TheMediaBriefing: Centaur’s NMA closure and why B2B brands cannot escape digital transition
Friday, 1 July 2011, 08:12
Former editor Mike Butcher on the closure of the NMA print edition: “the whole operation was still geared largely to a weekly print cycle even while when people were getting their news via blogs (and now Twitter ) within minutes of it happening.”
New Media Age: new media age goes online only
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 19:39
"Over the coming months we’ll be introducing a number of digital services to subscribers, including a subscriber-only email service, a revamped mobile site and an iPad app."
SourceWire Abacus e-Media announces MBO from Bond International Software PLC
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 14:39
"Abacus e-Media nnounces the completion of a management buy-out from its owner of four years, Bond International Software PLC. The management buy-out, which was finalised on Friday 8th April 2011, is backed by funding from management and from exte…
Greenslade: As another magazine charges for access, where’s the proof of paywall success?
Friday, 24 September 2010, 11:08
"What we have yet to know is whether paywalls work. Even magazines that have erected them for a good while are either unsure about the results or, more usually, secretive about them."
Rory Brown: 7 strategic questions business media leaders should be asking
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 08:31
"1) What business am I in? … 2) What does your company do really well? … 3) In which markets do you own brands with ‘last-man standing’ advantage? … 5) What are you doing to move up the value chain of information in your chosen markets? … 6) Is my business structured for the past or the future? … 7) Can I explain my company strategy clearly, simply and believably?"
paidContent:UK: New Media Age Putting More Of Itself Behind Paywall
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 10:15
"NMA, which already required a £99-a-year subscription for everything bar 'lead' stories and opinion pieces, is now putting those stories from its print edition behind a paywall, too." Plus, a great debate in the comments.
PaidContentUK: B2B Publisher Centaur Media Digital Revenue Drops 11 Percent
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 19:55
"Centaur Media … saw its online product revenue drop 11.9 percent to £15.5 million for the year to 30 June, while online EBITDA fell 12.2 percent to £3.6 million. Online subscription revenue fell by £100,000 to £6.9 million."
Evening Standard: Even trade magazines are feeling the squeeze in the recession
Saturday, 21 March 2009, 17:21
Roy Greenslade in a column on what the B2B publishers are doing to cut their costs: "The web can be seen as an enemy, encroaching on territory once ruled by print, or it can become a friend, acting as a complement to the editorial provided in print form. There are no hard and fast rules about what should go on one platform rather than another. It varies with the particular niche. Some accept that news, like ads, will inevitably feature only on the web. But that allows for longer analytical pieces to be carried in print."
Press Gazette: CMS providers briefing: Webvision by Abacus E-Media
Monday, 1 December 2008, 13:29
"This is a fairly holistic system which covers for all print, online and mobile production. … It claims to have the most journalist-friendly editing and story-management facilities."
Monday, 21 April 2008, 14:13
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"Centaur has decided to use its magazine teams to drive content on its MAD website … And what of the editorial issue? What most publishers fail to grasp is that online writing is not the same as off line writing."
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 15:36
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Centaur Media is to revamp its marketing portal Mad.co.uk and turn it into an aggregator for its related print titles with the likely loss of several jobs. … editor Branwell Johnson will continue to oversee the revamp staff, but the jobs of the reportin
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 13:35
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“We will be looking at Emap to see if there will be more fragmentation within it, and we would be very interested if there was,” [Wilmington ceo Charles] Brady said. “Their businesses are very good and some of them would fit very well with ours.
