Magazine launches & events 1997
Magazines listed by cover date with most recent at top. Also with alphabetic links to magazines on the right. Launches in other years.Total InternetDecember. Rapide £3.95; 132 pages. Editor: Chris MarkeWith free web design book |
AdrenalinNovember/December. Alliance International Media. £2.75; 132 pages. Editor: Justin Evans'The magazine that makes your heart beat faster'. Cover showed Angelica from TV series Baywatch Men's magazines case study |
Line Dance PartyNovember. Link House; £4.95; 52 pages. Editor: 'Big' Jim Readman. With CD |
SceneNovember. Spiro Group. £2.25. 132 pages. Editor: Deborah Bee.Cutting-edge fashion title. Editorial back cover. Matt varnish Women's glossies profiled |
Internet WorksNovember. Future. £2.99; 108 pages. Editor: Marcus AustinWith CD-Rom in slip-on half cover. Internet sector splitting into niches: work; hobby; men's Future profile |
Family LifeNovember. BBC Worldwide. £1.95; 132 pages. Editor: Anita Bevan'At last! A magazine for every aspect of your life' BBC Magazines profile |
The Modern ReviewOctober. Modern Media, London. £2.95; 92 pages. Editor: Charlotte Raven/ Julie Burchill. Art direction: (Simon) Esterson (Mike) LackersteenCover photo by Rankin |
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FrankOctober. Wagadon. £2.70. Editor Tina GaudoinA4 sample distributed with Observer. Closed at end of 1999. Wagadon taken over by Emap in early 2000 Wagadon profile Women's glossies profiled |
CoverOctober. Cover Publishing, £2.50; 132 pages. Editors: Robert Lacey and Danny DanzigerUnusual size between A5 and A4 |
SoOctober. £2; 100 pages. Editor: Kirsty Robinson'Attitude with intelligence' for women Women's glossies profiled |
Good HealthOctober. Redwood/BBC Enterprises; £1.30; 100 pages. Editor: Janette MarshallStapled. Summer health poster. Carried BBC logo in coloured bar across the top of the cover, as did other BBC launches BBC Magazines profile |
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TravellerOctober. Conde Nast. £2.70. 248 pages. Editor: Sarah Miller.Policy of not accepting free trips, to ensure editorial independence. Conde Nast profile www.cntraveller.com |
Music – 5th yearSeptember. BBC. £3.75Silver cover. With Yehudi Menuhin CD and postcards BBC Magazines profile |
Good Food redesign with Good Living strap-onSeptembeBBC Magazines profile |
Melody Maker CD-Rom6 September. IPCWith free CD-Rom IPC profile |
PassionAutumn. £3. Editor: Carrie BoothWomen's magazine with music theme and music CD Women's glossies profiled |
 Lady Penelope from Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds TV series on the cover of the first issue of Cult TV |
Cult TVOctober. Future; £2.75; 84 pages. Editor: Karen LevellWith TV test cards to cut out and B5 posters of the X-Files and Emma Peel from the Avengers. 'For a cooler kind of couch potato' Future profile |
UncutJune. IPC; £1.50 (special); 164 pages. Editor: Allan JonesMusic and movie magazine. House ads for Loaded spin-off Eat Soup and Mountain Bike Rider IPC profile www.uncut.net |
Movie PlusMay. Inside Publications. £2.40; 100 pages. Editor: Carole Childs |
Best – 500th issue13 May. Gruner & Jahr.Celebrated with gold ink on cover="box"> Gruner & Jahr profile Women's weeklies case study |
The BoxApril/May. Haymarket, £1 (£1.95), 132 pages. Editor: Paul SimpsonPaul Whitehouse on the cover Haymarket profile |
MBR (Mountan Bike Rider)April. IPC; £1.50 special price (£2.95); 156 pagesWith video IPC profile |
XtremeApril. Xtreme Publications; £2.50; 124 pages. Editor: Jerome Smail'For men who live on the edge'. Email addresses given for staff |
Garden AnswersApril.With small spade as cover mount |
FreshMarch. Hair & Beauty Ltd, £1.95, 100 pages. Editor: Deidre Forbes'New attitude' 'Girls behaving badly' 'Naughty ways to send him to Sexual heaven' Women's weeklies case study |
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Total FilmFebruary. |
X-netJanuary/FebruaryTop-shelf men's magazine with CD-Rom Men's magazines case study |
Film & TV WeekJanuary. IPC. 40p (trial price), 82 pages. Editor: Peter GenowerAttempt to expand on TV & Satellite Week formula IPC profile |
Internet BusinessJanuary. Internet Business World; £2.95; 100 pages. Editor: Tim WilsonRichard Branson shown on the cover |
Computer SuccessPart work with CD-Rom |