08 Sep 2000
| by JULIA BEAN, the press director at Carat
As a woman who earns her living from planning and buying press media, it s difficult to place...As a woman who earns her living from planning and buying press media, it s difficult to place myself wholly in the shoes of a reader - one of those millions of people who go ah, er, um and then grab a shrink-wrapped collection of ads and editorial before getting on with their lives.
As a ...
29 Aug 2003
| by Adam Crow, the press director at PHD
Having spent the formative years of my media career within direct marketing and, more recently, as the press director at three top media buying points, I've been rather well-placed to witness what ...
press as saying: "If it were up to me, customer magazines would appear on all my plans." Hasty words, I ...
02 Aug 2002
| by CLAUDINE COLLINS, press director at MediaCom
, the press director at MediaCom, claims to be more in
the target market of Conde Nast Traveller than of Best ...
08 Feb 2002
| by GIL REES, a press buyer at MediaCom
It seems like an odd time for The Mail on Sunday to launch its
Money magazine. Financial advertisers are cautious at the moment and
most of the personal finance advertising knocking around is for credit
cards, mortgages, loans - things that are trying to get people more in
debt.
However,...
03 Nov 2000
| by LAURA JAMES, press director at New PHD
Vive lands on my desk boldly claiming that 'there is life after marriage'. Judging by the scary front cover, I'm not so sure. A bi-monthly from New Era Publishing (whose PR company is appropriately based in Bleeding Heart Yard), which promises to provide all you need to know about divorce.
The cover...
23 Jun 2000
| by TIM KIRKMAN, the press director of Cara
The new world order has demanded reappraisal of traditional
publishing businesses as companies such as IPC and Emap begin to tag
themselves as content providers in a bid to enhance their value.
23 Mar 2001
| by LAURA JAMES, the press director at New PHD
I liked Glamour and so had high hopes for the online version. It
wasn't disappointing - it does build well from the magazine format and
it's easy to use with no tedious log-in procedure.
Although it borrows most material from the mag, it provides enough
extras to be worth the visit....
31 Jan 2003
| by STEVE GOODMAN, the group press buying director at MediaCom
Steve Goodman reviews four of the biggest circulating customer magazines and asks whether they manage to fulfil their remits to both their readers and their advertisers.
11 Jan 2002
| by RACHEL GIBBS-MCNEIL, the press manager at Carat
At first glance the "new look" She magazine seems remarkably
familiar. Yes it's cleaner, with more sections, but the overall change
is in the editorial tone. Unquestionably it's a more "organised" read,
the magazine flows well and is less "bitty". Eve Cameron's style
(ex-Cosmopolitan, Health...
02 Nov 2001
| by TOM WILKINSON, the press associate director at Carat
If I hadn't been asked to comment on Loaded's revamp, I probably
wouldn't have even noticed the changes. But if you look really closely,
you'll see this month's issue has had a facelift.
The original lads' mag has tucked away some of the boring bits that
nobody ever read and, they claim,...