Last Thursday the Specialised Information Publishers Association held a one day event in London. I have been involved with this association in various guises for nearly 15 years but can honestly say this was one of my favourite meetings during that time. Well done to Louise White and Karen Hindle for organising & many thanks [...]
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October 13, 2009
Can you really transition from print to online?
Fish and chips don’t taste the same out of a laptop
Originally uploaded by Rory Brown
Over the past few months I have done a few pieces of consultancy work for a range of media companies. Most of it has been around managing the transition from an analogue to a digital world.
We talk about the different ‘publishing’ [...]
September 16, 2009
What’s the point of trade associations?
During the course of my career in media I have been involved in the work of a variety of trade associations – as an attendee at events, speaker, committee and board member.
Generally my experiences have been positive ones and I have learned a lot and made some great connections as a result of my participation. [...]
August 19, 2009
For anyone involved in the paywall / premium content / freemium debate for digital news
This recent presentation by Steve Outing nails a lot of the issues.
July 15, 2009
So, should we all give up and go home?
It is now a little over 8 months since I left Incisive Media. At some point in the future I will do a ‘reflections on a post-corporate world’ post, but for the time being I wanted to share some thoughts on what has happened to the media industry this year. I’d also like to discuss [...]
June 18, 2009
Proper blogroll finally added
Eventually, I have got round to constructing a proper blogroll. You’ll see some of the sites I enjoy reading added to the right hand column. Generally they focus on media, technology and search but there are a few other random ones in there.
May 5, 2009
A spring clean
When I first set up this blog it was really only meant to be a way of collating my various activities online. Hence the fact that my blogroll only links to me…
Now, as I have started blogging I realise that this looks incredibly ego-centric. So, over the next couple of weeks I’ll be doing a [...]
May 1, 2009
Tim Brooks interviewed at Publishing Expo
A really good video interview with Tim Books of Guardian News and Media.
It’s quite long but well worth watching for Tim’s thoughts on newspapers, magazines and the digital evolution.
April 29, 2009
Specialist publishers: 3 great conferences coming up in May, June and July.
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 18 months it cannot have escaped your attention that big changes are afoot in the media world. Changes that have been accelerated by the current recession but most of which would have been taking place anyway. Some traditional revenue lines are under significant pressure, [...]
April 7, 2009
If a B2B marketer had launched Wired UK – part 1
Last week the UK edition of Wired magazine hit the newsstands for the first time. I have long been a fan of the US version and was interested to see how they had taken the format and adapted it for a UK audience.
Generally I was impressed. It’s a brave company that launches a glossy consumer [...]
March 25, 2009
A solution for the broken advertising model in media?
I really enjoyed SIPA’s Online Marketing conference yesterday. We had sessions covering social media, developing online stores, best practice e-mail marketing, monetising online communities, mobile, video & podcasting. Thanks very much to the speakers from Electric Word, AI Digital, E-Consultancy, Nature, Magicalia, Incisive Media, Communicator, Euromoney & Babyworld.
While all the presentations were great the one [...]
March 23, 2009
SIPA online marketing event tomorrow, 24th March, London
Another quick plug for a great SIPA event in London tomorrow.
Full programme.
Come along – there are still a few places free.
March 9, 2009
The greatest week of the year
It’s the Cheltenham Festival this week – the real start of the year. I’ll be there Thursday & Friday if anyone’s around. Can’t wait.
February 24, 2009
Thomson Reuters results – singing from the same hymn sheet
Another day; another set of results. This time the Q4 results from Thomson Reuters which seem to be pretty robust.
You can listen to Tom Glocer on his investor call here but I wanted to highlight a couple of very similar comments to those heard in the Reed Elsevier call the other day (not direct quotes).
Thomson [...]
February 23, 2009
Knowledge driven solutions – the growth sector of business media?
In my last post I had a look at Reed Elsevier’s results presentation and suggested that the real growth area of business media was in building tools and workflow solutions for customers. It is an area that a lot of B2B media companies highlight as part of their strategy and an area that I was [...]
February 19, 2009
Listening to the Reed Elsevier results presentation
Over my years in business publishing I have always loved monitoring the reporting season for publicly quoted media companies. You gain an enormous amount of insight into the broader trends in the industry & it gives a much better perspective into the general market conditions – away from your particular coal face.
Today, one of the [...]
