The title "publisher" is so yesterday, says British publishing firm

The British publishing company Future is doing away with the title "publisher" as being outmoded, not reflecting what such product leaders are expected to do now. 

“Our business leaders have a far broader remit to drive audience and revenue growth across a full range of platforms and touch points – including events, video, ecommerce and mobile," says CEO Mark Wood [in a story in Press Gazette.] “Future’s business model has changed at speed – and will continue to do so. We are recognised as an international leader in tablet publishing, we’ve delivered 46 per cent growth year-on-year in global unique users and digital advertising now represents more than 57 per cent of total advertising revenue."

The bosses in the new management structure are called "head" (e.g. head of games). Future publishes both print and digital special interest magazines, such as Total Film, Classic Rock, Official Nintendo magazine, PhotoPlus, Windows 8: The Official Magazine,  T3, Fast Bikes, Guitarist, Cross Stitcher, Cycling Plus and Guitarist. 

BCAMP seeks new executive director, new project coordinator

BCAMP, the B.C. Association of Magazine Publishers, is looking for a new Executive Director and a new Project Coordinator. Word on the sidewalk is that candidates with some experience of lobbying government and arts councils (eg. the B.C. Government and the B.C. Arts Council) will be looked on kindly.

For many years BCAMP has avoided paying the fare from Vancouver to Victoria where a strong Executive Director might press for tax credits, government advertising in B.C. magazines, proper cultural funding, and generally chat up government functionaries and politicos who know nearly nothing about the huge magazine industry in B.C. (as described by Rowly Lorimer in 2005 in a study available in a pdf).

Prospective candidates should send a note to exec@bcamp.bc.ca forthwith.

[UPDATE: According to an item in mastheadonline, Anna Torres resigned from BCAMP as executive director to take a position with Vancouver private company that manages health and science associations.]

Canadian Magazines blog adds job board

[Promotional message] You may have noticed that Canadian Magazines now has a job board. It's the little blue box (facsimile seen below) and which resides in the sidebar area over there on the right. It's intended to link up people who are looking to fill jobs in Canadian magazines (editors, writers, art directors, designers, management, ad sales, production, circulation, distribution and so on) and people who are looking for those jobs.

Jobs, classified by type, can be posted for 30 days for $30 prepaid, by clicking on New job offer.

Listed jobs can be seen free by clicking on All job offers.

If you'd like to know more about the reach of the Canadian Magazines, send an e-mail to impresa(at)inforamp(dot)net. [end promotional message]