European Electronics Media News

Napier News is our blog about the changes in the European electronics market, carrying the views and opinions of Mike Maynard, managing director of Napier Partnership Limited since the beginning of 2004.

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EE Journal warns of the “Media Mafia”

Many people are warning that the Utopian days when any journalist could write whatever they wanted, without commercial issues (i.e. the advertising…

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PSDpuzzler Tests the Experts

Often it seems you are no longer rewarded for the knowledge you attain and learn within our industry. It has become, rightly so, an expectation of…

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Arrow to buy UBM’s electronics publications

So it has finally happened. Arrow has purchased UBM's electronics titles, including the American and Asian versions of EE Times, EDN, ESM, Embedded,…

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The return of What’s New In Electronics

It's easy to think that the glory days of the past are gone (particularly if your football team is Ipswich Town). I even dream that perhaps some of…

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PCIM 2016 review – another successful German show

Yet again PCIM proves that trade shows in Germany are not dying: in fact they are doing really well. PCIM 2016 delivered some impressive results: the…

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