Magazines: The avant - garde of society

More than 850 publishing delegates gathered at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris for the 34th FIPP World Magazine Congress on Tuesday (27th May). Under the banner Magazines: the avant garde of society, the event was celebrated as a home coming in France, where the Federation Internationale de la Presse Periodique (FIPP) was founded more than 75 years ago.

Independent Media took part in this Forum. CEO Derk Sauer together with member of Managing Board Elena Miasnikova came to Paris for represent the company.

The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP), founded in 1925, works for the benefit of magazine and business-to-business publishers around the world. FIPP's mission is to promote nationally and internationally, the common editorial, cultural and economic interests of magazine publishers, both in print and electronic media. FIPP focuses its activities on freedom of the press, intellectual property, information provision, freedom to advertise, freedom of distribution and environmental protection.

Today, the membership of FIPP consists of more than 42 national magazine associations and 130 publishing and associate companies in direct membership. FIPP serves a global market with a total annual advertising expenditure revenue in the region of US$50 billion and approximately 100,000 titles based on figures from FIPP/Zenith World Magazine Trends 2002/2003.

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