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Ten highlights of SIIA Digital Content & Media Summit

September 2, 2013 By

SIIA Digital Content & Media Summit

What are your hot issues around digital content and media?  With over 40 speakers, twenty panel sessions and workshops, over a dozen round tables and plenty of networking sessions, there’s sure to be answers at the SIIA Digital Content & Media Summit on 23-25 September at One Wimpole Street, London.

Here’s my personal top ten highlights of the programme, designed to provide new ideas on digital media survival skills, plus plenty of practical tips to grow your revenues across web, mobile, data, video, events and communities.

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Digital Content & Media Summit will Address Trends in Mobile Magazines, Multiplatform Publishing, Content Paywalls, and More

August 27, 2013 By

SIIA will hold its Digital Content & Media Summit – the premier conference for digital media and publishing executives – on September 23-25 at One Wimpole Street in London. The Digital Content & Media Summit will feature presentations from leading media pioneers who are tackling digital content in innovative ways and will examine how major media businesses are creating digital content for international audiences.

The conference will bring together industry-leading executives, prominent analysts, publishers, media owners, and members of the media to discuss key trends and practical tools to survive in the rapidly changing world of digital content.  Topics will include adapting content for multiple platforms, using free content to extend market reach and convert users to paid services, and more.

Keynote speakers at the Digital Content & Media Summit:

  • Natasha Christie-Miller, CEO, EMAP
  • Benedict Evans, consultant, Enders Analysis
  • Julie Harris, CEO, WGSN & Planet Retail

Other speakers of note include:

  • Adrian Barrick, Chief Content Officer, UBM
  • Tim Brooks, CEO BMJ Group
  • Ben Heald, CEO, Sift
  • Paul Lomax, CTO, Dennis
  • Richard Londesborough, CEO, Business Monitor International
  • Tony Macklin, Director of Product Development, Immediate Media
  • Audra Martin, VP, Advertising & operations, The Economist
  • Alex Martinez, CEO, Sigaria
  • Colin Morrison, Non-Exec Director, Centaur, Travel Weekly
  • Peter Phippen, Deputy Chairman, Immediate Media
  • Andy Rice, MD Sport & Music, Future
  • Julian Turner, CEO, Electric Word

The Digital Content & Media Summit will also feature SIIA’s Previews Program, which showcases the next generation of digital content innovators that are transforming the information industry. Several companies selected for the Previews Program will present at the conference.

Read more about the SIIA Previews companies here.

For a complete schedule of events, visit: http://siia.net/london/2013/schedule.asp

Carolyn Morgan has launched, acquired, grown & sold specialist media businesses in print, web and events. She launched the Specialist Media Show in 2010 and grew a community of ambitious publishers keen to grow their digital activity. SIIA acquired the Specialist Media Show in 2013 and Carolyn is now Programme Director for SIIA UK. Follow Carolyn on twitter at @siiauk.

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Interview: Natasha Christie-Miller, CEO EMAP, on their digital strategy

August 22, 2013 By

Natasha Christie Miller, CEO Emap

Natasha Christie-Miller, CEO EMAP, explains how they are applying quality B2B content and the latest approach to digital subscriptions to deliver an impressive rate of growth in a turbulent market…

EMAP’s B2B portfolio is made up of some truly venerable print brands, from Nursing Times and Architects’ Journal to Drapers, Health Service Journal and Local Government Chronicle.  But they are making the digital transition rather successfully, according to CEO Natasha Christie-Miller, who is delivering a keynote at the SIIA Digital Content & Media Summit on 25 September. [Read more...]

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Five publishers win Windows 8 apps with Stonewash

August 15, 2013 By
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Wanderlust new Windows 8 app

As mobile platforms proliferate publishers need to widen their reach – just like getting physical distribution in new retail outlets. Five publishers have won free app builds on Microsoft Windows 8 with digital publishing solutions provider Stonewash. All are now available to view on the Windows App Store. [Read more...]

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Running successful live events: learning from other publishers

August 14, 2013 By

Newtrade publishing

For many B2B publishers, live events are a growing revenue source, as even in the digital age, people like to meet and share ideas face to face. Earlier this year, the Specialist Media Insights Research showed that live events already account for 20% of B2B revenues. And publishers have a real advantage in creating quality content.  But there are challenges as planning, marketing and commercializing live events requires different skills to traditional content publishing.

If you are contemplating expanding your range of live events, you’re sure to pick up some new ideas and practical tips from the expert speakers at the next SIIA UK Issue Brief on Wednesday 4 September in London.

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Make money from digital content: four steps to digital transformation

August 13, 2013 By
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Collaborating with competitors on digital content

How can publishers turn content assets and data into new digital content businesses, and what can they learn from the digital transformation of healthcare, aviation and public sector organisations? The creative database engineers at MarkLogic have summed up the experiences of over 300 customers into four steps to guide your digital content transformation, with case studies from around the world… [Read more...]

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