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UK Publishing Industry in 2012: The Big Picture

UK Publishing Industry in 2012: The Big Picture

Tough, but not disastrous. That seems to be the overall view of the prospects for 2012.

The Big Picture – December 2011

The Big Picture – December 2011

While the excitement around the launch of Apple Newsstand has been grabbing the headlines, the industry is waiting for two old players to reveal their hand – Royal Mail and the Office of Fair Trading. The OFT will shortly announce what action it is going to recommend regarding a review of the industry. Royal Mail will reveal by how much [...]

The Big Picture – September 2011

The Big Picture – September 2011

It is ironic that probably the most important legacy that Steve Jobs leaves behind him at Apple is a belief in the long-term future of paid content. The difficulties that publishers have had with Apple have sprung from the fact that it wants too much control

The Big Picture: July 2011

The Big Picture: July 2011

The Big Picture is an overview of the publishing business contained in the lastest issue of “Wessenden Briefing”.  For a sample issue of the newsletter, click on the button on the right of this page. The News of the World phone-hacking scandal has created a media storm around the world. Career after career is unravelling [...]

The Big Picture: June 2011

The Big Picture: June 2011

The Big Picture is an overview of the publishing business contained in the lastest issue of “Wessenden Briefing”.  For a sample issue of the newsletter, click on the button on the right of this page. The market is very wobbly and unpredictable out there at the moment, as virtually every key indicator demonstrates. So, getting consumer pricing right [...]

The Big Picture: April 2011

The Big Picture: April 2011

“Our strategy is to be tactical. To test new ideas constantly. To do that, we have to be able to fail cheaply”………The Big Picture is an overview of the publishing business contained in the lastest issue of “Circulation Briefing”. For a sample issue of the newsletter, click on the button on the right of this page.

The Big Picture: Feb 2011

The Big Picture: Feb 2011

“It is a very wobbly start to an uncertain year…” The Big Picture is an overview of the publishing business contained in the lastest issue of “Circulation Briefing”.