16th January 2012

Out of 10 best selling magazines in Serbia the Color Press Group publishes 8!

According to the latest audit of ABC Serbia, out of 10 magazines that had the biggest average sale in November 2011 the Color Press Group publishes 8, that is 80%, whereas the remaining 2 are published by company Axel Springer Ringier. Other magazine publishers (Adria Media, Attica Media, Europapress ...) do not have any representatives among the top 10. This has been the best result of the Color Press Group magazines since 2006, the year when the auditing of circulation by ABC Serbia was initiated.

5th January 2012

Visits of CPG portals have risen by 75%!

Compared to 2010 and 2011, as a result of launching new portals and increase of visits to the existing ones, an improve of visits by 75% has been recorded. Visits to the CPG portals has risen from 33.3 million during 2010 to 58.4 million of visitors in 2011. Also, the mentioned 58.4 million visitors have browsed 235 million of web pages of the CPG portals.

All details about CPG portals can be found at: www.portali.rs

December , 28th 2011 

With 40.060 sold copies, “Pošalji recept” now officially has the widest circulation among magazines in BH!

Bosnian edition of the magazine “Pošalji recept” has officially become the most-read magazine in Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to official audit data by ABC BiH, “Pošalji recept”, which is sold at the price of KM 0.5, was sold in 40.060 copies in October 2011, more than any other magazine, but also more than most daily newspapers in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 

December , 9th 2011 

“The Economist: The World in 2012” – What can we expect from the forthcoming year?

For the third consecutive year, Color Press Group publishes an annual publication by London’s “The Economist”, where officials from around the world, as well as economy experts, write about their expectations for the forthcoming year. 

For “The World in 2012” write: Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, Aung San Suu Kyi, peace activist from Burma, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, Peter Löscher, President and CEO of “Siemens”, George Papandreou, Greek Prime Minister, Bob Diamond, Executive Director of “Barclays” bank, Sheryl Sandberg, Operative Director of the company “Facebook”, and many others… 

The Serbian edition of this prestigious magazine will hit the newsstands on Monday, December 12th, and the price of 200 dinars. 

December , 6th 2011 

All our Christmas trees!  

The company “Color Press Group” this year yet again participates in traditional and humanitarian decorating of Christmas trees in Belgrade’s hotel “Hyatt Regency”. So far, on the behalf of CPG magazines “Hello!” and “Joy” have already taken part in this activity, whereas this year the Christmas tree was decorated by editorial crew of the “Lepota i zdravlje” magazine. For days, members of the L&Z team were considering the ways to create something original, and at the same time meet the requirement concerning “the traditional Christmas” theme, and therefore they decided that their Christmas tree would not be just a visual attraction, but to have scent and taste as well. With support by Snežana Tadić from Garden Centre and colleague Ženja Aćimović, Editor of “Dobra hrana”, they decorated the Christmas tree using multi-coloured honey cakes, with a touch of cinnamon and ginger. All income collected from participants in this activity will be donated to the Fund “Savremena deca”, humanitarian non-governmental organization orientated towards education of children without parental guidance. In our office and printing facility in Novi Sad, employees led by a colleague Katarina Drobac also decorated Christmas trees, so that they could enjoy festive atmosphere every day.

November, 18th 2011 

The most popular men’s magazine celebrates a jubilee: CKM ONE HUNDRED!  

Pencil in the date November 20th in your calendars because on that day the CKM’s 100th issue will hit the newsstands! You will easily recognize it, because it will be the only magazine at a kiosk with a cover page embellished with four curvaceous and scantly dressed beauties. All of them have already been “Chicks” and “Neighbours” of this magazine, and on your demand, they met again to cut the jubilee cake. Sonja, Hristina, Jelena and Kristina will once more reveal their strongest attributes and help the CKM celebrate its jubilee in style. 

For the 100th issue, there are also prepared sixteen additional pages, where we will be able to take a look at some of the best texts and photos from eight years of the magazine, with tears in our eyes. Old columns are clad in their solemn outfits, and therefore in “Know How” you will learn how the CKM is made, in a “Diary of a fan” you will find out one hundred most unpleasant football secrets, “Cars” arrive from garages of the most popular football players, whereas the “Guide” brings you one hundred places should see while you are still young.

 
Beside that, with the CKM you will go on a 4.000km long Route 66, a SAS officer will explain to you drug routes in Serbia, you will learn about the most irritating characters from TV series, group of hackers that set the world on fire, and alongside all that, there will be something that you are accustomed with – the hottest girls from our regions! 

November 15, 2011.

CPG advertising managers attending a seminar at Kopaonik!

Media in Serbia have been facing drops in advertising revenue ever since the global economic crisis began in 2008, and its latest wave might additionally impair business in this field. This conclusion was made by participants of a three-day seminar “Transit from traditional to new media channels”, which was held at Kopaonik last week, organized by a non-governmental organization “Integrations now!”, and with support by the United States of America Embassy in Belgrade. Senior advertising managers from Color Press Group Strahinja Antonić and Saša Maćešić also attended the seminar. 

Michelle Foster, media consultant from Washington, pointed to the fact that Serbia’s specific characteristic lies in a small market being served by almost a thousand media companies, but she also emphasized that this type of business is experiencing difficulties even in the most developed countries. Together with drops in advertising revenue due to the crisis, traditional media platforms – print media, radio and television – are jeopardized by the Internet and mobile telephony, as new forms of distributing the information and entertainment content, which attract more and more audience, and gain larger profit. 

To managers from approximately twenty most significant media companies in Serbia, Foster presented strategies carried out by great publishers from the US, which serve as a means to maintain the audience and advertisers as well. One of the biggest challenges is to use new platforms, Internet above all, in order to distribute the content. She explained that even the biggest publishers are making effort to find an optimal solution to gain revenue from Internet portals, limited by the fact that most online items are available free of charge. 

Meanwhile, activities aimed at strengthening media brands and boosting their offer are of high importance, whether it is via traditional or new platforms, having in mind that it is necessary to analyze habits and needs of the audience first, and also to understand marketing goals set up by advertisers. Participants of the seminar agreed that being introduced to strategies developed by the greatest media companies in the world is very important, and in many aspects applicable in business at the Serbian market. 

Zoran Sekulić, director of “Fonet” agency, and representative of media sector within the working group for drawing a media strategy, familiarized the seminar participants with difficulties regarding adoption of a document which defines the direction of public information sector in Serbia until 2016. He expressed doubt whether deadlines prescribed by the Action plan for implementation of the strategy will be met, primarily concerning a transit from budget to project financing, and taking into account that regulative measures at media scene will arrive later than expected due to elections scheduled to take place in the forthcoming year. 

October, 31st 2011

CPG CEO visiting the “Coca Cola” headquarters in Atlanta

World headquarters of the “Coca Cola Company” in Atlanta last week received visits by the corporation’s regional managers for Serbia, Austria and Switzerland, as well as by their guests – lawyers, nutritionists, and those involved in the world of business and media. Color Press Group CEO Robert Čoban accompanied Milica Stefanović, “Coca Cola” Communication Director for Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.  

