Media Week: Dennis launches revamped PC Pro website

Posted on 20 August, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"[PC Pro] currently attracts 883,000 unique users every month, according to Dennis data. ... The revamped site offers several new features, including a reviews-filtering tool that enables users to compare products and create buying shortlists of up to 12 products."

paidContent:UK: Interview: Dennis’ New CTO Paul Lomax: On E-Books And Leaving GMG

Posted on 5 August, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"Dennis will next week re-launch PCPro.co.uk as the first stage of a company-wide revamp of its sites using a new in-house CMS."

Press Gazette: Dennis journalists experiment with working from home

Posted on 15 May, 2009 by Martin Stabe

Interesting, not least for the byline: "Staff on B2B computing website ITpro.co.uk have set up a virtual newsroom and will attempt to go about their normal jobs using broadband, mobile phones and instant messenger."

Press Gazette: The Week launches website and swallows The First Post

Posted on 28 January, 2009 by Martin Stabe

"[B]y the end of March, the website will merge with The First Post and carry all The Week’s editorial content – but to magazine subscribers only. ... The new site will have The Week’s editorial content, and archived content, on a page-turning programme behind “a big red subscription-only button,” [The Week publisher Simon Davies] said.

paidContent:UK: Felix Says Dennis To Make 40 Percent From Web, Eyes Acquisitions

Posted on 2 December, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"Maverick Dennis Publishing founder and owner Felix Dennis has bullishly predicted his company will make 40 percent of its advertising revenues from online next year. ... But the 40 percent forecast may actually be a downward revision for the company—12 months ago Dennis CEO James Tye told Press Gazette that the company then made a third of its ad revenues from online and was on course to make 50 percent from online by 2009."

mad.co.uk: Monkey plans brand extension

Posted on 14 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[Dennis] plans to build on the e-zine [Monkey] by making it a “source of entertainment” and offering social networking capabilities."

Richard Burton: In text advertising? In your dreams . . .

Posted on 1 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Richard Burton: "[In-text advertising] is intelligent technology used in a very unintellident way. It has bags of potential within advertising features and, used internally, the coding can open up all sorts of possibilities."

Economist.com: The magazine industry: Out of vogue

Posted on 28 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

“It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines,” says Felix Dennis ... “but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.”

NMA: Dennis to launch more online mags after high ABCE for Monkey

Posted on 23 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Dennis Publishing is looking to roll out its online-only magazine model following the success of Monkey in last week's ABCE figures."

Advertising Age: With Magazine Shuttered, Stuff Publisher Leaves New Boss

Posted on 19 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[John] Lumpkin joins 18 other Stuff employees who lost their jobs this week when Alpha Media decided to close the magazine and concentrate on the Maxim and Blender magazines and brands."

London is Free: Your guide to free events in the capital

Posted on 6 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Ooooh... structured blogging. Clever stuff.

Project Badger Blog: Page Not Found

Posted on 6 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Wot's this? Project badger hiding the fact that their next site is called "London is Free"?

First stats for Project Badger sites

Posted on 27 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Project Badger, Dennis Publishing’s skunkworks unit, reveals the first 20 days of statistics for two of the sites it has launched, Know Your Mobile and Den of Geek. Know Your Mobile, lead badger Mat Toor claims, is on course for about 15,000 uniques by the end of June and has had about 40-45k page impressions and [...]

paidContent.org: Dennis Publishing Sold To Quadrangle Group; Will Hold Onto Week and Maxim UK

Posted on 16 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Dennis Publishing, the publisher of magazines such as Maxim, has sold its U.S. arm to private equity firm Quadrangle Group. ... The deal also includes Maximonline "

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