UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey to speak at PPA Conference

United Kingdom

Katherine Levy

April 21, 2011

How long?

5-7 minutes

UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey to speak at PPA Conference

Feargal Sharkey, UK Music chief executive, will be the speaker for the "Inspiration" opening session at next month's PPA Conference.

Feargal Sharkey: UK Music chief executive (picture credit: Phil Whitehouse)

Sharkey, the former frontman for The Undertones, will be interviewed on stage by PPA chief executive Barry McIlheney, former editor of Smash Hits.

McIlheney said: "The music industry has gone through a lot of the structural changes that the magazine industry is now going through.

"It will be fascinating and I am sure very useful for PPA members to hear Feargal's views on issues such as copyright, piracy, and the migration to digital."

As part of the conference on Wednesday 4 May, PPA Consumer Media members will congregate for a session on their own ongoing issues, from postal challenges to copyright control.

Speakers include:

Sylvia Auton, chairman and chief executive, IPC Media
Kevin Costello, chief executive, Haymarket Media Group
Paul Keenan, chief executive, Bauer Media
Peter Phippen, managing director, BBC Magazines
Arnaud de Puyfontaine, chief executive, Hearst UK / National Magazine Company
Stevie Spring, chief executive, Future

The full shortlist for the PPA Awards 2011 on Wednesday 15 June is:

Consumer Magazine of the Year

Elle - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Good Housekeeping - National Magazine Company
GQ - The Condé Nast Publications
Look - IPC Media
Men's Health - NatMag-Rodale
Radio Times - BBC Magazines
Red - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Stylist - ShortList Media
The Week - Dennis Publishing
Which? - Which?
Woman & Home - IPC Media

Specialist Consumer Magazine of the Year

British Journal of Photography - Incisive Media
CBeebies Special Magazine - BBC Magazines
Coast - National Magazine Company
Country File - BBC Magazines
Country Living - National Magazine Company
Elle Decoration - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Mojo - Bauer Media
Pro Cycling - Future Publishing
Runners World - NatMag-Rodale
Sunday Times Travel Magazine - Times Newspapers
Wired - The Condé Nast Publications
Woman & Home Feel Good Food - IPC Media

International Consumer Magazine of the Year

FourFourTwo - Haymarket Consumer Media
Lonely Planet - BBC Magazines
Monocle - Monocle
Stuff - Haymarket Consumer Media
Time Out - Time Out

Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media)

Autosport.com - Haymarket Consumer Media
BBCGoodFood.com - BBC Magazines
Elleuk.com - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Empire iPad Edition - Bauer Media
GoodToKnow.co.uk - IPC Media
GQ.com - The Condé Nast Publications
Net-A-Porter Magazine iPad App - Net-A-Porter.com
NME.com - IPC Media
Nuts.co.uk - IPC Media
T3 Magazine iPad Edition - Future Publishing
Wallpaper.com - IPC Media

Digital Product of the Year (Business Media)

BrandRepublic.com - Haymarket Business Media
BMJ.com - BMJ Publishing
FarmersGuardian.com - United Business Media
Farmers Weekly Interactive (fwi.co.uk) - Reed Business Information
Financial News (efinancialnews.com) - Dow Jones
IDGConnect.com - IDG Connect
NursingTimes.net - Emap
Pulse (pulsetoday.co.uk) - UBM Medica
Retail-Week.com - Emap
Times Educational Supplement (TES.co.uk) - TSL Education
XpertHR.co.uk - Reed Business Information

Consumer Media Brand of the Year

BBC Good Food - BBC Magazines
Cosmopolitan - National Magazine Company
EVO - Dennis Publishing
Kerrang! - Bauer Media
Marie Claire - IPC Media
T3 - Future Publishing

Business Media Brand of the Year

Farmers Weekly - Reed Business Information
Flightglobal - Reed Business Information
ICIS - Reed Business Information
Pulse - UBM Medica
Retail Week - Emap
Risk - Incisive Media
Third Sector - Haymarket Business Media
Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Times Higher Education (THE) - TSL Education
Windpower Monthly - Haymarket Business Media

Weekly Business Magazine of the Year

BMJ - BMJ Publishing
Harpers Wine & Spirit - William Reed Business Media
HFM Week - Pageant Media
Investment Week - Incisive Media
Lloyd's List - Informa
Marketing Week - Centaur Media
Property Week - United Business Media
The Grocer - William Reed Business Media
Times Higher Education (THE) - TSL Education
Travel Weekly - TW Group

Monthly Business Magazine of the Year

Accountancy - Wolters Kluwer
Accounting & Business - ACCA
Global Reinsurance - Newsquest Specialist Media
Management Today - Haymarket Business Media
Procurement Leaders - Sigaria
Pure Beauty - JLD Media
Restaurant - William Reed Business Media
Windpower Monthly - Haymarket Business Media

Customer Magazine of the Year

ASOS Magazine - ASOS
Books Quarterly - Seven
British Airways High Life - Cedar Communications
Completely London - August Media
John Lewis Edition - John Brown
LIV - Redwood
Tesco Real Food - Cedar Communications
Velocity - Stream Publishing
What's Next - John Brown
Your M&S - Redwood

Editorial ��pk10 of the Year

A Clean Slate - Pulse - UBM Medica
Backing Britain's Professional Farmers - Farmers Guardian - United Business Media
Inspire and Mentor - Marie Claire - IPC Media
Manifesto for the High Street - Retail Week - Emap
My Way - First News - First News
Reclaim North Wales - Motorcycle News - Bauer Media
Safe as Houses - Inside Housing - Ocean Media Group
Save the Postcard ��pk10 - British Airways High Life - Cedar Communications
Site Life - Property Week - United Business Media
The Great Seaside Poster Revival - Coast - National Magazine Company
Your Countryside Needs You! - Country Living - National Magazine Company