Some media owners and agency leaders would be forgiven for greeting news of Media Week’s closure with initial relief on Tuesday. It’s never easy being watched, let alone reported on and critiqued as well. And in the current climate, where every major launch or account win is offset by a deluge of loses...
Bauer’s decision to close Arena today shuts the chapter on a 22-year-old rollercoaster ride never before seen in men’s magazines. When Arena first hit the newsstands in the winter of 1986 the UK and its media was a very different place. The year had started with the unveiling of ambitious plans to connect...