While a company closing its doors is never a good thing, sometimes good can result from it. Such is the case with former John Menzies Digital Marketing Executive, Chris Sheard, the company behind the recently folded magazinesondemand.co.uk. Chris has landed at YUDU as the Online Subscriptions Marketing Manager where one of his key roles will be to help publications left stranded by the Magazines On Demand’s closure to resurrect their digital presence.

According to the press release, Chris said, “YUDU Media’s digital publishing technology is a world leading solution used by a vast array of publishers and I’m absolutely delighted to be joining such a strong team.” (He said that totally unprompted, we swear

According to Richard Stephenson, CEO of YUDU Media, “Chris brings with him in-depth knowledge and expertise of the UK online magazine market and this will be indispensable to YUDU Media as we move forward. We have ambitious plans for this sector.” Welcome Chris to the team and look forward to great new magazine subscriptions available through YUDU.