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Professional Publishers Association - Wikipedia

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The Professional Publishers Association (PPA),^[1] formerly known as the Periodical Publishers Association until 2011,^[2] is the main publishing industry body^[3] which promotes companies involved in the production of media, supporting the creative economy at governmental level^[4] in the United Kingdom.

History

The organisation was first founded in 1913^[5] as the Society of Weekly Newspapers and Periodical Proprieters to discuss matters around unionisation, distribution and material supplies in the early 20th Century. It celebrated its centenary on November 19, 2013.^[6]

Operations

Much of the PPA's work is carried out through events, committees and public relations work as documented in their extensive archive of organisational documents dating back to 1942.^[7] The association now also covers digital media^[8] and a specific committee for smaller, independent publishers, the PPA Independent Publishers Network (IPN).^[9]

The current CEO of the PPA is Sajeeda Merali, appointed in 2021.^[10] The current Chair of the PPA Board is Nina Wright, appointed in 2022.^[11]

Awards and events

The PPA Awards are run annually to recognise talent and excellence in the publishing industry. Relaunched in 2019.^[12] CampaignLive billed the 2020 awards as the "magazine Oscars".^[13]^[14] In 2020, the PPA Awards for Editor of the Year was won by Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful and the inaugural Diversity Initiative of the Year awarded to Meghan Markle's guest-edited "Forces for Change" issue.^[15]^[16]

Other events and awards run by the organisation are the PPA Independent Publisher Conference & Awards aimed at independent publications,^[17] the PPA New Talent/30 Under 30 Awards to recognise young professionals in the industry, and the PPA Festival.^[18] In 2019, the UK's Culture Secretary (minister), Jeremy Wright spoke at the PPA Festival.^[19]

New initiatives include the first ever industry-wide survey to boost diversity and inclusion in publishing, in the wake of its inaugural PPA Award and PPA Independent Publishing award.^[20]

References

^ "Publishers Association Ltd/The - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ "Name change for Periodical Publishers Association". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ Whittaker, Jason (2017). Magazine Production. Taylor & Francis. pp. 4–32. ISBN 978-1-138-12214-7.
^ "House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport Committee: Written evidence submitted by the Professional Publishers Association (PPA)". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ Stam & Scott, David, Andrew (5 March 2014). Inside Magazine Publishing. Routledge. ISBN 9781317817130.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Roy Greenslade: Magazines looking to golden age, not a survival battle". www.standard.co.uk. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
^ "StackPath". www.hatads.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ Joseph, Seb (2013-02-06). "PPA unveils print and digital tool for mags". Marketing Week. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
^ "New wave of publishers printing wonderful hard-copy titles". The Independent. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ "PPA appoints new CEO Sajeeda Merali". Campaign. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ Tomlin, Jo (2022-02-07). "PPA appoints Harmsworth Media CEO Nina Wright as chair". Meda Leader. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ "Big Changes as PPA Awards Relaunch for 2019". InPublishing. 16 January 2019.
^ "The PPA show must go on: magazine Oscars turn 40". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ Kmietowicz, Zosia (16 July 2014). "The BMJ's editor wins publishing industry award". The British Medical Journal. ProQuest 1777778143.
^ Royston, Jack (2020-07-01). "Meghan Markle 'honored' by award for 'Vogue' issue featuring Greta Thunberg". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
^ Friel, Mikhaila (2020-07-02). "Meghan Markle's British Vogue issue has won a diversity award a year after it was criticised for not including enough white people on the cover". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on Dec 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
^ "PPA Independent Publisher Awards – winners announced". InPublishing. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ "The PPA Festival 2020". What’s New in Publishing. Archived from the original on Dec 12, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ "Jeremy Wright speaking at the Professional Publishers Association Festival". GOV.UK. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on Nov 27, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ Farey-Jones, Daniel. "PPA aims to boost diversity in magazines with first industry-wide survey". Campaign. Archived from the original on Jan 6, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-08.

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