In Atlanta, the guests held talks with “Coca Cola Company” leading figures, among whom there were: Clyde Tuggle, SVP, Global Public Affairs & Communication, Phil Mooney, VP, Head of corporate Archive, Peter Franklin, Group Dir, Global Worldwide Sports & Events Management and Rhona Applebaum, VP, Chief Scientific & Regulatory Officer.

October 19th 2011

CPG CEO attending the Magazine World Congress in Delhi!

Nauelle Tir, “Northen & Shell”, and Robert and Sandra Čoban, CPG

Between the tenth and twelfth of October, capital city of India, New Delhi, hosted a gathering of magazine publishers from all over the world. 38th Magazine World Congress was marked by various innovations which magazine publishers turned to over the last few years in order to preserve and advance their companies, since economic slowdown appeared and the Internet made an expansion. Serbian magazine publishers at this congress had Color Press Group CEO Robert Čoban as their representative. The congress was opened with a spectacular party at “Taj Palace” hotel, and the most popular actor in Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan, also spoke about his relation to magazines.

Aron Puri 
President of FIPP and “India Today”

Official opening of the congress was marked by a speech delivered by the Indian Information Minister Ambica Sony, who said that over the last ten years her country had come a long way in terms of liberating the media scene. Today in India there are tens of foreign media companies, whereas local publishers are engaged in publishing hundreds of domestic and licensed magazines, which had not been the case before 2002, the year when media laws were liberated. 

Aroon Puri, President of FIPP and media house “India Today”, said that in future magazine publishers should be more innovative, claiming that it was the only way to survive at the media scene. Furthermore, he reiterated that latest researches revealed that readers were more loyal to magazines than to daily newspapers, which was proved by rise in circulation figures that certain monthly magazines registered, whereas daily newspapers were everywhere caught in the declining trend. Rome will host the next Magazine World Congress, in September 2013.

October 6th 2011

Launch party for the Macedonian edition of “Grazia”!

Last night at Skopje’s hotel “Bellvue” a launch party for the Macedonian edition of “Grazia” magazine was held. Among numerous attendants from the world of fashion, media and advertising, there were also singers Kaliopi Bukle, Elena Petrevska, Rebeka, Kristina Arnaudova, participant of the “Operation Triumph” Aleksandar Belov, Macedonia’s representative at Eurosong Vladko Ilijevski, TV presenters Lilia Filipovska, Elena Roza and Marijana Stanojkovska, Tatjana Stojanovska, model Radica Lelova and many others. 

Guests were greeted by Dragana Anđić, “Grazia” brand manager for Europe, Robert Čoban, Color Press Group CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of the Macedonian edition of “Grazia” Maja Veljanovska.

Media Clipping

September 28th 2011

Out of 10 most-read magazines in Serbia, 6 are published by CPG!

According to the latest survey concerning how read are print media, which was conducted in August, out of ten most-read magazines in Serbia, as many as six are published by Color Press Group, whereas one belongs to publishers Ringier AS, Sat Media, Delicious Plus and Europapress. This research was conducted by “Strategic Marketing” SMMRI taking into consideration a sample of 5.579 Serbian citizens, aged 12 to 65
 
1. Blic žena        819.049 (Ringier AS) 
 
2. Pošalji recept    411.811 (Color Press Group) 
 
3. Lepota i zdravlje 390.260 (Color Press Group) 
 
4. Svet              287.209 (Color Press Group) 
 
5. Scandal          282.457 (Color Press Group) 
 
6. Sat Plus          272.569 (Sat Media) 
 
7. Bravo            259.959 (Color Press Group) 
 
8. Hrana i vino      257.379 (Delicious Plus) 
 
9. Gloria            247.694 (Europapress) 
 
10. Hello!            188.584 (Color Press Group) 

September 26th 2011

Phenomenon of “Pošalji recept” magazine presented at the 4. WMF in Rovinj!

This year once again, Weekend Media Festival in Rovinj gathered a large number of media representatives, as well as advertising, marketing and PR experts from around the region. 

A panel entitled “Food feeding the media”, dealing with issues of increasing gastro contents in newspapers and on TV, Color Press Group CEO Robert Čoban presented the phenomenon of ”Pošalji recept” magazine, which less than two years after its launch became the magazine with the widest circulation (in a category of daily newspapers and magazines) in the entire region, its average sold circulation being 250.000 copies. 

On numerous panels, lectures and workshops which were held last weekend on the location of old Tobacco Factory Rovinj (TDR, i.e. Adris Group to which it belongs is an official sponsor of the festival) discussed were the issues whether CSR is just PR; also how advertising would look like in 2020; whether online content would be “free”, or the “fee” would have to be paid for it…  

The festival ended with one petty scandal, when during the panel on “TV Dnevnik” phenomenon all participants stood up and left the hall, after a moderator Denis Kuljiš from “Jutarnji list” did not want to allow the panellists to speak up after his fifteen-minute introduction. The fourth Weekend Media Festival hosted 3.500 participants from all regional countries, but also guests from Europe, America and Japan. 

September 6, 2011

From now in Serbian: www.starmagazin.rs the world's hottest showbiz-portal!

Color Press Group has launched Serbian edition of famous British magazine “Star” by the license of "The Northern&Shell Titles Limited", available in kiosks form 4th August, accompanied by internet edition available from today on www.starmagazin.rs

As well as printed version, portal www.starmagazin.rs will deal with leading stars of international show business, and throughout exclusive stories and photographs will be presented to Serbian public. Portal is available for all the visitors 24/7. News are presented in real-time so all events on international jet-set scene will be covered almost immediately.

We strongly believe that all internet users of our portal will benefit from the speed and accuracy of the information provided by our team.

Besides news from show business, portal is offering topics such as shopping, body care, cosmetics by celebrities, but fully adjusted to market conditions and availability of products in Serbia.

Thanks to the speed and availability of such media, we believe that portal www.starmagazin.rs will become one of the favorite and among most viewed site on internet, as its unique and creative approach  combines news and interesting topics from international jet-set.

August 16, 2011

Record ratings and circulation of CPG magazines! SMMRI: Out of six most read magazines, four are published by CPG! ABC Serbia: Out of six magazines with the highest circulation, four are published by CPG!

According to the latest data, collected by Strategic Marketing (SMMRI) and ABC Serbia, magazines published by Color Press Group are by far the most read magazines in Serbia, as well as ones with the highest circulation.

The magazine with the highest circulation in Serbia, Posalji recept (Send a Recipe), has reached a new record – 258,725 copies have been sold (ABC Serbia, June 2011).

