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Magazine launches & events 1995 Back to launches
Magazines listed by cover date with most recent at top. Also with alphabetic links to magazines on the right.| Good Times
December 1995/January 1996. Touch International; £1.95; 100 pages. Editor: Laura Davis 'Changing attitudes to age'. Free to members of the Association of Retired and Persons Over Fifty (ARPO50) Contract magazine pulishers |
| Raw
October 25. Emap Metro; 80 pages. Editor: Howard Johnson. (Had been Rock Action Weekly 1988-1996.) Sample issue of new rock music title free in a box with Select and various goodies Emap profile |
| Goal
October. IPC; £1 (£2.25); 132 pages. Editor: Paul Hawksbee 'From the makers of 90 Minutes' (had been Goal from 1968-74) IPC profile |
| Ikon
September. European Consumer Publications; 99p; 132 pages. Editor: Chris Roberts Music, film and sport. 'Privilege card' on cover |
| Maxim - CD-Rom cover mount
August. Dennis. Editor: Gill Hudson Company also tried to launch magazine CD-Rom, called Blender (a title Dennis was to re-use several years later when it launched a music magazine in the US) Dennis profile Men's monthlies case study |
| True
July/August. True magazine; £2.50; 116 pages. Editor: Claude Grunitsky Sees hip hop as an agent of social change. Grunitsky had written letter to Sheryl Garratt at The Face about lack of hip hop coverage; was later to go on to launch Trace magazine |
| Encore
July. Haymarket; £2.25; 172 pages. Editor: Paul Colbert Music magazine 'officially approved by Virgin'. Mick Jagger cover Haymarket profile |
| PC Guide
July. Future. £4.99 with CD. 148 pages. Editor: Mark Higham 'Advice without the jargon' was the main selling point Future profile |
| Muzik
June. IPC; 95p (£2.20); 124 pages. Editor: Push 'Dance music is the music of today': house, techno, jungle, garage, hiphop, ambient, soul. 'definitive' club listings IPC profile |
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SFX
June. Future. £3. 100 pages. Editor: Matt Bielby. Science fiction focus. Tank Girl film based on comic series on the cover Future profile |
| Bliss
June. Emap Elan. £1.30; 116 pages. Editor: Dawn Bebe Came with free horoscope magazine in a carrier bag Emap profile Women's monthlies profiled |
Maxim
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| Unzip CD-Rom
May. IPC/Zone. Claimed to be 'the UK's first fully interactive magazine on CD-Rom'. Based on content from New Scientist, NME and Vox. Zone did technical work. 15 age label; £15.99 introductory offer; for Mac and PC IPC profile |
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Top of the Pops
March. BBC Worldwide; £1.25; 52 pages. Editor: Peter Loraine Brand extension from the long-running television series. Challenged Emap's Smash Hits.With cassette and poster BBC Magazines profile |
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Men's Health
February/March. Rodale. Editor: David Hale. £2.20; 132 pages. ‘Tons of useful stuff’ from this UK version of US title Rodale profile Men's monthlies case study |
| Girl Talk
February 22. BBC With free choker BBC Magazines profile |
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Wired
November. Wired and Guardian. £3.50. 116 pages. Silver and gold inks used on subscriber forms. Thomas Paine cover. Closed about a year later Guardian profile |
| Adobe Magazine
Three language variants for promotional magazine from the developers of the Photoshop digital editing system |
| CD-Rom PC Kids
Paragon. Editor: Paul Mallinson Reviewed software aimed at children Paragon profile |
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- Adobe Magazine
- Bliss
- CD-Rom PC for Kids
- Classic FM
- Cult Times
- Encore
- Girl Talk
- Goal
- Good Times
- Ikon
- Maxim
- Maxim- CD-Rom
- Men's Health
- Muzik
- PC Guide
- Raw
- SFX
- Top of the Pops
- True
- Unzip CD-Rom
- Wired
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