Magazine launches & events 1998
Magazines listed by cover date with most recent at top. Also with alphabetic links to magazines on the right.AdrenalinNovember/December. Alliance International Media. £2.75; 132 pages. Editor: Justin EvansMen's magazine 'that makes your heart beat faster'. Angelica from television series Baywatch on the cover Men's magazines case study |
Real Health & BeautyDecember 98/January 99. Attic Futura. £2.20; 100 pages. Editor: Mariana Van CoevordenAttic Futura profile |
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Tomorrow's World – closesDecember. BBC Worldwide. Editor: Nik Berg'... the science and technology magazines sector remains a niche market,' said the publisher in Media Week. It had hoped for 80,000 sales, yet came in with March-May ABC of 61,314 BBC Magazines profile |
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CreamDecember. John Brown. £2.75, 100 pages.A Bizarre special 'for men with bottle'. John Brown profile |
ArcadeDecember. Future. £1 (£2.70). Editor: Matt BielbyLara Croft cover. Aims to 'do for gaming what Q does for music.' Future profile |
European closes14-20 December.Weekly tabloid magazine had relaunched on 27 November 1997 from broadsheet newspaper format (originally launched by Mirror Group under Robert Maxwell) Mirror Group profile European case study |
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Total Film with Star Wars CD-RomDecember. Future. Issue 23Star Wars CD-Rom Future profile |
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VitalWinter. Gruner & Jahr. £1.95 132 pages. Editor: Helena Jaworski-LangHealth, beauty and fitness. Gruner & Jahr profile |
ZMAutumn/Winter. National Magazines. £2.80, 148 pages. Editor: Paul Colbert.'For the man with everything' Nat Mags profile |
Practical Parenting on TVNovember 23. IPCMasthead television title on Living channel IPC profile |
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Eva closesNovember 18. IPC. 75p'For the girl who wants it all.' January to June ABC sales of 152,800 were down by 30%. Had been repositioned in March as a girls' glossy from a Take a Break clone. Sept 94 launch IPC profile |
 Front: launch issue of the men's magazine with 3D specs |
FrontNovember. Cabal (second launch)Described as 'Loaded for teenagers'. With 3D glasses. Controversial as seen as aimed to attract teenage male readers. The Nationwide building society refused to advertise; supermarkets Sainsbury's and Asda returned 24,000 copies; but the publisher said all 400,000 copies of the print run had sold. Asda stocked a limited number of issue 2 Men's magazines case study Cabal profile |
The Real Homes magazineNovember. Cabal (first launch). 80p, 132 pages. Editor: Sarah Bravo.'Real style; real value; real ideas' Cabal profile |
Marie Claire (Australia) - censorship exampleSeptember. Murdoch MagazinesNipples censored by covering with printer's ink on picture on page 117 (editorial) and page134 (Superga pump advert). Copy bought in Jakarta for Rp87,700 (£4) |
Kosmopolitan - first anniversarySeptember. PT Higina AlhadinLicensed version of Cosmopolitan. Note rare title change: C makes sound 'Ch' in local language. First anniversary issue. Printed cover price of Rp18,000 increased to 28,500 in Regent Hotel (~£1.60). Year after monetary crisis in far east |
Chief Executive Asia – relaunchedSeptember. Asian Sources, 'Asia's largest trade publisher'.New name: was World Executive's Digest www.chiefexec.asiansources.com |
 Jazzie B, Linford Christie, Lenny Henry and Ozwald Boateng model for Untold |
UntoldJune/July. Untold Magazine, London.£2.50; 116pp. Metallic ink used on cover. Ed/publisher: Peter AkintiExcellent editorial, design, cover and production make this black male lifestyle magazine stand out on the news shelves. Editor Peter Akinti had government minister Paul Boateng, comedian Lenny Henry, athlete Linford Christie, designer Ozwald Boateng and R & B producer interviewed for the first issue, and four of them modelled for the cover. Distributed by Time Out, so should get good coverage. Men's magazines case study |
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DeluxeMay. Wagadon. £2.50, stapled 164pp. Matt cover.(Closed January/February 99) Wagadon profile Men's magazines case study |
 FHM: Australian launch issue featured an 18-page article with models Isla Fisher, Emma Harrison, Mimi Macpherson, Donna Gubbay, and Melissa Tkautz as well as a fold-out cover of them all |
FHM (AustraliaMay. Emap Australia. AS5.95, 180 pages. Editor: Neil RidgwayThe front cover was a gatefold featuring Aussie models Isla Fisher & Emma Harrison (both on the front); with Mimi Macpherson; Donna Gubbay; and Melissa Tkautz on the fold-out. The five models were then featured in an 18-page article inside. A Tommy Hilfiger advert ran across the inside 3 pages of the fold-out'. 'It's a guy thing' was the selling line. Emap profile Men's magazines case study A to Z of men's magazines |
BBC Good HomesMay. BBC Magazines. £2, 140 pages. Editor: Julie SavillThe 'must-have, can-buy magazine' BBC Magazines profile |
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Tomorrow's WorldApril. BBC. £1 (£2.75), 136 pages. Editor: Nik BergBBC Magazines profile |
Living etcApril. IPC.£1 (£2.40); 148 pages. Editor: Sarah BravoFirst launch since buy-out by venture capital firm of IPC from Reed IPC profile |
Food IllustratedApril. John Brown. £2.95; 132 pages. Editor: Neale WhitakerCustomer magazine publishers profiled Magazine industry sectors John Brown profile |
 Radio Times double-facing cover14-20 March. BBC London. 75pThe TV listings magazines played a clever trick with its cover design, particularly when it was shown on shelves in shops side-by-side. It showed film critic Barry Norman and director Resevoir Dogs director Quentin Tarantino. The company also used different covers some weeks, such as one issue with four different covers – each showing one of the four main characters from the children's series Teletubbies, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. BBC Magazines profile |
No Limits WorldMarch/Apr. Future. £2.75; 132 pages. Editor: Ali StewartSister to Italian title Future profile |
JuniorMarch/Apr. Beach. £2.80; 132 pages. Editor: Chris Taggart'World's finest parenting magazine' |
Hello - 500th issueMarch 14. With Three Tenors CDHello profile |
Computer ActiveFebruary 26-March 11. VNU. 99p; 116 pages. Editor: Jan HowellsAll in plain English |
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RedFebruary. Hachette-Emap. £2.50; 196 pages. Editor: Kathryn BrownWith address book Emap profile Hachette UK profile Women's glossies profiled |
The Times Magazine – Saturday supplementSunday Times profile |
Food & TravelJanuary. Fox; £2.50; 100 pages. Editor: Gill Williams |
Ministry[Closed December 2002]January. Dennis contract for Ministry of Sound club. Editor: Pauline Haldane With Judge Jules mix CD Dennis profile Customer magazine publishers profiled Magazine industry sectors |