ABC Serbia, June 2011 – sold circulation

1. Posalji recept (Send a Recipe) (Color Press Group) 258,725
2. Blic zena (Ringier AS) 165,820
3. Svet (Color Press Group) 73,864
4. Scandal (Color Press Group) 67,190
5. Puls (Ringier AS) 54,848
6. Hello! (Color Press Group) 37,072

Strategic Marketing, July 2011 – ratings

1. Blic zena (Ringier AS) 783,931
2. Posalji recept (Send A Recipe) (Color Press Group) 456,131
3. Lepota i zdravlje (Health and Beauty) (Color Press Group) 426,131
4. Scandal (Color Press Group) 326,653
5. Svet (Color Press Group) 287,471
6. Sat plus (Sat Media) 287,093

July 3, 2011

Color Press Group launched the "Star"

Famous British magazine "Star" got its Serbian language version. Serbian publisher, Color Press Group, published the first issue of "Star" in accordance with the publishing house from London "The Northern & Shell Titles Limited" license and the issue will be on sale as of 4th of August.

"Star" will exclusively deal with the leading international show business stars and will present them through exclusive stories, photographs and good topics to the Serbian audiences. In addition to this, "Star's" promotional issue will be on sale until September 1st and will offer its readers a large selection of content that deals with shopping, body care, cosmetics used by world stars but completely adapted to the market opportunities in Serbia.

In total, there are 52 pages, published bi-weekly, with 5/4 color VDL 1/0 and with the price of 45 dinars we believe that there is a bright future ahead for "Star" on our market.

June 27, 2011

Managers from Serbian media at a study stay in the US!

In the middle of June, six managers from different media in Serbia participated in a Professional Development Program for Serbian Media Managers in the US. The following persons participated in the programme and visited leading American media and institutions:  Branka Djukic, director of Tanjug, Aleksandar Timofejev, director and editor-in-chief of Studio B, Robert Coban, president of Colour Press Group, Mladen Velojic, director of Media Centre Nis, Marija Karan, sales manager of Prva TV and Vitomir Ognjanovic, director of Southern News from Nis. The goup was led by Bojan Trikovic, in charge of the media in the US Embassy in Belgrade. 

Participants in the programme, which was organised by ICFJ (International Center for Journalists) from Washington, had lectures and trainings at Pulitzer Peace Centre during their eight-day stay in Washington and New York. They also visited some of the leading media in the US: Bloomberg News, New York Times, CBS, Washington Post, US Today, Voice of America, as well as reputable institutions such as Supreme Court, the United Nations and Newseum, the largest media museum on the planet.

June 2, 2011

"Pošalji recept" sold in 259.562 copies!

According to the April report by ABC Srbija which was publicised yesterday, magazine with the widest circulation in the country remains "Pošalji recept" ("Send a recipe") - 259.562 sold copies, which is by as many as 31.634 copies more than in March.

The second-placed "Blic žena" is with 175.282 sold copies in March now down to 148.626 sold copies for the April issue. On the third place there is "Blic" with average circulation in April of 139.357, then follow "Novosti" with 129.913, "Alo" with 121.136, "Kurir" with 109.255,"Press" with 87.347 and "Svet" with 80.481.

May 6th 2011

Out of 8 most visited Serbian magazine portals as many as 4 belong to CPG portfolio!

Out of 8 most visited Serbian magazine portals as many as 4 belong to CPG portfolio! 

According to statistics by www.alexa-rs.com, out of eight magazine portals that are among the first two hundred in the Serbian language, as many as four are from the Color Press Group portfolio.

On the 23rd position there is svet.rs, on the 52nd position scandal.rs, on the 177th place lepotaizdravlje.rs, whereas ckm.rs takes 198th place.

Among two hundred most visited Web sites in Serbian, there are also portals by the following magazines: pulsonline.rs (18), story.rs (80), vrelegume.rs (40) and mikro.rs (199). 

May 5th 2011

ABC Srbija: “Pošalji recept” with 227.928 sold copies is on the top of the list of magazines and newspapers sold in Serbia! 

ABC Srbija today published the latest registered circulation figures for daily newspapers and magazines in Serbia. “Pošalji recept” (“Send a recipe”), which is published by Color Press Group, with 227.928 sold copies has increased its advantage in comparison with the second-placed “Blic žena” (175.282).

The third position is taken by daily “Blic” with 137.317 copies sold, “Alo” is on the fourth place with 127.485, whereas “Novosti” holds the fifth position with 123.385 copies

13th April 2011

Color Press Group has launched a first online kiosk at www.worldkioskonline.com

Starting from today, readers from all over the world shall have the opportunity to buy and read magazines of the Colour Press Group through a text message. The first buyers from different parts of the world have already contacted us. The online kiosk enables readers to enjoy in their favourite magazines in digital form a day before the very magazines are distributed to the newsagent’s. Over 50 magazines of the Colour Press Group are now available in 25 different countries in the real time.

The procedure of buying is quite simple, and prices of magazines expressed in credit points. The first step requires a registration of users at the WKO website. The registration is then followed by purchase of credit via text message sent to the local operator. Once they are bought the magazines are linked to the user account and it is possible to read them all over again. Soon, payment by credit cards and PayPal will be available.

All users that register during the promotional period shall be awarded with a welcoming 80 credit points. Having in mind that project World Kiosk Online is in many ways unique in the world, we expect that the WKO portfolio shall be soon richer in the publications of foreign publishers.

5th April 2011

"Casa": A new home & garden magazine of the Colour Press Group!

The first edition of magazine “Casa”, in the production of the Colour press Group, has been available at kiosks from the 4th of April. "Casa" deals with topics such as: home, flat or garden furnishing and decoration and is aimed at everybody who wants to make changes in their home and make it a better place for living without destroying the essential functionality and increasing costs.

Apart from numerous useful advice, ideas for interior design, information about the most popular products, the magazine contains recommendations of experts related to garden and yard decoration including drafts for making of fences, terraces, canopies and furniture based on the “Do it yourself” principle.

The magazine advertizing is focused on presentation of the programmes of importers, distributors, furniture manufacturers and equipment for house and garden interesting to a wide range of readers. The magazine is being issued in a pocket format with a nice cover and it costs RSD 50.

4th April 2011

Visits to the Colour Press Group portals have increased by 15% and reached a figure of 4.9 million!

According to information from the Google Analitics, the Colour Press Group portals have 4.900.893 registered visits and 24.420.804 viewed pages in March.  When compared to February, the figures show a 15% increase in the number of visits and 19% increase in the number of the viewed pages.

The most popular showbiz portal in the region of all of the CPG sites is still svet.rs that, in March, has 2.637.456 visits and astonishing 16.187.457 viewed pages.

If we take into consideration the fact that March is three days longer than February (10.7%) the real increase is insignificantly lower but still represents the biggest monthly increase within several years

31st March 2011

Blogger Milan Strongman Jovanovic – new editor of the CKM.rs portal!

Blogger Milan Strongman Jovanovic – new editor of the CKM.rs portal!

On 31st March, Milan Strongman Jovanovic, one of the most famous Serbian bloggers, recently voted one of the “stars of the Serbian internet”, became a chief editor of the CKM.rs, one of the portaslfrom the online portfolio of the Colour press Group. 

In the several previous years Milan Strongman drew attention of the public to himself by writing columns in magazines CKM and Playboy, including the posts on the B92 blog. Each Friday, Milan shall publish a column on the CKM.rs portal. Apart from this professional duty, Milan, who was born in Nis, also became a father of baby Vasilije that shall probably now become his most important duty.

