TheMediaBriefing: The new wave of digital media CEOs taking over old media companies
Monday, 7 November 2011, 11:56
Peter Kirwan: “We’re now starting to witness a long overdue exit for [media industry] chief executives of the Baby Boom generation. … We’re also witnessing the rise of a new generation of managers who got their big breaks in the online world from…
Runway Girl: Video: How Flightglobal covers big shows all over the world
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 15:20
How FlightGlobal covers aviation industry shows.
estatesgazette.com: Capita Symonds Augmented Reality
Monday, 5 September 2011, 10:24
"Estates Gazette and Capita Symonds have joined forces to produce the first-ever augmented reality edition of Estates Gazette. The Capita Symonds advertisements in the print edition on 3 September 2011 can be viewed using the CS AR App downloaded …
Press Gazette: RBI sells Computer Weekly and title goes online only
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 13:01
"Reed Business Information is to sell off its 45-year-old Computer Weekly title and associated events to IT publisher TechTarget, which will take the magazine online only. … TechTarget said today that ComputerWeekly.com receives an average of 42…
Publishing Executive: Haymarket, Incisive, Reed Business, UBM Medica form UK ad network
Thursday, 21 October 2010, 18:06
BBN press release: "With the addition of these six UK based media companies, also including Decisive Media and Newsco Insider, BBN has strengthened its offering for major brand-building advertisers seeking a large-scale solution for reaching this important target market."
Journalism.co.uk: Personnel Today risks 12 jobs by dumping print edition
Wednesday, 16 June 2010, 13:38
"Reed Business Information title Personnel Today is to drop its print edition putting 12 jobs at risk. The magazine will go online-only after its 29 June issue."
Folio: Reedtown Massacre Reveals the Future of the Trade Media Business
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 17:20
Ted Bahr: "But now that b-to-b publishing is in tatters, a post-apocalyptic vision comes into view: small, nimble, single-market-focused companies, run by people who have labored in their markets for years, getting to know the vendors, the readers, the nuances and intricacies that can allow them to be successful, despite Google."
FolioMag.com: RBI to Shut Down Remaining 23 Magazines
Saturday, 17 April 2010, 09:18
"About nine months after putting the brands published under the U.S. arm of Reed Business Information on the block again, Reed Elsevier announced today that it is closing down the magazines it has not been able to sell or does not intend to keep. In total, the number of magazines to be closed down is 23."
BBC News: The top 100 sites on the internet
Friday, 12 March 2010, 17:34
"Explore this interactive graphic to find out which are the biggest sites on the internet, as measured by the Nielsen company. This feature is part of SuperPower, a season of programmes exploring the power of the internet."
One Man and His Blog: Flight Global Desktop App Launched
Sunday, 24 January 2010, 14:17
Adam Tinworth: "we just launched an Adobe Air-based desktop app for one of our titles. Flight Global."
Press Gazette: Job fears as 130-year-old Contract Journal shuts
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 23:10
"Reed Business Information is to cease publication of its 130-year-old weekly construction magazine Contract Journal and its accompanying website at the end of the month."
Wired UK: Imagining a future without journalists
Monday, 12 October 2009, 17:35
Peter Kirwan: "At its most basic, business journalism involves interpreting the dynamics of an industry. Yet if these shifting dynamics can be reduced to data points, and if those data points can be sold in digital format to subscribers, the value of external interpretation – and journalism – inevitably declines."
paidContent:UK: @ AOP: An Uncertain Media Mulls Charging With Little Enthusiasm
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 06:38
Reed Business Information MD Dominic Feltham on paid content: “Too much nice-to-have fluffy information is just not going to cut it. For general information, I don’t see it working at all.”
paidContent:UK: RBI Maintains 2012 Online Target, Plans More Cuts
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 14:06
(As re-reported from behind the WSJ paywall,) RBI "wants to raise the sale of online publications at RBI to more than 50 percent of its total revenue in the next three years."
