IPC Media
Summary
IPC Media (formerly International Publishing Company UK Ltd) is one of the United Kingdom's leading consumer magazine and digital publishers, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. It was formed as International Publishing Company UK in 1963 from the amalgamation of the holdings of three companies: the British division of the original IPC (International Publishing Company J-M Ltd. which still operates under this name in Jerusalem, Paris and New York), George Newnes, Odhams Press and Fleetway Publications. In 1968 the company bought the Daily Mirror and became the IPC-Mirror Group. It was then purchased itself in 1970, by Reed International (later Reed Elsevier), who in 1974 separated the company into two groups, IPC, formed of the magazine publication holdings; and Mirror Group Newspapers, formed of the newspapers.
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TV listings magazines in price war
It would appear that Northern & Shell (N&S) and the Bauer Media Group are locked into an old-fashioned newspaper price war. But this one involves TV listings magazines.
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Who will unlock the hidden profits and digital promise of IPC Media?
IPC Media – one of the world’s most famous magazine groups – is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013. Or rather, it isn’t. The London-based company may have decided there’s no reason to party. Business is tough, copy sales and advertising are sliding, and profits have fallen by more than two-thirds in 10 years.
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IPC Media faces sale as part of Time Warner deal
Home to titles such as Marie Claire, NME, and Country Life is in the middle of a challenging transfer to digital.
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Northern & Shell to launch television listings magazine in March
TV Pick will be latest addition to Richard Desmond's portfolio and will include ticket to Health Lottery with each purchase.
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Time Out increases distribution sixfold after going free
Weekly title sees biggest year-on-year increase of all magazines audited, while the Big Issue witnesses steady drop.
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Cosmopolitan and Psychologies in double-digit decline
Glossies' sales drop by 18. 3% and 25. 7% respectively, year on year, in disappointing period for lifestyle and fashion sector.
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150 jobs to go at IPC Media
Further to those Time Inc staff cuts I mentioned earlier, it emerges that the UK division, the magazine giant IPC Media, must cut 150 jobs, which amounts to 8% of the total.
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Time Inc and Toyota trial content-tailored ad model
Time Inc, the US owner of IPC Media, has tied up with Toyota to trial a new advertising model that places ads across its titles according to the readership of individual stories and articles.
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Magazines on tablets: publishers' painful lessons
This year was meant to be the year where I was deep in the production of tablet editions of various B2B mags. Life didn't work out that way, but when I was offered the chance to attend the Adobe Digital Publishing Summit this morning, I couldn't resist the chance to see how things had evolved since I was last involved in actively researching it.
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IPC Media launches digital magazines on Kindle Fire
The replica editions are priced in line with print, ranging from £1. 49 to £4. 99 per edition.
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