23th March 2011

Two new web portals of the Color Press Group: www.ljepotaizdravlje.ba and www.savrseno-vencanje.rs

Color Press Group has launched two new internet portals in the region.

The first one, www.savrseno-vencanje.rs, which accompanies the magazine bearing the same name, was launched in Serbia last year. Currently, the second edition of the magazine is in sale. This portal is aimed at all couples planning their wedding. It is designed as an unavoidable place for all future brides and grooms looking for details and information without which it is impossible to organize a wedding reception. The launching of portal www.ljepotaizdravlje was promoted in hotel “Central West Wood Club and Spa” in Sarajevo last Thursday. 

Chief-editor of magazine “Lepota & zdravlje” and portal “Lepota & zdravlje” Jelena Joksimović

Guests at the promotion of portal “Lepota & zdravlje”

Mirjana Vasić, editor of business magazine "In Store" with a friend

Like its "older sister", portal lepotaizdravlje.rs, the first women lifestyle portal in Bosnia and Herzegovina, shall cover the topics that modern and dynamic women are interested in: beauty, fashion, health, love, sex, shopping, family, pregnancy, babies etc.

11th March 2011

"Moja priča", "Kućni ljubimac" and "Pošalji recept", a Croatian edition at the newspaper stands!

The expansion of the portfolio of the Color Press Group’s interactive magazines is being continued by publishing of the fourth, Croatian (after Serbian, Bosnian and Macedonian ones) edition of magazine "Pošalji recept".

This monthly magazine reached a figure of 250 000 sold copies within the period of one year, out of which over 200 000 copies were sold in Serbia. Another two interactive magazines are “Moja priča" and "Kućni ljubimac".

They both cost RSD 20 and are created on the basis of the articles written by readers themselves.

Magazine "Moja priča" contains the best love and life stories of our readers while magazine "Kućni ljubimac", as implied in its name, is aimed at cats, dogs and other animals’ lovers, who send stories, photographs and advice related to food, diet, care and breeding of pets.

8th March 2011

"Pošalji recept" – officially the best selling magazine in Serbia!

Magazine "Pošalji recept", published by Color Press Group, is officially the best selling magazine in Serbia as of January 2011. Pursuant to the January report of ABC Serbia, which was announced yesterday, magazine "Pošalji recept" sold 198 941 copies in Serbia. "Blic žena" occupies the second place with the figure of 188 278 copies, while "Blic", a daily newspaper, occupies the third place with 149 646 sold copies. "Novosti" occupies the fourth place with 128 641 sold copies and is followed by “Alo" with 126 632 copies and "Kurir" with 111 845 copies. The rest of magazines and daily newspapers in Serbia have below 100 000 sold copies per one edition.

14th February 2011

“Mother`s School” ("Mamina škola") – a new interactive edition of CPG!

"Color Press Group has launched a new, sixth interactive magazine on the Serbian market. Magazine "Mother's School" ("Mamina škola"), as its name implies, deals with the problems of young moms and pregnant women. As in the case of Serbian, Bosnian and Macedonian edition of "Send the recipe” ("Pošalji recept") and editions "Cakes" (“Torte i kolači”) and "Flowers in the home" (“Cveće u domu”) this interactive magazine is created by its readers in cooperation with the editorial office who are in the end given a fee for their contribution to the magazine.

In the case of "Mother's School” (“Mamina škola”) the advice include tips related to feeding, health and care of babies and young children. According to the December data, ABC Serbia - Magazine "Send the recipe" (“Pošalji recept”) has officially exceeded 200,000 of sold copies

11th February 2011

Belgrade winner for Color Press Group

At the traditional event "Belgrade Winner" (“Beogradski pobednik”) held in Dom sindikata last night, the best in the world of music and media for the previous year were given awards. Before a packed hall, presenters Jelena Petković and Branislav Jovanović announced award winners and special guests, and a special attention was drawn to singer Diana Ilda Šaulić and Dajana Jakšić, who received an award for the duet of the year "Boli me, boli nevero".

The winner of almost every award in the category “hit of the year” Neda Ukraden was also given a statue of “the Belgrade winner” and Marija Šerifović claimed the title of the best pop singer for the previous year. The award for the best folk singer in the previous period was given to Aca Lukas since during 2010, he had three spectacular concerts in Belgrade only and his colleague Rada Manojlović is the winner in the same category. The awards were also given to "Riblja čorba " "Amadeus Bend", "Neverne bebe”, Olja Karleuša, Sergej Ćetković, Darko Lazić, Dado polumenta and  Boban Rajović.

The best show in 2010 is "Milica na kvadrat" which is broadcast on TV Avala, while our publishing agency was labeled the best in the category of celebrity magazines. Milica Milić, Director of Corporate Communications, received this award on behalf of the Color Press Group while journalists Marija Lazić and Marjan Kamenović addressed the audience on behalf of magazines “Svet” and “Skandal”.

7th February 2011

The new British ambassador in his visit to the Color Press Group

A new UK Ambassador in Serbia, Michael Davenport, during his first official visit to Novi Sad, also visited the premises of the Color Press Group and spoke with Robert Čoban, the Company`s President and Milica Milić, Director for Corporate Communications. Before he was appointed the ambassador for Serbia, Michael Davenport was the director of the Directorate of Russia, Central Asia and South Caucasus in the Foreign Office in London.

In the period between 2007 and 2010 he advised the Ministers of Foreign Affairs about relations of the UK with Russia and the wider region and he was responsible for the network of twelve diplomatic missions.

Accompanied by Dušan Mihajlović , a press representative at the British Embassy, apart from the Color Press Group, Ambassador Davenport also visited the Assembly of Vojvodina and Novi Sad Mayor Igor Pavličić.

In his conversation with the CPG hosts, the Ambassador asked for the state of the media scene in Serbia and the region in these times of economic crisis. Also, they discussed the Serbian-British cooperation regarding different magazines, as several British magazines are published in Serbia by CPG - "Hello!", The Economist "" Intelligent Life "," My hair " (“Moja kosa”)," My baby " (“Moja beba”), etc.

7th February 2011

“Send the recipe” ("Pošalji recept") now in Macedonian language as well

Color Press Group has launched yet another edition for readers that is, female readers on the Macedonian media market. The basic idea is to engage the female readers from FYROM to contribute to the creation of this culinary mini-magazine that shall from now be available in Macedonian language and the Cyrillic script as well. So, dear female readers from FYROM do join us and send recipes to be published in our Macedonian edition via e-mail address: ispratirecept@colormedia.com.mk. This release is already on sale at kiosks and it contains all relevant explanations on how to send recipes – all published recipes shall be awarded with 500 Denars.

Discover the culinary magic with us!

February 1, 2011

svet.rs portal had a record-breaking number of visits – 2,229,382! 

The most read showbiz portal in the region svet.rs has recorded an exceptional rise of visits in the past two months! In December 2010, according to the data of Google Analytics, we had 2,170,697 visits and 12,811,080 viewed pages, and in January 2011, despite holidays and non-working days, we had 2,229,382 visits and 14,120,123 visited pages! 

This rise in the number of visits is certainly the consequence of numerous exclusive information and photographs that appeared for the first time exactly on our portal, and they were cited on other portals and newspapers in Serbia and in the entire region. “The season” has started with the sensational discovery that Severina Vuckovic has a new millionaire boyfriend, Milan Popovic. 

This information was broadcast on svet.rs at 12:14 on December 28, 2010 and it was cited by several dozens of portals in the region in only a few hours. A day later, in her interview for the Croatian edition of Gloria, Severina admits that she has a new relationship and confirms the entire story from our portal. In the following days, we were first to discover many details related to the past life of Severina’s new boyfriend. 

Soon after that, we were first to broadcast the news that the finalist of this year’s Survivor, Katarina Vucetic, has a new boyfriend – a businessman and the former MP from the Democratic Party, Alen Selimovic. We have also published their first photo together, taken in Imperia club in Moscow. 

After Anabela’s mention of her “unnamed hair stylist” in Ognjen Amidzic’s show on TV Pink, svet.rs portal discovers, only a few hours later, that the person in question is Vladimir Simic, in whom supposedly, according to Anabela, her ex-boyfriend Mladen Radulovic had fallen in love with. 

And finally, after Natasa Bekvalac declared on her Facebook profile that something big happened between her and Daca, and by doing so announced their divorce, svet.rs was first to publish full name and photos of Milica Drazin, who was a cause for the divorce between the famous couple. 

We were first to publish the information that the couple visited their divorce lawyer, Dragan Gojkovic, on January 23 and many other details related to this case. 

In a “war” waged against daily newspapers and other internet portals – svet.rs won many “battles”, with a lot of effort. Some other battles have been won and will be won by other newspapers and portals, but this is what competition is all about. It is very important to stress that almost all print media and internet portals in Serbia have acquired a practice of citing the original source from which the news had been taken, which is a proof that fair play and western standards are not unknown to our media. 

At the same time, print edition of Svet magazine recorded high circulation in January, because it published information, interviews and photographs related to many showbiz scandals which other portals and daily newspapers could not get a hold of, on a weekly basis. This contributes to the fact that, despite the era of overall digitalization, well-composed print and internet media could coexist for a long time without mutual exclusion. 

January 6, 2011 

Visits to CPG portals in 2010 rose by 159% 

A year behind us was marked by a great rise in penetration of the Internet, in Serbia as well as on global level, and this also implies the increase in budget for online advertising. 

Portals produced by Color Press Group recorded a rise in a number of visits by 159% starting from January (1,525,984 visits) up to December (3,967,230 visits). 

CPG plans to launch several new portals in Serbia in 2011, as well as to expand our best known brand “Lepota i zdravlje” (Health and Beauty) in the region by running the following portals:www.ljepotaizdravlje.ba and www.ljepotaizdravlje.hr.  

December 30, 2010 

The first issue of “The Perfect Wedding” magazine was published! 

The first issue of the licenced magazine, “The Perfect Wedding”, appeared on newsstands. This magazine enables future spouses to find any information they need related to an organization of a wedding on almost 200 pages, in order to make their wedding truly – perfect. 

Beside the best ideas and propositions for wedding dresses, suits, shoes, accessories, decoration tips, “The Perfect Wedding” also offers hot destinations for honeymoons as well as fashion advice for maids of honour. The first issue contains a special addition in which you may find out where and how you can get married abroad. Also, all readers will get a planner which will remind them of all the necessary details which would make their wedding truly perfect. We did not mention love, it goes without saying. 

Apart from all that, we present you real-life weddings – stories of newlyweds and their wedding ideas, along with tips of how to copy them. 

“The Perfect Wedding” is a quarterly magazine and it will be sold at the price of RSD 79.

December 16th 2010 

CPG portals among the most visited sites in Serbian! 

November 24th 2010 

Color Press Group assumes the Croatian edition of «Grazia» fashion magazine! 

November 15th 2010 

The first issue of “Beauty Forum” at newsstands   

November 8th 2010 

“Moja beba” magazine from now on also in BiH! 

October 28th 2010 

The first issue of the Serbian edition of “Amica” magazine out now  

October 4th 2010 

Record rating of “Hello!” magazine – 237.480! 

October 1st 2010 

”Moja kosa” in Croatia as well! 

September 29th 2010

"Pošalji recept" - 128.638 sold copies!  

September 16th 2010

CPG Representatives at WMM in Sao Paulo 

August 31th 2010

“Color Press Group” launches Serbian edition of Italian fashion magazine “Amica” 

August 27th 2010

Scandal.rs entered the first 100! 

July 27th 2010

New magazines in Color Press Group portfolio 

Since the great success of „Send a recipe“ magazine, which achieved circulation of 120,000 copies after only six issues, Color Press Group starts two more electronic magazines – „Family Health“ and „Flowers In Your Home“. 

Both magazines are issued monthly and are based on a proven formula – popular price (RSD 20) + interactive concept (readers send their advice, photographs and contributions). 

„Family Health“ will deal with the topics concerning a healthy lifestyle of all family members, from babies to grandparents. Concept of the magazine is based on a combination of contribution from the readers (who will reveal to the others how they have solved their health issues) and doctor's advice – from experts in various fields of medicine. 

„Flowers In Your Home“ is a magazine dedicated to people who own gardens, balconies with flowers or house plants. The content of the magazine is also a combination of contributions submitted by the readers (photographs of their gardens and plants and advice on cultivation) and texts written by our journalists and the most renowned experts in botany and horticulture. 

Launch of „Flowers In Your Home“ magazine is scheduled for August 5, and the first issue of „Family Health“ magazine will be out on August 25.

July 1th 2010

Readers of the Croatian Portal "folk-novosti.com" chose "Svet" for their
favourite magazine!

In a big poll organized, readers of the Croatian portal "folk-novosti.com" decided which magazine to take the title of their favourite. In a fierce competition, victory by landslide was won by "Svet" magazine, with 63.23% of votes. The second place with 12.03% went to "Kurir", and the bronze was won by "Scandal" with 11%. The announcement by the portal states: "Beside being the most-sold magazine, weekly "Svet" now delights with its Internet sire. The latest and most exclusive information are carried by them, which contributes to results in our poll, where over 8.000 readers of our portal participated."

June 18th 2010

Record rating of “Hello!” magazine - 197.782 readers!

According to data by Print Adexa Strategic Marketing referring to the previous week (07. 6. - 13. 6.), “Hello!” magazine was being read by record-breaking 197.782 readers. 
 
During the same week, “Puls” magazine had a rating of 193.411, whereas “Story” was ready by 191.729 readers. Record rating was also registered by other two celebrity weeklies from the portfolio belonging to the company “Color Press Group”: “Scandal” – 626.322 and “Svet” – 555.524. 

As a matter of fact, this was the first spring over the last five years where there was no drop in circulation of celebrity weeklies, which is largely due to publicity of a reality show “The Farm”, whose contestants appear in these magazines. 

June 14th 2010

Web Portal ckm.rs was launched 

On the day when the Football World Cup started, a new Serbian Web Portal intended for men was launched – www.ckm.rs. This Portal relies on the brand belonging to the most-read Serbian men’s magazine for seven years already – CKM magazine, which is published by “Color Press Group”. 

“The Portal will cover all fields of interest to men on the whole planet, namely for the next thirty days – football, football and football. Joke aside, beside football, day after day we will write about news from car industry, hot girls, beer, weapon, policemen and criminals, and also many other topics will be included, which in my opinion, will be of interest to men from this area, and to some women, as well!”, says Igor Georgijev, Editor of the Portal www.ckm.rs. 

June 2th 2010

Launch of the Web Portal scandal.rs

May 17th 2010

Web Portal Svet.rs the First to Cover JK’s Concert in a Report! 

April 13th 2010

New Magazines and Portals by “Color Press Group” Have Been Presented 

April 13th 2010

First Issue of the Serbian Edition of “Intelligent Life” Magazine Out Now!

March 26th 2010

Record Rating of Magazines “Svet”, “Scandal” and Web Portal svet.rs

February 17th 2010

Magazines Published by “Color Press Group” Leaders in Six Categories! 

February 9th 2010

First signs of the advertising market recovery

January 22th 2010

Portal www.lepotaizdravlje.rs the first one in category “Health“!

January 11th 2010

“Svet” among 25 Most Sought After Notions on the Serbian Internet!

December 25th 2009

The rating of magazine “Hello” higher than the rating of magazine "Story"

December 2th 2009

First Edition of „The Economist“ in Serbia

December 1th 2009

A Giant Leap of Rating of the Web Portal www.lepotaizdravlje.rs

November 9th 2009

CPG’s Representatives Attended WMM in Dubai

October 29th 2009

"Svet" and "Ubavina i zdravje" Still on Leading Positions in Macedonia 

October 26th 2009

Record Visits on Web Portals svet.rs and lepotaizdravlje.rs

October 16th 2009

JOY-face is being sought after, to become a new star of the fashion editorial!

October 13th 2009

In September, the only ones with a rise in advertising income were “CPG”, “EPH” and “24 sata”!

September 21th 2009

“Svet” and “Ubavina i zdravlje” Are Still the Most Read Magazines in Macedonia!

In Terms of Rating, "Hello!” Surpassed "Puls" and Came Close to the Magazine "Story"!

September 14th 2009

"Svet", "Scandal" and "Hello!" Have Reached New Records in Terms of Sales and Rating!

August 13th 2009

CPG, EPH and “24 sata” the only ones with rise in July!

July 29th 2009

Color Press Group on Wikipedia!

July 20th 2009

Svet.rs - 16. mesto, lepotaizdravlje.rs - 95 mesto!

July 14th 2009

In June, “Color Press Group” was the only publisher with an increase in advertising income!

July 7th 2009

”Hello!” has lowered its price 

June 29th 2009

The portal SVET.RS has record number of visits!

June 24th 2009

"SVET" has the widest circulation of all weeklies in Macedonia!

June 11, 2009.

In comparison with the corresponding month last year, the decline in advertising revenues continued in May

May 25, 2009.

Overall Rating of the CPG’s Editions for the First Time Has Crossed the 3-Million Line!

May 20, 2009.

"Future Media" join venture of "Color Press Group" and "McCann Ericson PR", has been presented to the public

May 14, 2009.

Color Press Group – Income from advetising rose by 39% compared to the same month last year!

May 11, 2009

37th FIPP Congress in London

Last week, 37th FIPP congress was held in London (www.fipplondon09.com), international association of magazine publishers which gathers all the biggest publishers of periodical press in the world. According to the most participants, this has certainly been one of the best organized FIPP congresses so far, and the venue, impressive Old Billingsgate, which used to be a fish market during the 18th century, was swarming with delegates from all the continents, more than 1,000 of them. Jonathan Newhouse, president of Conde Nast company (Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Vanity Fair... ), Maurice Levy, president of Publicis Group, Matt Brittin from Google UK, Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic and many others were distinguished names among lecturers and panelists. As it was the case with the last two congresses, in New York in 2005 and in Beijing 2007, Serbia was represented by Robert Coban, the president of Color Press Group. The Congress was also attended by the representatives of Adria Media – Peter van Kol, Tomas Drozg and Bernd Rademann, as well as Stipe Oreskovic from EPH in Zagreb. The main topic of the Congress was, of course, dramatic economic crisis which affected publishing industry worldwide. The general estimate is that nothing will ever be the same after the recession and that numerous „traditional media“ will have to adjust significantly to the new habits of their consumers and to transfer a significant amount of content to the new platforms such as the Internet and mobile phones. Congress opening was held at Kensington Palace, one of the castles of the British Royal family, where Queen Victoria used to live, but it is best known as the last home of Princess Diana. The closing night of the congress was especially impressive – a spectacular party, sponsored by DHL, was organized at Saatchi Gallery in London Chelsea. The next FIPP congress will be held in 2011 in New Delhi, India.

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Saatchi Gallery - closing ceremony

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Kensington Palace - opening reception

Old Bilingsgate - FIPP kongres

May 4, 2009

“Ljepota i zdravlje”, issue of “Beauty and Health” for Montenegro, at all the newsstands 

April 28, 2009.

The launch of the first female lifestyle portal in Serbian, www.lepotaizdravlje.rs

April 27, 2009.

At PRO PR congress, at hotel Splendid, Robert Coban held a presentation entitled “To Kill Citizen Kane” related to the crisis in the media 

April 22, 2009.

Snezana Dakic-Mikic received Hello! magazine award for the best public personality styling

April 23, 2009

HRH Crown Prince Aleksandar the 2nd and Princess Katarina visited CPG HQ

March 29, 2009.

In only six months, portal www.svet.rs made it to the top 25 websites in Serbian!

March 29, 2009

Color Press Group – a sponsor of Serbian Olympic Committee

March 25, 2009

In Macedonia CPG publications have the highest readership rates

March 18, 2009

"Bravo ScreenFun" competition

March 6, 2009

Decline in advertising income in Serbian printed media continues in February

March 2, 2009

Beauty&Health at the cost of 99 dinars has raised circulation for 50%!

March 2, 2009

On the newsstands across Montenegro:
"Hello! Montenegro", # 1

February 26, 2009

From now on – a Slovenian issue of Bravo Girl and My Hair!

February 12, 2009

Only Color Press Group magazines recorded a rise in advertising income in comparison to January 2008!

February 9, 2009

The new website of our Croatian branch – www.mediatop.hr

February 3, 2009

The ambassador of Great Britain visited “Color Press Group” company

February 2, 2009

“Svet” beats records again – 455,883 readers

January 19, 2009

“Ljepota i zdravlje“ (Beauty&Health) – the most widely read magazine in Bosnia and Herzegovina

January 15, 2009

With rating of 112,311, Hello! magazine has beaten its own record!

December 29, 2008

Bravacasa brakes all the records

December 24, 2008

“Ljepota i zdravlje” (Health and Beauty) – after only four issues made it to the list of top ten monthly magazines in Croatia!

December 19, 2008

600th issue of “Svet” magazine

December 15, 2008

The new outline of “Moja kosa” (My Hair) magazine

December 10, 2008

The editor of the Serbian edition of FHM at a conference in Thailand

December 5, 2008

“Teen addition” of “Bravo” magazine starts in “Novosti”

November 28, 2008

„Svet“ and „Ubavina i zdravlje“ – two magazines with the highest circulation in Macedonia

November 27, 2008

Licensed magazine “Armband Uhren”

November 25, 2008

Out of five most read magazines – three CPG issues

November 3, 2008

Vesna Milanovic as reinforcement to the “Svet” magazine team

November 3, 2008

Headquarters of Color Press Group moved to a new building

After almost 17 years of existence and change of several addresses, Color Press Group company has finally moved into its own headquarters – a new building in Temerinska street 102 in Novi Sad. The building is located at the entrance of Novi Sad (from the direction of Belgrade), a few hundred metres from Tempo shopping mall, and within the same distance of the future Delta City shopping mall. 

The new business space occupies 1,600 square metres and it is functionally adjusted to the needs of the dynamic company that coordinates the work of its daughter companies throughout the region: in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia, and the work of its representative offices in the countries of European Union: in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France. 

There are currently 190 employees in the Temerinska street 102 in Novi Sad, and there are also 50 employees at the company branch located in Belgrade, Color Media International. There are 80 employees at the printing house Color Print located in Novi Sad. In the companies throughout the region and in the EU, there are another 45 employees, so there are approximately 365 employees in total in CPG. 

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October 10, 2008

School for journalists and editors „Color Press Group“

September 24, 2008

CPG at Media Weekend Festival in Rovinj

September 16, 2008

CPG at FIPP conference "Passport to Transformation" in New York!

September 10, 2008.

Record ratings of „Svet“ magazine

August 23, 2008.

Astonishing publicity of HELLO! made by twins of Angelina and Bred!

WORLD EXCLUSIVE

August 06, 2008.

The first family photos of the most famous acting couple

WORLD EXCLUSIVE

August 06, 2008.

HELLO! National Taxi

July 16, 2008.

„Lepota&Zdravlje“ the regional project becomes international!

After a successful launch of the issues for Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Croatia, Serbian monthly magazine with the highest circulation starts spreading to the markets worldwide this autumn.

July 11, 2008.

„Color Press Group“ publishes half of the magazines with the highest circulation in Serbia

July 01, 2008.

Fashion in FHM, JK's wedding in Hello!

Summer has begun with exclusives in magazines of our company! In the new issue of refreshed and redesigned male magazine FHM, take a look at the final results of voting for the 100 sexiest women in the world. The readers in Serbia gave their vote to Ceca Ražnatović.

Photographs from her photo editorial, shot exclusively on this occasion at Cyprus, are published on the cover page and on another eight pages.

Starting from this issue, new FHM will have a regular addition „FHM Collection“ in larger format, which will publish news from men's fashion and gadget scene – including everything from clothes and watches to music and other hi-tech gadgets. This week's issue of Hello!, as we have already announced, will feature exclusive photographs shot at the wedding of Jelena Karleuša and football player Duško Tošić. The other magazines of CPG are also preparing exclusive editorials, interviews and topics – so stay with the most popular magazines in Serbia in upcoming warm days.

June 12, 2008.

„Color Press Group“ and Jelena Karleuša signed a contract about cooperation with Hello! magazine

Publisher Robert Čoban, on behalf of „Color Press Group“ company, signed a contract with show business star Jelena Karleuša about granting exclusive rights to Hello! magazine for wedding photographs of a future married couple Karleuša-Tošić, which is scheduled for June 28, 2008. Cocktail party celebrating this cooperation will be held on Wednesday, June 11, in „Ruski car“ restaurant. 

„Ever since I became involved in show business, I have had a very successful cooperation with „Color Press Group“ company and „Svet“, „Lepota i zdravlje“ and „Tina“ magazines. I am grateful because they have always covered my career in an appropriate way, so I made my decision about ceding the rights to our wedding photographs pretty easy. I am particularly delighted because Hello! is one of my favourite magazines, and I had been reading it even before it became available in Serbian. I hope that our cooperation will continue in the future, to our mutual delight“, Jelena Karleusa said. 

Jelena also signed a contract about the cooperation with one the most successful confectionery companies, „Pionir“, and a great promotional campaign for brands „Mania“ and „O la la“ is in progress. The representatives of this company have announced that they will be donating substantial quantities of their products to the institutions for child care, such as University Clinic in Tiršova street and the instituition for children without parental support, „Kolevka“ in Subotica. 

Jelena's and Duško's friend and colleagues have also attended the event, Maja Nikolić, Nikola Rokvić, Olja Karleuša, Luna band, Ena  Popov as well as numerous media representatives.

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June 11, 2008.

„Color Press Group“ Company was awarded „June Award“ from the Regional Chamber of Commerce

The president of „Color Press Group“ Company, Robert Čoban received a medallion from the Regional Chamber of Commerce Novi Sad for 2007, for the great contribution to the development of commerce in the region. 

„June Award“ from the Regional Chamber of Commerce is a recognition which is awarded to companies and individuals for the results achieved in boosting the production, for improvement of entrepreneurship and management, as well as for the contribution for connecting educational, research and commercial activities.

Beside our company, the following companies which received a charter of Novi Sad Chamber of Commerce: “Carnex” AD Vrbas, “Budućnost” Ad Novi Sad, “Remming” DOO Novi Sad, “Tarkett” Doo Bačka Palanka, “Metals Banka” AD Novi Sad, “Aling Connel” DOO Gajdobra, “PIP” DOO Novi Sad, RTV “Panonija”, DOO Novi Sad. 

Robert Čoban thanked for the awards on behalf of all the laureates:

“Companies whose representatives received awards today prove that great and successful companies which are the leaders in their respective domains in the whole region can be located outside capital city, away from the centres of political power, cabinets and budget. The newspapers in Novi Sad were once read as far as the city’s boundaries. This is not the case today. Our company has proved that it is possible to publish magazines read by the whole region, and the representatives of other companies that are present here tonight have achieved similar in their cities!” 

Formal cocktail party that was organized on ocassion of receiving the awards was held in restaurant Piccolo Mondo in Novi Sad, where the most successful businessmen in the region enjoyed the beautiful surroundings and delicious Italian specialties and cocktails.

 

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May 6th 2008

The first issue of E-Magazine with new look!

On newsstands throughout Serbia and the countries in the region, the first issue of E-Magazine published by Color Press Group appeared on Tuesday, May 6. With a new design, refreshed with new editorial ideas, at the promotional price of 50 dinars, the new E-Magazine has retained all the best things from its previous concept and introduced a series of innovations.

In the first issue, Miša Brkić writes about "The Curse of the Deutsche Bank", central issue "Interest as a bait" deals with the phenomenon of savings in foreign currencies by the majority of Serbian citizens instead of savings in dinars which would be much more beneficial. The issue also features an interview with Toplica Spasojević, one of the most successful enterpreneurs in Serbia, an interesting story about Halal certificates which are necessary for the export to Islamic countries, as well as the story about unusual business temptations for the Boeing company.

The advertisers in the new E-Magazine are many prestigious domestic and international companies like US Steel, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, Samsung, Telenor, Telekom, Samsung, British Airways, Chrysler...

Starting from the next issue, E-Magazine will publish articles from one of the world’s most prestigious B2B magazines – American Fortune Magazine. Color Press Group has signed a syndication contract with Time Warner Company, the publisher of American Fortune Magazine.

April 16th 2008

The first issue of Serbian edition of L’Officiel released

The oldest French fashion magazine L’Officiel, which celebrates its 87th anniversary this year, appeared at the newsstands today throughout Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbian edition of L'Officiel features 244 pages, it starts with the gatefold cover with four advertising pages by L'Oreal, which are followed by another 12 consecutive advertising spreads (30 pages in total), which is the record in the history of Serbian magazines. Editor-in-chief, as it is already known to the public, is the most famous Serbian fashion designer Verica Rakočević. The first issue of L'Officiel, apart from representing the latest trends in world fashion through French and Serbian editorials, also features an interview with the famous Ruška Bergman, an article about the film dedicated to the life of Valentino (Valentino: The Last Emperor) which will have a premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the conversation with Luca Donnini, the person in charge of MaxMara company, Serbian designer Roksanda Ilinčić...

To celebrate the first issue of the Serbian edition of L'Officiel, a party and an exhibition of French fashion photographs from 1921 until today will be held in the French Cultural Centre (Centre Culturel Francais) in Belgrade on April 29.

April 4th 2008

The great success of Lepota i zdravlje (Beauty and Health) on the markets of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

During the last seven years, monthly magazine with the greatest readership in Serbia, Lepota i zdravlje (Health and Beauty), has appeared since the beginning of this year as a separate edition for Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ljepota i zdravlje) and Slovenia (Lepota in zdravlje). After only three months, the magazines in both countries have exceeded the circulation of 20,000, which is a respectable figure on these relatively small markets. 

The April issue of Bosnian edition of Ljepota i zdravlje is printed in 25,000 copies and has 40 advertising pages, while the Slovenian edition has a circulation of 21,000 copies and 25 advertising pages. By the end of this year, Color Press Group plans to launch its most prestigious edition on the markets of Macedonia, Croatia and Albania.

March 31th 2008

Color Press Group Company published the first licensed magazine in Albanian history!

Color Press Group Company published the first licensed magazine in Albanian history. Last month, the first issue of German fashion magazine Burda Modemagazin with the description of styles translated into Albanian appeared on newsstands throughout the country.

Magazine is issued monthly and it costs 350 leks (2.80 EUR). The magazine is published by Color Media Adria, a member of the Color Press Group with headquarters in Tirana. After the publication of Burda, Color Press Group plans to publish other licensed magazines, as well as those of its own production.

March 10th 2008

ON-LINE FUTURE OF MAGAZINES

Representatives of “Color Press Group” attended the FIPP conference in Berlin, devoted to digitalization of media

FIPP PRESIDENT: Dom Kumerfeld opens the Berlin conference

President and vice president for development of “Color Press Group” Robert Čoban and Miroslav Vajda on March 3rd and March 4th attended the conference “Powering Digital Success” in Berlin, organized by the international association of magazine publishers FIPP. Miroslav Vajda was one of the presenters, so from the former Yugoslavia’s market’s point of view, where CPG is active, he shared the experiences in digitalization of printed media, advertising in on-line editions of magazines, popular blogs, penetration of sites such as “Facebook”, “My Space” and “You Tube” into everyday life, entertainment, even into political events (the case of which is “Kosovo za patike” – “Kosovo for sneakers”, posted on the “You Tube” Web site, which was seen by million and a half viewers, mostly from Serbia and the region, in a period of only few days).

DIGITALIZATION OF MAGAZINES: Miroslav Vajda with other conference attendants

At the conference it was also mentioned that development of the Internet contributed to advertisers in classical terms becoming “publishers”, and therefore Ralf Maltzen, director of Internet marketing of the company “Volkswagen”, presented an attractive campaign which VW had had on its Web site, and which had been so creative and entertaining that it was presented by numerous daily newspapers, magazines and TV stations, in the end leading to 90.000 new contracts (automobiles sold) without a single euro invested in advertising on other Web sites and in other media.

March 3rd 2008

“COLOR PRESS GROUP” TOOK OVER “E-MAGAZIN”

In the future, alongside texts by experts in economics and successful businessmen from Serbia and the region “E-magazine” will, in production by “Color Press Group”, publish articles and comments by one of the most reputable business-to-business magazines in the world – the American magazine “Fortune” with whose publisher “Time Inc” the agreement on syndication was signed

By signing the agreement with the company “GSM Public”, former publisher of “E-magazine”, the publishing house “Color Press Group” has become new owner of this Serbian business-to-business magazine. The first issue in production by “Color Press Group” will appear on newsstands on April 15th. The magazine will contain one hundred pages and will cost eighty dinars. 

Permanent associates of the magazine will in the future also be people from the world of economics and successful businessmen from Serbia and the region: Milka Forcan, Toplica Spasojević, Danilo Goljanin PhD, professor Milan Kukrika, Marina Svetel PhD, Marina Lazarević, Veselin Jevrosimović, Ana B. Bovan, Dragan Berger, Milena Božović MSc are among the names on the list. Beside their texts “E-magazine” in production by “Color Press Group” will also in the future publish articles and comments by one of the most reputable business-to-business magazines in the world – the American magazine “Fortune” with whose publisher “Time Inc” the agreement on syndication was signed.  

February 29th 2008

VERICA RAKOČEVIĆ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE FASHION MAGAZINE “L’OFFICIEL”!

Verica Rakočević, the most successful Serbian fashion designer, yesterday signed the agreement with the company “Color Press Group” and became Editor-in-Chief of the French magazine “L’Officiel” whose Serbian version will appear on our market at the end of April this year. Fashion editor of the magazine is Ana Ljubinković, young fashion designer from Belgrade. The act of signing the agreement and cocktail party with the journalists and future advertisers were attended by many famous people: Leontina, Bata Spasojević, Miloš Nadaždin, Elena Karić... 

Having signed the contract, Verica Rakočević said: “All these years I have had quality cooperation with COLOR PRESS GROUP. The people behind this big a company know very well how to make informative, interesting and visually attractive magazines. Although they have been offering exclusiveness, the prices of their editions have always been acceptable. 

I know that “L’Officiel” will have all those qualities and that very soon it will become ‘fashion sign post’ for everyone”, and the president of “Color Press Group” Robert Čoban added: “Verica has been a friend of our company for fifteen long years and I am especially happy about crowning our long cooperation with ‘L’Officiel’, which is the French fashion magazine with widest circulation, and whose Serbian version the readers in our country will be able to follow in two months’ time!” 

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