PPA CEO Barry McIlheney presents the highlights from the sixth annual PPA Publishing Futures survey, which every year canvasses leading publishers for their views on key trends and challenges, and finds out where they are on turnover, headcount and confidence levels. The results from this year’s survey are just in and there are plenty of nuggets for both B2B and Consumer brands.
Barry McIlheney began his career in magazines at IPC’s Melody Maker before being appointed Editor of Smash Hits and going on to become launch Editor of Empire, Publishing Director of emap’s music and film titles, and then Managing Director of emap metro. In 1999, he led the launch of heat magazine and later that year moved to Paris to oversee the launch of FHM France. He returned to the UK in 2000 as Chief Executive of emap elan, the company’s women’s magazine division, and in 2003 became Editor-in-Chief of emap consumer media. Barry was appointed CEO of the PPA on February 1, 2010.
