Martin Taylor is a publisher and consultant with a special interest in the information technology, internet and business media markets. His media experience at CEO level spans magazines, books, newspapers, online publishing, exhibitions and conferences in New Zealand and the USA. He is director of the Digital Publishing Forum and Managing Director and major shareholder of book publisher, importer and distributor Addenda Publishing, one of New Zealand’s leading independent book distributors. He is a board member of the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) and serves as a judge for the New Zealand Magazine Awards and the HiTech Awards. You can check out his occasional ramblings on e-publishing from an Antipodean perspective at eReport.

Martin was formerly Managing Director of IDG Communications Limited (now Fairfax Business Media), one of New Zealand’s largest magazine publishers, where he undertook a number of international assignments in print and online publishing for the parent company and subsidiaries. IDG New Zealand was a subsidiary of Boston-based International Data Group Inc, the US$2.6B global leader in the field of information technology publishing, events and market research.

Martin is based in Auckland, New Zealand. He can be reached by emailing martin@activitypress.com.