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InPublishing Magazine: July/August 2024

InPublishing magazine deep dives into publishing strategy through its in-depth articles and special features.

Our mission is to help senior executives at newspaper and magazine publishers publish better content, engage fully with their audiences and make more money.

Whatever your publishing channel – print or digital – each issue will arm you with inspiration, insight and actionable takeaways for you to apply to your own businesses.

The July/August issue includes the following in-depth articles:

  • AI — ten top tips: James Evelegh has some advice for publishers who are at the start of their AI journey.
  • A question of integrity: As a journalist, what do you do when your paper does something you don’t agree with? Put up with it or leave? Peter Oborne left.
  • Email dos & don’ts: PR execs work hard to grab editors’ attention, sometimes too hard... Dickon Ross has some gentle words of advice.
  • Testing, testing: GHI accreditation has been a much sought after seal of approval for a 100 years. Ciar Byrne gets a behind-the-scenes tour...
  • Subs secrets: Dan Green’s seven takeaways from the recent BSME Secrets of Subscription Strategy event.
  • Democratic deficit? Has the closure of regional newspapers left the local population uninformed at election time? Dave Toomer investigates.
  • A Big Fat Promise: Is one thing your front cover needs. Andy Cowles looks at what else specialist mags need to include on their covers.
  • Eschewing instant analysis: Usually, the best understanding of a major event comes months afterwards. That’s the theory that underpins ‘Delayed Gratification’.
  • The key to unlocking growth...: ... is adopting a product mindset, as IWSR CEO Julie Harris and 67 Bricks CTO David Leeming tell James Evelegh. (Sponsored content)
  • Meeting nurses’ needs: Has been the driver behind RCNi’s successful product development and revenue diversification strategy, says MD Rachel Armitage.
  • Growth opportunities: Douglas McCabe tracks the commercial model for publishers over the last fifty years and looks at where future growth might come from.
  • My to-do list: Kerys Arundell, head of ad ops at Bauer Media, tells us what’s on hers.
  • Digital News Report 2024: Nic Newman picks out the main takeaways from the long running study, based on an online survey of almost 100k people in 47 countries.
  • AI-volution: Richard Reeves picks out the main themes and talking points from a recent AOP CRUNCH event looking at AI opportunities.
  • Confidence levels: In the latest instalment of mediafutures, Jim Bilton asks participants how confident they are about the outlook for their companies.

Articles in this issue include:

Returning to growth

Returning to growth

Where is the growth opportunity for today’s publishers? Douglas McCabe tracks how the commercial model has evolved over the past fifty years and examines whether a better understanding of what online audiences want, will help drive future growth.

Life support for nurses

Life support for nurses

RCNi has a clear mission – to be the life-long learning partner for nurses. Managing Director Rachel Armitage tells Meg Carter about how they have diversified their revenues, with a laser focus on meeting the needs of the nursing community.

The changing landscape of local coverage of general elections – can hyperlocals close the democratic deficit?

The changing landscape of local coverage of general elections – can hyperlocals close the democratic deficit?

As the coverage of general elections by legacy media becomes more generic, Dave Toomer, a former hack turned academic, asks what prospects there are for hyperlocal community publications to fill the localness gap in deprived areas.

One hundred years of testing

One hundred years of testing

This year, the Good Housekeeping Institute celebrates its centenary. Ciar Byrne visits the Institute and hears about their rigorous testing regimes and the changes afoot at the wider Good Housekeeping brand.

Adopting a product mindset – the key to unlocking growth

Adopting a product mindset – the key to unlocking growth

A product mindset puts the needs of the customer at the centre of the decision making process and a relentless focus on meeting those needs delivers a highly profitable publishing model, says IWSR CEO Julie Harris and 67 Bricks CTO David Leeming.

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