This existential question has been rattling around editorial offices around the world for a while now, but Christopher Phin (of MacFormat and Tap!) has taken the excellent step of coalescing the debate into a hashtag: #whatisamagazine Chris has already given ...Read More
The third annual Digital Magazine Awards had their winner's showcase at Proud Galleries yesterday, and it was a great event. I was asked to do the keynote speech - always slightly nerve-wracking having to present to an audience that knows ...Read More
I was on holiday last week, so it's taken me a while to get hold of the first copy of Time Out in its new free incarnation. Full disclosure: I worked on developing the initial dummy for the free earlier ...Read More
Congrats to everyone at Frieze on their new, quarterly iPad incarnation. I gave a little technical help at the latter stages of the launch (fun and games with getting into Apple's Newsstand), and I'm very glad to see the finished ...Read More
Two talks in recent weeks, to engaged audiences asking nicely tricky questions. First up I was at the Social Media Influence 2012 Conference, on a panel with Rob Crumbie of Recyclebank and Frances Brindle, Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications ...Read More
There are more magazine-related Masterclasses happening at the Guardian. There's going to be a two-day weekend course on Independent Magazine Publishing, covering everything from business models and handling contributors, to the practicalities of printing and distribution. Again, Danny Miller and ...Read More
I'm part of a trio of speakers at a Guardian Masterclasses event called 'Reinventing Magazines'. It'll be an interactive Q&A for anybody interested in new models and innovation in magazines – covering both print and digital. Also speaking will Danny ...Read More
I'm going to be on one of the panels at the Social Media Influence 2012 conference in London on June 12. I'm going to be speaking alongside Rob Crumbie (Recyclebank), Philip Reisberger (Chief Revenue Officer at Bigpoint) and Frances Brindle, (Director ...Read More
Last night I chaired another Clever Boxer event at Soho House. This one was on the 'Future of Books', and we were privileged to have two excellent speakers. Max Whitby is CEO of Touch Press, who are leading the field in ...Read More
The magazine circulation figures were out yesterday. Fairly gloomy for lots of publishers, but one new addition this time is the audited figures for tablet editions. Journalism.co.uk has a round-up of figures for the second half of 2011 here. It's the first ...Read More