Magazine launches & events:
1990-1992
Magazine first issues and launches listed by cover date with most recent
at top. Also with alphabetic links to magazines on the right. Launches
in other years
 Squib comedy magazine first issue |
SquibDec 92/Jan 93. Polycarp Press; £1.95; 84 pages. Editors: Simon Bond and Will Adams'The magazine of comedy allsorts' |
 Bad Influence licensed title | Bad InfluenceSpring 1992. Europress and Yorkshire Television. £2.95; 198 pages. Ed: Steve White.Computer title licensed fron Yorkshire TV to publisher Europress. With free cassette See Computer magazines |
 In Touch contract fashion magazine by Redwood for ICI |
In Touch (Italian version)Spring 92. Redwood contract fashion magazine for ICI. Editor: Kathy PhillipsRedwood Publishing profile Contract publishers Magazine industry structure |
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Focus (The World in)December 92. Gruner + Jahr, £1.75, 100 pages. Editor: Mick Hurell (dep: Juliet Walker) Big subscription drive. Later bought by Nat Mags, who passed it on to Origin, which was then bought, and again sold, by BBC Magazines Gruner + Jahr profile Women's weeklies case study Celebrity mags price war |
 BBC Holidays launch issue with Paris guide cover gift |
BBC HolidaysRedwood Publishing, a BBC Enterprises company. £1.40; 108pp. Ed: Ramune Burns‘The monthly magazine that takes you place.’ Cover mount: 52-page mini guide to Paris BBC Magazines profile Redwood profile |
 The Oldie launched by former Private Eye editor Richard Ingrams |
The OldieFebruary 1992. £1.40; 52 pages. Editor: Richard IngramsWhat Richard Ingrams did once he retired from Private Eye www.theoldie.co.uk |
 The Scam tried to jump on the Viz bandwagon |
The ScamEnd 1991 or start 1992. Tavinn, Derby; 95p; 32ppA4 newsprint humorous title that aimed to cross the Sun with Viz and Private Eye. Itcame with a sticker: 'The Scam : Britain’s worst newspaper'. |
 Sight and Sound launch issue from the BFI featuring serial killer films and The Silence of the Lambs |
Sight and Sound>May 1991. British Film Institute. £2; 76 pages. Editor: Philip DoddHas all reviews, synopses and credits and features published since 1999 in online archive Sight & Sound website |
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Gardeners' WorldApril 91. £1.30. BBC Redwood. Cover gift: memo board. Pull-out gardeners manualBBC Magazines profile Redwood profile |
 Esquire – men's monthly launches with woman on the cover! |
EsquireMarch 91. National Magazines, London. £2; 188 pages. Editor-in-chief: Lee Eisenberg; Editor: Alex Finer'Man at his best' tagline and marketed as 'Premiere issue! Special collector's edition'. The only men's magazine of the early launches to show a woman on the cover, in this case a 1950s shot of French actress Brigitte Bardot Men's monthlies case study Nat Mags profile |
Good FoodMarch 91. Redwood/BBC Enterprises; £1; 108 pages. Editor: Mitzie WilsonGood Food was developed by editor Joy Davies, who had worked as cookery editor at both Riva and Woman. However, she fell ill as the launch neared and the post was taken over by Mitzie Wilson. The magazine won the PPA's launch of the year award BBC Magazines profile Redwood profile |
 Mirabella - disappointing launch from Murdoch Magazines |
MirabellaOctober 1990. £2.20. Murdoch Magazines. Editor: Lesley White. 204 pagesIsabella Rossellini was on the cover, though this related to a disappointing single-page feature. Grace Mirabella, a former editor-in-chief of US Vogue was
identified as the namesake of the original US version of the magazine
and was the title’s communications director. |
VoxOct 90. IPC. 95p (£1.50). Editor: Roy Carr.With record Hunter, 32 pages for collectors IPC profile |
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Metropolitan HomeOctober 1990. £2. Harmsworth Meredith Magazines. Editor Dee NolanClosed within two years, just after winning magazine of the year award from British Society of Magazine Editors. Launch cover showed Robin Wight (chairman of ad agency Wight, Collins Rutherford Scott) at home with his wife Anastasia Alexander on a Ron Arad metal sofa. |
 Topical Books for people who enjoy reading |
Topical BooksAutumn 1990. £8.50 a year subscription (4 issues). Editor Ian Mitchell.Published from the Isle of Islay on the west coast of Scotland (better known for its malt whisky than its publishing). 'A consumer magazine for people who enjoy reading ... not a "literary" mag on the London model,' said the editor. |
 Gaia magazine based around the ideas of James Lovelock |
The Gaia Magazine1990. Gaia Books, London. £1.90; 28pp.Ed: Erik Ness. Patrons: James Lovelock; Norman Myers Main features: James Lovelock on planetary democracy and Diana Schumacher on making connections |