In Britain, when the Audit Bureau of Circulation releases their 1st Half 2008 figures, it has been predicted that significant sales reductions will be realized for some celebrity and women’s magazines.
Brand Republic UK
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The U.K.’s ASDA grocery chain, owned by WALMART USA,  is seeking “outrageous” concessions from magazine publishers.  An ASDA email memo, sent to British magazine publishers and distributors has outlined a series of proposed conditions with which publishers are requested to comply. These proposals are as follows;
-Â Asda’s demands include a request for two pages of editorial or [...]
James Murdoch has passed his father Rupert in the MediaGuardian 100.  As the chief executive at this father’s News Corporation Europe and Asia, James has firmly established himself amongst Press and Publishings Top 10.
The Guardian
B2B publisher IDG is no small fish. They have over 450 websites, 300 magazines, 13,000 employees and revenues over £3bn. Their strategy to move online appears to be paying dividends.Â
The Guardian
Conde Nast U.K., has announced the launch of a British version of WIRED. Publisher Jamie Jouning perceives the challenging economy as an ‘opportunity not a threat’.    ‘We’ve done a lot of research into this launch and genuinely feel there’s not a better time to launch. Technology is playing an increasingly important role in contemporary civilisation [...]
Electronic information publishing house Reed Elsevier is offering a £1billion-plus loan to potential suitors of their magazine unit that publishes Farmers Weekly and Flight International.  Reed hopes that the offer of the loan will ‘kick - start’ an auction for this division of Reed Business Information.
The Times of London
War on Want, the charity group, has accused Tesco, the United Kingdom’s largest grocery chain, of retailing clothes that were created under slave labor conditions.   It is alleged that Tesco is buying their clothes from a textile factory that, in India, pays it’s employees $17.29 (USD) for a 54 hour week. This equates to $.32 per hour.
The Times [...]
U.S. Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, is urging TESCO’s Sir Terry Leahy to reconsider their policy of non-engagement with unions. Obama is concerned over the worker’s rights in TESCO’s FRESH & EASY outlets.
The Times of London
Due to economics, consumer magazine publisher IPC Media (owned by Time Inc) has enacted a three month hiring freeze. IPC is the first publisher to impose such a freeze in the current economic slowdown.
Press Gazette
Newspaper and magazine advertisments have been given top ratings for advertising formats.
PPA UK