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The Economist Sells Stake In CFO Publishing To PE Firm Seguin Partners
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 12 2010, 2.10am
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The Economist Sells Stake In CFO Publishing To PE Firm Seguin Partners
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 11 2010, 11.40pm
The Economist Group has sold a stake in its CFO Publishing b2b mag unit to PE firm Seguin Partners. The announcement was made by the Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc., which represented The Economist. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. (more)

The Economist to restrict free online access
From Financial Times. Posted October 7 2009, 2.22am
The magazine will put archived articles behind a pay wall available only to subscribers, in the latest sign that publishers are rapidly moving towards charging for content... (more)

The Economist to restrict free online access
From Financial Times. Posted October 7 2009, 2.22am
The magazine will put archived articles behind a pay wall available only to subscribers, in the latest sign that publishers are rapidly moving towards charging for content... (more)

Print Round-Up: Newsquest Relaunch, Economist Subs, TES Layoffs, NI's Science Mag
From paidContent:UK. Posted August 13 2009, 4.00am
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Print Round-Up: Newsquest Relaunch, Economist Subs, TES Layoffs, NI's Science Mag
From paidContent:UK. Posted August 11 2009, 6.20pm
—Newsquest re-launch: The Gannett-owned regional publisher has given a facelift to 150 of its newspaper websites, including Telegraphandargus.co.uk and Lancashiretelegraph.co.uk, adding more than four million previously print-only archived stories, as well as improved search and a new design. (more)

The Economist takes to the high wirefor its first cinema ad in eight years
From Media Guardian. Posted July 2 2009, 7.33am
'Let your mind wander' cinema ad aims for curious readers left cold by Economist's traditional red-poster campaignsThe Economist is launching a radical new brand strategy with its first cinema ad in eight years – a 70 second commercial featuring a high-wire walker. (more)

Growth at The Economist bucks magazine trend
From Financial Times. Posted June 23 2009, 2.00am
The Economist extended its run of growth in the year to March 31, but warned that it expected lower advertising and sponsorship revenues for the year to come. The... (more)

Earnings: Economist Powers Ahead In Print, FT Cutting More Costs
From paidContent:UK. Posted June 22 2009, 4.20pm
It was rare to see printed news media doing well financially before the recession, so its even more notable to see one making money now. (more)

Cuts help lift Economist Group profits
From Media Guardian. Posted June 22 2009, 12.29pm
Group operating profits up 26% after one in 10 workers laid offThe Economist Group has remained profitable despite seeing advertising revenues fall in recent months, thanks partly to cost-cutting that has seen around 130 jobs go. (more)

Print Round-Up: Telegraph Gets Demotix Widget; Economist Shuts Mag; Centaur Closure
From paidContent:UK. Posted June 5 2009, 10.10am
— Telegraph Demotix deal: Telegraph Media Group has signed up citizen journalism aggregator Demotix to provide news and pictures for the world news pages of Telegraph.co.uk. (more)

AdweekMedia’s US magazine ‘hot list’: Economist and Elle take top spots
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 23 2009, 4.06pm
AdweekMedia has published its annual ‘hot list’ for US magazine titles: “Inclusion in AdweekMedia’s annual ‘Hot List’ is based on several factors, including: ad page and revenue gains; performance within a magazine... (more)

Print Round-Up: Trinity Mirror; Metro; Economist Group; Archant; Dagenham Paper; Sport Media Group
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 7 2009, 11.30am
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Print Round-Up: Trinity Mirror; Metro; Economist Group; Archant; Dagenham Paper; Sport Media Group
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 6 2009, 7.50pm
—Trinity Mirror: More tough-talking from Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) CEO Sly Bailey: in a very rare TV interview, she told Jeff Randall on Sky News about the company's "aggressive" cost-cutting programme: "We are closing titles if we can't find a... (more)

Print Round-Up: Trinity Mirror; Metro; Economist Group; Archant; Dagenham Paper; Sport Media Group
From paidContent:UK. Posted March 5 2009, 5.25pm
—Trinity Mirror: More tough-talking from Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) CEO Sly Bailey: in a very rare TV interview, she told Jeff Randall on Sky News about the company's "aggressive" cost-cutting programme: "We are closing titles if we can't find a... (more)

Waxy.org: The citizen team translating the Economist into Chinese
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 3 2009, 9.15am
If you haven’t spotted this already it’s definitely worth a read: Andy Baio looks at a very unusual online collaboration project. A group of fans are translating each weekly issue of the Economist magazine into Chinese and distributing it via PDFs to a Chinese audience. (more)

Media Guardian: Economist sold on the street
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 5 2008, 12.00pm
Roy Greenslade comments on The Economist's decision to use street vendors to sell copies on London's streets, in a trial beginning today. (more)

The Economist laments the end of the RFE/RL research department
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 16 2008, 9.31am
For outsiders interested in the ex-communist world, the English-language material produced by the research department of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is invaluable. But it will not be available much longer. The department is closing. Its analysts are job hunting. (more)

Alexander steps down at The Economist Group
From Financial Times. Posted April 10 2008, 1.46am
Helen Alexander, chief executive, is leaving after a tenure of more than a decade in which the group's flagship magazine has doubled in circulation... (more)

The Economist chief executive steps down
From The Times. Posted April 9 2008, 12.56pm
Helen Alexander, the chief executive of The Economist Group, is set to step down after 23 years at the publishing company. (more)

Revolving doors: Economist Intelligent Life, ITV West, Glasgow Evening Times
From Press Gazette. Posted January 20 2008, 12.00am
?The Economist’s quarterly lifestyle magazine, Intelligent Life, has appointed former assistant to the late fashion doyen Isabella Blow as fashion and retail editor. Mary Fellowes will commission content for Flair, the magazine’s newly introduced... (more)

Bankers eye Economist sale
From The Scotsman. Posted March 9 2007, 11.45am
SIR Evelyn Rothschild, the banking dynasty head, is believed to be considering selling off his stake in the Economist magazine to free up cash for charitable activities. (more)

Survey claims Economist readership rise of 40 per cent
From Press Gazette. Posted September 22 2006, 1.04pm
Figures from the European Business Readership Survey claim that The Economist is read by 40 oper cent more senior European business people than in 2004. (more)

The Economist wins three awards
From Press Gazette. Posted May 3 2006, 11.00pm
The Economist won three awards to lead the list of winners at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The BBC and The Sunday Times collected two awards each. (more)

FT hires Economist columnist
From Media Guardian. Posted May 3 2006, 4.18pm
The Financial Times has poached the Economist's Gideon Rachman to be its chief foreign affairs columnist. By Stephen Brook. (more)

New Economist editor aims for 2m circulation
From Press Gazette. Posted March 29 2006, 11.00pm
New Economist editor John Micklethwait has pledged to continue “to cover bits of the world as seriously as possible without ever taking anything too seriously”, following his appointment to replace Bill Emmott last week. (more)

New Economist editor announced
From Press Gazette. Posted March 24 2006, 9.59am
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