17 Dec 2001
1. Waitrose Food Illustrated by John Brown Publishing
JBP holds a customer publisher's dream brief from Waitrose - produce a
high-quality food magazine full stop. The title's features are not
restricted to products that can be found in the store and the result is
a magazine that could go...
17 Dec 2001
1. You and Your Wedding January/February - 343 ad pages
NatMags' marriage to AIM publishing brought in a sizeable dowry with You
and Your Wedding's opening issue of the year. "500 pages of wedding
inspiration," trumpeted the cover, with most of them coming directly
from the manufacturers....
17 Dec 2001
1. Woman's Journal
The future of Woman's Journal seemed assured two years ago. The new
editor, Elsa McAlonan, received instant plaudits for her revamping of
the title, but the the industry had spoken too soon. Circulation gains
turned out to be almost wholly dependant upon expensive covermounting...
17 Dec 2001
1. National Geographic
National Geographic consistently trounces all the usual suspects such as
The Economist and the Financial Times in surveys such as Europe 2001 and
EMS. It is one of the few titles to have been successful at masthead
programming, and its National Geographic television...
14 Dec 2001
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Review of the year - Magazines
06 Dec 2001
Conde Nast is launching four contract magazines: Tate, an art
magazine, will be distributed to 40,000 members of the four Tate
galleries in the UK and sold on newsstands; Gold, a bi-annual property
and lifestyle magazine, will be distributed to 50,000 199 Knightsbridge
Development clients and...
06 Dec 2001
Zest, the NatMags publication, is producing a
'two-magazines-in-one' issue. It is split into a 'party' issue for
pre-Christmas and a 'detox' issue for January. It has two front covers
which can be flipped over.
30 Nov 2001
Stelios Haji-Iannou, the owner of easyJet, plans to publish a range
of magazines targeting his business interests of airlines, car rental,
internet cafes and financial services. - Sunday Express.
30 Nov 2001
BBC/DISNEY: BBC Magazines is to produce a variety of titles branded
by the entertainment group Disney Publishing Worldwide. Big Time, aimed
at seven to 11-year-olds, contains news and features. BBC Magazines
plans to launch three more regular Disney titles next year.
30 Nov 2001
Funteractive
Rather than advertise on television - which had been the preferred
option since Milky Way launched Magic Stars in 1995, MediaCom held an
open day for mothers and their children to try and gain some insight
into their two target markets: housewives with kids and kids aged two...