Future Publishing (LSE: FUTR) grew online ad revenue 50 percent in the year to September 30, and that source now comprises 14 percent of the magazine group’s total advertising base.…

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The Economist’s 10-month web R&D project may have ended without having brought any output to market, but the publisher is now sifting through the leftover scraps for what could be…

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Emap’s (LSE: EMA) figures for the six months to September 30 have given bidders a few bargaining chips - circulation, ads, revenue and profit are all down. The publisher said…

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Republika Kobiet (Women’s Republic), a Polish lifestyle portal, has received an unspecified amount of funding from Luxembourg-based Mangrove (portfolio Skype, Piczo) and Poland’s own bmp Media Investors (via AC:Europe). The…

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The Economist’s editor-in-chief John Micklethwaite has given an interview to Mediabistro (via Innovations In Newspapers) documenting his conversion, whilst awaiting the internet, from rabbit in the headlights to online navigator.…

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From the Sunday papers… - ITV: Private equity super-house Apax is interested in making another bid for ITV, anonymous “sources” tell the Financial Mail. Apax circled the broadcaster with big…

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Famously bespectacled Loaded magazine founder James Brown has been appointed group creative and editorial director of Sumo.tv, a web-based video-sharing platform that also has a TV channel on Sky and…

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Update: Nancy Cruickshank will become the CEO of VideoJug.com, an online video sharing site focussing on how-to and expert advice clips. She takes over from Dan Thompson, one of the…

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The Economist is the latest publication to try to monetise the ass off its long tail - it’s launched The Economist Historical Archive online including the over 600,000 pages from…

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On Friday, we noted The Times’ report that Guardian Media Group (GMG), United Business Media, Apax, Cinven and Providence are through to the second round to bid for Emap’s B2B…

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Dennis Publishing has replaced the publishing director responsible for its Monkey weekly e-zine. Former Emap (LSE: EMA) strategy director James Mallinson left following a company restructure and has been replaced…

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Update: Hearst has made an indicative offer of £700 million for the consumer division of Emap (LSE: EMA), reports the FT today (Monday, 8 October). It also reports that Phil…

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In an interview with today’s Observer, The Economist editor John Micklethwaite suggests his news magazine has weathered the internet storm surprisingly well: ‘A hurricane hit newspapers. But there seem to…

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NatMags will this autumn undergo a structural shakeup designed finally to execute a large-scale online strategy. The Hearst subsidiary will focus on two units - one to run its five…

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Another print magazine decides to bite the dust and go online-only. Teen celeb and entertainment mag TVHits! will publish its last on dead-tree next week, October 4, to concentrate on…

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- BT (NYSE: BT) Vision: BT has added some more on-demand content to its IPTV portfolio, this time from the sci-fi and “paranormal” genres. In a deal with Fireworks International,…

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- Emap (LSE: EMA): The magazine and radio group issued a realistic trading update for the half-year to September, ahead of its official half-year results on November 13. B2B division…

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- iVillage: Women’s portal iVillage has hired former IPC online exec Rebecca Miskin as the new general manager of UK operations, Media Week reports. At IPC, Miskin had been international…

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As part of its redesign, women’s portal Handbag.com is adding MyHandbag, a personal news aggregator allowing readers to consume headlines from rival sites. Editorial director Debbie Djordjevic tells Press Gazette:…

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German media group Hubert Burda has bought a minority stake in New York-based science publisher Seed Media Group to bring its ScienceBlogs network to Europe. Launched in 2006, ScienceBlogs is…

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Emap is selling its Australian consumer magazines business, Emap Australia, to ACP Magazines for AUS $94 million (£38 million) in cash as part of the strategic review that will likely…

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- EMI: The music group (LON:EMI) has hired former BBC director-general Lord Birt to the new supervisory board that will now steer the company through its transition from public ownership,…

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German magazine group Spiegel, which publishes the Der Spiegel business magazine, is talking with publisher Pearson about buying out its 50 percent stake in the Financial Times’ German edition. Founded…

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The Economist has published the first edition of its high-end Intelligent Life magazine on its new quarterly schedule. The re-designed publication, which had two previous outings on an annual basis,…

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-- Olympics: NBC will provide video from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to a forthcoming multimedia website offered to Associated Press clients. The news agency has teamed with the broadcaster, which…

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