For our next Business Lunch, the PPA has lined up four very impressive Editors to debate on the topic Magic of Magazines in a Modern World. They will be covering how magazines have evolved within this digital age, as well as looking at how brands can be extended onto new platforms
Also don’t forget to bring your business cards to enter of Free Prize Draw to win £500 of Selfridges Vouchers
Our guest editors
GILLIAN CARTER – Editor of BBC Good Food.
Gillian has been the Editor of BBC Good Food for seven years, and has taken the title from a market-leading magazine to a multi-platform brand. Under Gillian's leadership the 21 year-old title has seen its highest-ever circulation and it is now available on iPad as well as having the UK's biggest and best food website bbcgoodfood.com. In 2010 Good Food won PPA Consumer Media Brand of the Year.
Gillian worked in the women's interest and weekend supplement markets before coming to Good Food as Deputy Editor in 2003.
LUCIE CAVE – Executive Editor of Heat
Lucie started her career on the youth channel Trouble as a roving reporter, presenter and much more. Her background in journalism then led to a return to writing and she was snapped up by Heat Magazine where she’s worked her way up from Deputy News Editor, through to Features Editor and Executive Editor. Alongside her magazine duties Lucie has become a popular media pundit and a regular face on many popular TV shows as both a commentator and host. She also presents a weekly three hour entertainment show every Saturday on Heat Radio and has written several books including ghost-writing the number one bestseller Jade Goody: My Autobiography.
SAM BAKER – Editor in Chief of Red
Sam has edited some of the UK’s biggest magazine. After successfully re-launching teenage magazine just seventeen as J-17, she edited Minx then spent five years as editor of Company. She was editor of Cosmopolitan UK and is now editor- in-chief of Red. Sam is also bestselling novelist. Her fourth novel, To My Best Friends was published in May.
JO ELVIN - Editor of Glamour
Australian-born Jo Elvin headed to London in 1992 with very little money, a very short CV and very big aspirations. She first landed a job as deputy editor on TV HITS magazine, before moving on to become launch editor of Sugar. In 1997 she launched the young women’s title B and in 1999 she was appointed editor of New Woman. Then In 2001, Conde Nast asked her to launch GLAMOUR which, as everyone knows, sent shockwaves through the women’s market with its revolutionary format. Nine years on, it is well established as the market leader.
In her 16 years of working in British magazines, Jo has won a fistful of awards for GLAMOUR and other titles she has worked on, including the coveted BSME award for Editor’s Editor of the Year
A new venue
Our new venue is the stunning Castlefield Rooms close to Dukes 92. The Castlefield Rooms offer a boutique, out of the ordinary, venue in central Manchester, in a stunning position within a conservation area on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal. With a superb location in Manchester City Centre, near all major transport links, complimentary onsite parking and the highest levels of service and cuisine
Timing
12.30pm Bar opens for drinks and networking
1pm Welcome and Lunch
2pm Speakers and questions
3pm Finish
How to book
Tickets priced £22 (plus VAT) MPA members, £26 (plus VAT) non members – price includes two course lunch and coffee
Tables of 10 available for exclusive use or shared tables
Don’t miss out on these great networking events – to book your tickets please contact Keely McIntosh on 0161 962 9254 keely.mcintosh@natmags.co.uk to place your order – invoices will be raised – all invoices must be paid before the event date
Discounts and smaller table sizes available for multiple event bookings please ask Keely for details
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