09 Feb 2001
meanfiddler.com, the online arm of the concert and music venues
group, is expanding its operation.
An offline magazine is also on the agenda, although no date has been set
for a launch.
Currently looking for an editor, meanfiddler.com is also
redesigning.
There will be five...
09 Feb 2001
| by ADAM HILL
the net magazine has switched focus to concentrate on older, more
internet-literate readers - and as a result its editor has left the
66,000-circulation monthly.
It is a radical shift for the title, which was launched in 1999 as a
younger men's interest magazine. the net, which is owned...
09 Feb 2001
| by JOE LEPPER
The Swiss Embassy in London has appointed Charlotte Barraclough,
former media relations manager for Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer's
London mayoral bid, as its first head of communications ...
media and opinion formers,' said
Spinner.
One of Barraclough's main tasks in the coming year ...
09 Feb 2001
Teenage girls website mykindaplace.com has acquired the registered
users database of the defunct site wowgo.com, which ceased trading in
November last year. mykindaplace said it has now captured details of a
fifth of all teenage girls who use the net. Channel sponsors include Sky
One, Orange,...
09 Feb 2001
Granada Broadband said its website for the Popstars programme last
Saturday attracted 48,000 people for a live video chat with the five
members of the manufactured pop band. 'The internet lends itself really
well to this programme format,' said Justin Judd, controller of online.
The website,...
09 Feb 2001
John Brown Contract Publishing is to launch a weekly listings
magazine covering TV, film, theatre and lifestyle. Editor-in-chief Paul
Colber would not comment on a launch date or the client. The company
publishes Virgin Atlantic's Hot Air magazine, in addition to Waitrose
Food Illustrated and...
09 Feb 2001
| by ED SHELTON
director, Independent digital media
Address: www.Independent.co.uk
Page Impressions: 15 ...
09 Feb 2001
| by PETER SIMPSON
FT.com chiefs have rejected claims they are about to levy charges
on its 1.7 million monthly website visitors.
The rebuttal follows recent press reports claiming The Financial Times
newspaper group - owned by Pearson Publishing - was planning to erase
its 'free' status.
'The claims...
09 Feb 2001
The staff fallout from defunct music title Melody Maker has
continued at publisher IPC with the appointment of Mark Sutherland as
deputy editor of men's magazine Later.
Sutherland had been editor of the music weekly, which was closed at the
end of last year.
The move at least brings...
09 Feb 2001
IPC South Bank's 117,000-circulation monthly 25 Beautiful Homes has
a new editor. Jane Parbury had been associate editor of the title since
joining IPC two years ago. She has overseen the launch of 25 Beautiful
Kitchens and the imminent appearance of the one-off 25 Beautiful
Gardens. The magazine...