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Media Bitch's Diary 24 May

This week Bitch forgets an anniversary, goes shooting with IPC Media, finds out what Mindshare's chief executive gets up to in his spare time and is crowned champion with the Media Nomads.

Future plans new launch as iPad sales hit £3m

Future Publishing is planning to launch a print magazine to follow up its craft title Mollie Makes, while its iPad sales have now passed the £3m mark, according to chief executive Mark Wood.

Future reports pre-tax loss but digital revenues surge

Future, the specialist magazine publisher, has reported a pre-tax loss of £700,000 in the six months to March 2012, but said digital revenues have surged by 37% as it becomes a more digital-centric business.

Media360: The Week's commercial leader talks about adapting to the iPad

It's been six months since Dennis Publishing launched an iPad version of its newsweekly, The Week, and the publisher's head of advertising, David Weeks, shares the challenges and learnings so far.

Gardeners' World magazine prepares scratch-and-sniff edition

Immediate Media is to publish a special scratch-and-sniff edition of its monthly title Gardeners World on Friday (25 May).

Media360: BA's 'pimped-up' brand campaign followed 'turbulent decade', admits brand chief

British Airways' 'To Fly. To Serve.' ad campaign was designed to help the airline "reach out to a different clientele" and reignite "passion and belief" internally after a turbulent decade for the airline industry, according to Frank van der Post, ma...

Hubert Burda sells Love it! And Full House! magazines

13.15 UPDATE: Hubert Burda Media UK has sold real-life titles, Love it! and Full House!, to a start-up called Pep Publishing Ltd that is majority-owned by Hubert Burda Media UK chief executive Luke Patten.

Metro leads cross-media partnership for Men In Black 3

Metro, Spotify, Absolute Radio and Shortlist have partnered up for a competition campaign to generate buzz about Sony Pictures' 'Men In Black 3' film.

'The Exclusives' set to hit ITV2 this week

ITV2's new show 'The Exclusives', which follows six aspiring journalists competing to land celebrity stories and win a contract at Bauer Media, starts this Thursday.

Look launches 'Look What I'm Wearing'

Look, IPC Media's weekly fashion title, is launching a multiplatform street style franchise driven by user generated content.

Scout London delays next issue for strategy review

The latest edition of free London listings magazine Scout London is to be delayed by a month to 12 June, following meetings with media agencies by the title's publisher Scout Media Ltd.

Time shocks readers with breastfeeding image

Time magazine is pulling no punches with its unsettling cover of a 26-year old mother, Jamie Lynne Grumet, breastfeeding her almost four year old son this week.

Media Bitch's Diary 10 May

This week, Bitch has a 99 with Tatler editor Kate Reardon, gets exclusive with Bauer, and catches the polo bug with City AM.

Sara Cremer takes MD role at Redwood

Redwood, the content publisher, has promoted Sara Cremer to the newly created role of managing director.

PPA Conference: Content is king says MediaCom's Bozeat

Luke Bozeat, managing partner at MediaCom told Media Week brands will continue to be the key driving force in funding magazine content.

PPA Conference: Tim Brooks on The Times 'paywall failure' and Mail's 'world success'

News International's experiment with a non-penetrable paywall around websites for The Times and Sunday Times has been a failure, while the rise of Mail Online has been the "world success story", according to former Guardian leader, Tim Brooks.

PPA Conference: Stylist editor reveals how free title competes in challenging market

It would be a big surprise if one of the major publishers were to follow Stylist magazine and launch a mainstream free women's title, according to Lisa Smosarski, editor of Stylist, who believes such a move would be a "big step".

PPA Conference: Digital takes up 80% of our time, says Hearst's Dolphin

Although print accounts for 80% of Hearst's revenues, the publisher is spending 80% of its time on the "huge potential" of digital, according to Ella Dolphin, publishing director of Hearst Magazines UK's young women's group.

PPA Conference: Tim Brooks on the new found optimism for professional publishers

Tim Brooks, the former managing director of Guardian News & Media, identifies a new sense of optimism setting into the publishing industry, after two years of concern amid sweeping change.

PPA Conference: Tablets are a 'means for survival', says Future chief

Mark Wood, chief executive, Future Publishing, speaks to Media Week about readers' increasing preference for paying for content on a tablet, rather than on a website.