazines 2006 and the fifth FIPP international business and professional media conference yesterday (3 May), said that global economic growth, increasing wealth, increasing educational standards and the resulting curiosity of consumers and customers around the world were driving opportunities for publishers.
Trust: “long time to build up, seconds to destroy” says VNU CEO
04 May 2006
Trust, which takes “a long time to build up and seconds to destroy” is an overriding issue in pursuing licensing opportunities in international markets, according to Ian Bedwell, CEO of VNU Global Publishing Partnerships.
“We as an advertiser must buy our target audience. You as the media owner deliver our target audience” says Siemens global media director
04 May 2006
“We as an advertiser must buy our target audience. You as the media owner deliver our target audience as your readers and users – you own them. You also own the smartest and most experienced brains” said Hans-Peter Eisinger, global media director of Siemens AG.
Minister declares publishing to be at the heart of creative industries
02 May 2006
UK Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism, James Purnell (pictured), addressed an international delegation at PPA's Magazines 2006 event today (2 May), and declared magazines and business media to be "absolutely at the heart of the creative industries."
"Brands are lighthouses. They tell people where to go" says Reuters editor-in-chief
02 May 2006
Trust will become a "key differentiator" in establishing brands as multi-platform entities, said Geert Linnebank, editor-in-chief, Reuters UK, speaking at the fifth international FIPP business magazine and professional media conference this morning.
Levin calls on delegates to enter the vertical world
02 May 2006
Group chief executive of United Business Media (UBM), David Levin (pictured), put making connections through vertical markets at the heart of his keynote address during the opening session of PPA's Magazines 2006 conference on 2 May.
"Your mobile, your device, your content" says Symbian's vice-president of marketing
02 May 2006
Simon Garth (pictured), vice-president of marketing at Symbian, says that in a recent survey many children today likened losing their mobile phone to losing a family pet.
Making print and online work together
02 May 2006
Leading business and professional magazine editors discussed at Magazines 2006 today (2 May)the importance of brands integrating print and online commercial and editorial strategies.
B2B outlook looks bright with convergence reemergence
02 May 2006
The economic outlook looks bright for the corporate B2B environment, although general economic prospects will remain sluggish but stable, according to Ross Walker (pictured), chief economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland.