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At the PPA's Independent Publisher Conference, I was asked to contribute 4 points to a series on '20 things you need to know about Digital Publishing'.

Condensing the issues faced by publishers into four points was a challenge, but here are the important developments that I think Independent Publishers should know.

In the digital world why should one size fit all...?

At the PPA Business Media Summit, our CEO Graham Duffill gave a talk about taking engagement to the next level through targeted content. In print everyone receives the same copy of the magazine, but in the digital world there is no reason why readers should not instead receive personalised content which is relevant to them.

This year has brought monumental changes to the magazine and digital publishing industry, and we often work with publishers who are facing a variety of challenges.

Each publisher is different, but there are some issues that are facing almost all publishers. From a digital perspective, the following three points encapsulate the critical challenges facing magazine and digital publishing today:

Following the launch of Apple News in the UK and headline-grabbing developments from Google, Facebook and others, we brought together leading UK publishers and industry experts for a third roundtable discussion.

This session extended its previous focus on Apple News to include updates on Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages project, the phenomenal rise of Snapchat Discover, and breaking news from Facebook as the release of Notify was announced (which has now gone live to US iOS users).

It's a tough task to try and summarise a day with such varied, interesting discussions, but we love a challenge!